AtDtDA23: Right Back in the Ol' Caldo Tlalpeño

[Dave Monroe]

"So of course here he was, right back in the ol' caldo tlalpeño" (AtD,
Pt. III, p. 637)


"right back in the ol' caldo tlalpeño"

caldo = broth
tlalpeño = ?

Spicy Chicken Broth with Chicken, Vegetables, and Chick-Peas
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/13156

Chicken Vegetable Soup
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/recipes/puebla/kgsopestlalpeno.html

Main Entry: soup
Pronunciation: \ˈsüp\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English soupe, from Anglo-French supe sop, soup, of
Germanic origin; akin to Old Norse soppa soup, Old English sopp — more
at sup
Date: 14th century

1 : a liquid food especially with a meat, fish, or vegetable stock as
a base and often containing pieces of solid food
2 : something (as a heavy fog or nitroglycerine) having or suggesting
the consistency or nutrient qualities of soup
3 : an unfortunate predicament <that stunt landed her in the soup>

http://m-w.com/dictionary/soup

Spanish: en apuros

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=in%20the%20soup


Tampico

http://www.tampico.gob.mx/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampico,_Tamaulipas

The Tampico Affair started off as a minor incident involving U.S.
sailors and Mexican land forces ... during the tense period of the
Mexican Revolution. The misunderstanding occurred on April 9, 1914,
but would fully transpire into the breakdown of diplomatic relations
between the two countries ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampico_Affair


"a zone ... where runners of contraband operated freely"

Cf. GR, Pt. III, "In the Zone" ...

http://english2.mnsu.edu/larsson/gr3.html

http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/extra/map1.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_episodes_in_Gravity's_Rainbow#Part_3:_In_the_Zone

"There is a zone of nonbeing, an extraordinarily sterile and arid
region, an utterly naked declivity where an authentic upheaval can be
born."

--Franz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1952, trans. 1956), p. 8

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0008&msg=48748

Cf. ...

http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/taz.htm
http://www.hermetic.com/bey/taz_cont.html

And see as well, e.g., ...

http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/gr/finnished.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture/v007/7.2raudaskoski.html

Thanks as always, Heikki ...