Long Beach has a lot of them, yeah. They sell elotes and usually chicharon, but for the most part the elotes is their money maker. I seen this guy rolling around from blocks away while I was pedaling to CantStayJose's. Soon as I got there, I asked to help a Hawaiian homeboy out (I didn't bring any cash with me). We tracked the guy down in minutes.
For the first time I get to use the word slathered in a sentence. The last time I had any formal education was in high school, which I graduated with 10th grade English skillz to pay the billz. So I'm kinda stoked, here we go: the corn was first slathered in mayonesa, then covered in what I thought was parmesan cheese:
And then it gets better. A little butter is applied:
Chili powder and sometimes salt:
$1.25 was exchanged but my homie is always a good tipper for good services:
Holy shit, how was it though?
It was god damn good.
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Oh damn... one of the biggest things i miss about living in LA, right there. The other is the tamale ladies that cruise around pulling a cooler full of tamales....
I have a friend that works for the health dept. They bust these illegal vendors all the time. First of all the corn they use is for livestock, its not really for human consumption. It has a ton of fat in it to fattin up the farm animals b4 they slaughter them. They buy the corn for like 10 cents a piece. That yummy cheese they use is made in the bath tubs of their homes. They get it in blocks then smash it and flatin it with their dirty feet. Ive seen photos of it. The stainless pots that they use to boil the corn and leave in while they walk around the hood has surface rust inside where the corn is soaking in. He's heard of case where people are going blind because the rust settles in their retina.. of course this happens over a period of yrs. Alot of these street vendors are new to america and are put on the street to pay off the $4000 they owe pay to the coyote that brought them over. I've seen photos of jars filled with piss because they have nowhere else to go, Then they touch your food. My buddy has shown me cases and photos of some real crazy shit. Don't get me started on the bacon wrap hotdog ladies. I hope in yrs to come they don't call you 'cant see jose'
Thanks for the news defstar22! Guess I'm going blind.
The world is in a imperfect place! It's anarchy!
Defstar,
The late great George Carlin (RIP friend) used to say that sometimes when he dropped food on the floor he would pick it up and eat it because he did not want his stomach getting soft on him.
Buck up safety Nazi. If you live in Mexico long enough, you can drink the water. ¡Viva México!
Rockford,
Do Jose and Nelson a favor and wash your hands after you piss in the jar, And buy yourself a cheese grater! God bless America!!!
First thing they need to close down is MCFuckinDonalds and Co...
This Corn looks tasty i got to try it when in LA next time!
Oh my god! I'm going blind! I have food poisoning!
I think riding a motorcycle daily and splitting lanes is probably a LOT more death defying than eating elotes though.
VIVA ELOTES VIVA ELOTES ONO IY CANO SE NOTTIN NO MORE............
best things in life are dangerous...
anarchy insanity....
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!
Ha! See more of Jose eating dirty corn from a few months ago in front of Jedward's house here:
http://choppedout.blogspot.com/2009/02/hobo-on-ham-sandwich.html
Copy and paste it!
Support them so they can Help their Families i say! My wife does a quickie version where it's Slathered in butter and Sprinkled with chili powder and foil wrapped and then BBQ'd! AWESOME stuff!
I just got back from one of my Favorite Local Trucks, JaLISCO!
AWSOMWE Carnitas fried and seasoned really well in a Super Burrito with Jalapeno Peppers..Caliente WHEW...don't rub your eyes
CantStayJose! hahaha!
I wanna try that next time I visit LA.
you have it in your hands.....
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