On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 14:24:16 -0500, jmcquown > wrote:

>
> Good point, Ariane, although 10 miles in a couple of directions leads me
> either further into Cordova, Germantown or Bartlett. And, you had Eric to
> squire you around. There are some areas of Memphis (or any city, really)
> where it's simply not a good idea for a woman to drive around by herself. I
> do not mean that in any racial sense; it's simply a fact and true of most
> cities. The majority of the people anywhere are *good*, honest people.
> It's the ones who aren't you have to worry about. I might check with
> Charlie's Meat Market on Summer to see if they can get tripe for me; even
> that's getting into a sort of "iffy" area of town. I wouldn't have a
> problem finding other "Mexican" ingredients like peppers, etc. at my regular
> grocery store. Thanks

Oh no, Erik doesn't squire me around. We live in the 21st century, not
the 19th.

I'm curious... Did you find the super mercado(s) in question? You
didn't mention it, so I'm wondering which ones in your area were in bad
neighborhoods. The one I looked up like it was a fairly busy street, and I
know we drove past some others that seemed perfectly fine to me. I don't
recall that we drove through ANY neighborhoods I would've been afraid to walk
through, actually. Of course, I'm not particularly timid about things like
that.

Good luck on the search for tripe. Asian markets might carry it too,
perhaps there are some in your area that are in better parts of town.

Ariane