My Mexican neighbor once told me that Mexicans have 5 meals with names for each of them:
Desayuno (Breakfast) Between 5 and 8 AM (usually very light)
Almuerzo (lunch, or 2nd breakfast) Between 10 AM and noon.
Comida (dinner) Between 2 and 4 PM. (The biggest meal of the day)
Merinda (snack) This is the snack you give your kids before bed. 8 to 9PM.
Cena (supper) Between 8PM and 1AM This is when adults have a snack, light supper, or go out for tacos with friends. The taco places don't even open till 8.
I don't have little kids, don't need merinda, so I'm fine with the 4 meals. But not OK with 3 because its too hard for me to wait for comida at 2 or 3 if I just have breakfast when I get up at 7. Also hard to wait for Almuerzo that's at 10 AM, if I had nothing before that... we do have a lot of breakfast meetings. And it WILL NOT work to just keep my American schedule in Mexico, not for 6 months.
Anyone else dealt with this? Any advice?
I know, I know... what a problem to have, right? Minnesotans in Mexico for the winter, avoiding all the cold, snow, shoveling etc.
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