Chile con Limon

Once (August 2010) I posted this on my cooking blog...

Ok, No this isn't a recipe, nor does it have anything to do with cooking (besides putting the bag in the microwave), but I just had to share this little beauty with everyone. In 2004, Ty and I went to
Puerto Vallarta. In their local WalMart, I found this wonderful bag of goodness.

I bought a box to try it out and became immediately addicted. When we were leaving to come back home, we made a special trip back to the WalMart so I could get another box. If I had only known how difficult it would be to get my hands on it again, I would've bought out the whole store. Back at home, I googled it, I searched for it, but it was nowhere to be found. I even went so far as to contact the "ACT II" company begging them to ship it to my house or my state or at least my country! Their response? "Sorry, it is only available in Mexico". I would've paid any shipping price, so I didn't
understand that at all, but I'd come to an impasse and had to move on with life. I thought about it, I told others about it, but ultimately, I came to accept the fact that I would have to wait until we made it down to Mexico again someday. Imagine my surprise when I opened my birthday present from my little brother and his wife this year (6 years later) and found this inside! They had found this popcorn
available on a website (that probably didn't exist when I was looking for it) at My Mexican Pantry. I have been enjoying this delicious popcorn again and loving every bite. Every bite brings me sadness
though, knowing that I'm coming closer to the end of my precious box. Yes, it's available on this website, but at $2/bag, I do have to go easy on it. Just wanted to share this joy with all of you. Please do let me know if you taste it!

Here's the link to that post: http://cookinbrooke.blogspot.com/2010/08/chile-con-limon.html

So, now even a year and a half after THAT, Ty's sister sent up this seasoning for me to try.

How awesome is that?  Well, I immediately made popcorn upon receiving this gift and was very happy to find this is the closest substitution I've ever come across, and believe me, I have looked.  No, not exactly the same, but pretty darn close.  It's not quite as spicy, not quite as strongly flavored and this one has salt added where the other one didn't, but I have to admit this one probably fits the average American taste bud better than the Mexican version so it will likely sell better here.  Anyway, I just thought it is cool that I have all these family members keeping an eye out for me and being so thoughtful and I also wanted to share this post again in case you missed it the first time around since it was on my other blog.  My official unpaid advertisement: Go buy some of this! :-)