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EL MERCADO!

Bringing the flavors and traditions of old Mexico to your table and your home!!

Mexican vanilla and spices are our specialty, but we also carry molcajetes, real cow skulls, tortilla presses and a whole lot more.

Drop by our recipe section for wonderful ways to prepare the old favorites!

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Mexican Vanilla-the finest in the world!



Danncy brand Mexican Pure Vanilla is bottled in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and is made from Vanilla Beans grown in Veracruz.
This Vanilla is so good that a lesser amount can be used when cooking, I usually reduce the amount by 50%.
Either the Full-bodied Dark Vanilla or the Sparkling Clear! A one liter bottle at a terrific price!!
One Quart Danncy's Clear Vanilla--$7.99
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One Quart Danncy's Dark Vanilla--$7.99
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Vanilla is Mexico's gift to the world!
When the Spanish explorer Hernan Cortez first met Emperor Moctezuma, during a religious ceremony, Cortez was offered a very exotic, special and original drink, which was named "Xocohotl".
The drink was basically Chocolate, and it so pleased Cortez that he inquired as to its special original flavor and fragrance; he was told it was Vanilla (Little Sheath which describes the shape of the Vanilla pod)
Cortez was so impressed that he returned to Spain with a supply of Vanilla to add this special flavor and fragrance to the palate of the Spanish King.

At this moment in time because of the rarity and extraordinary cost in shipping, it soon became the exclusive and favored drink of all the Aristocrats and Royalty of Europe.

For the ensuing 300 years, Vanilla was transplanted to the different tropical zones throughout the world, without success.

Vanilla, a species of a climbing Orchid, grew a beautiful foliage and flowers in each of these regions but it never produced any Vanilla pods.
A mystery to the world until 1836, a Frenchman observing very closely the original Vanilla plant, in Mexico, discovered the reason.
Each of the orchid blooms was visited by the small "Melipona" bee, pollinization produced the fruit!

ONLY IN MEXICO IS THE MELIPONA BEE FOUND.

Since this discovery, Vanilla has been produced in other tropical regions of the world, but only through artificial pollinization.

This is the reason why Mexican Vanilla is the finest for flavor and fragrance throughout the world.
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Our Products!!
Mexican Vanilla is the richest and most flavorful vanilla in the world!

Mexican
Vanilla
A perfect blend of cinnamon and chocolate for that first cup in the morning!
Abuelita
Hot
Chocolate!
That wonderfully pungent prurple Mexican garlic!
Garland
of
Garlic
Sun-Bleached Cow Skulls for that Authentic Southwestern Decor!

Sun-Bleached
Cow Skulls
These colorful Mexican Blankets are great for the bed, the car or as a floor covering!

5'x7'
Mexican
Blankets
A wonderful chili for those special sauces!!

Chipotle
Chilis!
Yes, they are hot, but not unbearably so and add so much flavor to any meat or egg dish that you'll wonder how you lived without them so long!!

San Marcos
Jalapenos
You will fall in love with this chili!

Chili Pequin
(little chilis)
Tortilla press just like Grandma's!!

Tortilla
Press!
Piloncillo! A wonderful and natural cane confection from Mexico!

Piloncillo!
60 Packages of 4 Chiclets each!

Canels
Chewing
Gum!!
Sizzling Fajitas Tender and Succulent!!

Fajita
Marinade
& Spices!!
Mild and flavorful-you'll love this one!!

Chimichurri
Salsa!
Wonderful!!
Fire in a Bottle!!

Habanero
Hot
Sauce!!

Huge
Gift
Basket!!
The only way to make that authentic Mexican salsa!!

Real
Lava Stone
Molcajete!

Basket
of Flavor
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Mexican Recipe Sampler
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