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Licon Dairy

August 20, 2026

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Eugenio Licon and his family have operated the Licon Dairy in San Elizario, Texas, for 40 years, producing azaderos by hand as a local Lower Valley tradition. Azaderos are a light, stringy cheese, said to originate in Durango, Mexico, and long associated with…

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