I spent Monday with Mom and Amanda because I had an eye doctor appointment in their neck of the woods. They live in one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the country, so there are lots of interesting people and places in the area. They were excited to show me their closest grocery store, which had just reopened.

The grocery store had a vast assortment of ethnic food and supplies in addition to what you’d normally expect in a grocery store. I took photos of some of the more interesting things we found:

Dried limes

5 lbs. of pickled pig skins

Mutant coconut balls

Beef bile and assorted animal blood

I think the beef bile was my favorite food discovery — definitely not something I was expecting to find. It’s not too late to incorporate it into a Thanksgiving dish, right? 😉