Yucatan Fruit Stands

[Guest]

Does anyone out there know what the street vendors selling sliced fruit throughout the Yucatan use to spice it up? There's a chile powder of some kind for heat (possibly mixed with citrus zest or citric acid) and a reddish syrup which is drizzled over the various freshly sliced fruits.

[Goatjunky]

At almost all the So Cal grocery stores, and every Mexican grocery store they sell the powders which can be chili and salt, or sweetened versions. Some of the brands I buy are Pico De Gallo, Baby Lucas (sweetened), and Tajin. I avoid the ones with the limon flavor because it usually tastes artificial. The liquid is tamarind based I believe and is called chamoy. Lots of online sources for all of them.

Edited August 14, 2009 by Goatjunky (log)

[Holly Moore]

Ask the folks here - Isla Mujeres Info. There are two discussion forums. I'm sure some of the locals on the board will know.