Fresh pork ribs from the pueblo in Yucatan Mexico

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The Maya eat almost everything fresh.  They think frozen food tastes funny.  And many Maya families don't have a refrigerator anyway.
All of the meat is cut fresh and beef and pork and chicken are readily available from one of three different vendors in the Pueblo 7 days a week.  They take a different day to slaughter so they don't compete with each other.  Beef is 130 pesos per kg.  Pork is 120 pesos per kg. and Chicken is about 100-110.
However, most Maya families keep a pig or two in the back yard and multiple chickens for their own family consumption.  Salvador, my superintendent was slaughtering his pig Saturday night and on Monday morning brought me a kg of fresh pork ribs.   My price:  100 pesos!  About $5.20 USD or $2.52 USD per pound.   They were delicious and I guess would cost four times as much in the states?


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  1. CordelOctober 23, 2026 at 8:34 AM

    I see this is the last blog post. I saw your property listed. Very interested in your project. I have a love for Mexico and its culture also an interest in permaculture. Wondering if there are any recent updates on what is happening on el rancho. This kind of thing is right in my wheelhouse.

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