Cinco de Mayo

stoneycakes · May 2014

Cheers, ladies! Anyone doing anything fun for Cinco de Mayo? Going out or making Mexican yummies at home?

CLLDLL · May 2014

Oh wow. I watched a new cooking show (Southern at Heart) on the FN, and she make blackberry margaritas with sage infused simple syrup. OMG yummy. I so want to try that this weekend.

D's school is having a Cinco de Mayo celebration with a pot luck style spread. It will be fun to get together with the other families, but pot lucks where you don't know everyone that's bringing food scare me. Is that snotty? I think it stems from my dairy free days. I just don't trust what's in the food.

We are bringing hamburger meat for build your own nachos and gum drops for making your own sombero cookies.

TJ1979 · May 2014

@CLLDLL I'm with you. I don't trust a potluck. I don't know what your house and your kitchen look like. How do I know you don't let your precious kitties help you cook? Blech.

Today is also MH's bday, so we are going out to dinner tonight. No margaritas for me... soon my precious beergarita, soon.

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CLLDLL · May 2014

SecretAgentKate said:

TJ1979 said:

@CLLDLL I'm with you. I don't trust a potluck. I don't know what your house and your kitchen look like. How do I know you don't let your precious kitties help you cook? Blech.

Today is also MH's bday, so we are going out to dinner tonight. No margaritas for me... soon my precious beergarita, soon.
what?! potlucks are the best! so much good food that I didn't have to prepare or clean up after. plus you can always get away with eating at least 4 desserts at a pot luck because it would really just be rude not to sample everything

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LLOL @secretagentkate That used to be my thinking until the whole MPI thing. Also if you stumbled across something you didn't like it's easier to get rid of it without hurting anyone's feelings than if you're a guest where one person does the cooking.

unaveragejane · May 2014

Our family reunion is always potluck, so I try to hover by the table and mentally note who brings what. I kind of have a general idea of the folks whose kitchens might be too cat-friendly for my taste, so I steer clear of those dishes. Also, if in doubt, I just try to bring a ton of dishes that I like and eat all my own food. It is a pain, but food poisoning just sucks.

stoneycakes · May 2014

I don't worry about the cleaniness of people's kitchens at a potluck. Some restaurant kitchens are pretty nasty, too. I couldn't eat All The Food if I had to prepare everything myself, haha. I'm usually not a big fan of potlucks, though. The fare is generally pretty mediocre.

The worst is when someone is like "Oh, you HAVE to try this dish. It's phenomenal." So you take a whole bunch and it's awful. Then you have to sneak off the garbage can and hope no one notices that giant pile of food you just slipped in. LOL.

TJ1979 · May 2014

@stoneycakes That's bc you're doing it wrong. Round 1 is to get a bite of everything. Round 2 is to actually eat what is good. AKA dessert.

stoneycakes · May 2014

TJ1979 said:

@stoneycakes That's bc you're doing it wrong. Round 1 is to get a bite of everything. Round 2 is to actually eat what is good. AKA dessert.

LOL. I'll have to try that technique next time.

stoneycakes · May 2014

I totally forgot today was Cinco de Mayo, so I didn't plan anything. But then DH texted and said he can get out of work early today. So now we're planning a Mexican feast for dinner. Chicken enchiladas with some guajillo salsa I happened to make yesterday, steak fajitas with salsa verde and refried beans. And homemade tortillas for all. Yum! And maybe some cerveza after all that cooking

TJ1979 · May 2014

@stoneycakes What time should we be there?

stoneycakes · May 2014

TJ1979 said:

@stoneycakes What time should we be there?

LOL. Hey how did your party go?

TJ1979 · May 2014

stoneycakes said:

TJ1979 said:

@stoneycakes What time should we be there?

LOL. Hey how did your party go?

It was good! It was a lot of fun, and MH hired someone to help out so I didn't have to do a thing. I still spent way too much time on my feet milling around and chatting, but I was really good about drinking my water. We had a great time, and killed all 275 lbs of crawfish.
I was really upset about the bakery-bought cake, but MH refused to allow me to bake.

TJ1979 · May 2014

@mapleme I was just talking about your poutine parties at our party this weekend. Everyone agreed I should fly up for the next one. Seems rational, right?

TJ1979 · May 2014

Mapleme said:

Ooo, a custom poutine diaper. Although it would need to be clear that it was gravy...

Skidmark and fries?

sarenu1 · May 2014

Guacamole tonight. I've been thinking about it all week.

And it will be made fresh.

stoneycakes · May 2014

TJ1979 said:

Mapleme said:

Ooo, a custom poutine diaper. Although it would need to be clear that it was gravy...

Skidmark and fries?

Lild09 · May 2014

Since I'm preggers no yummy margarita for me

though I was kinda hoping to have this baby today bc it'd be fun for him when he gets older...although I don't think that's gonna happen

Whoever mentioned guacamole that's all I want now...lol

cprice02 · May 2014

DH is meeting a friend for happy hour at a Mexican place. I'm going home to hang with the dog. No margaritas for me =( Bitter, party of 1.

unaveragejane · May 2014

So this Cinco de Mayo thing...people really do stuff for it? I don't think I ever even heard of it until I was in HS, and I don't remember what it is. (I vaguely think it might be like Mexican Independence Day, but then I have no idea from whom they were trying to become independent.)

Aurora_Borealis · May 2014

unaveragejane said:

So this Cinco de Mayo thing...people really do stuff for it? I don't think I ever even heard of it until I was in HS, and I don't remember what it is. (I vaguely think it might be like Mexican Independence Day, but then I have no idea from whom they were trying to become independent.)

Mexican Independence (from Spain) Day is Sept 16. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of a battle victory in the Franco-Mexican War and is a bigger celebration north of the border than south. Though my neighborhood is like 50% Mexican and there were street festivals and celebrations all weekend. And the Irish bar across the street is all decked out with Corona banners. So go figure.

LovetoLive614 · May 2014

Pregnant but Reminiscing about college days of cinco de drinko fun!

stoneycakes · May 2014

I just made corn and flour tortillas! I'm feeling a little like a tortilla rock star!

Mandmeesh · May 2014

stoneycakes said:
I just made corn and flour tortillas! I'm feeling a little like a tortilla rock star!

I need an easy recipe for homemade tortillas. We eat them all the time!

I'm working. Boooooo

Chichigo · May 2014

My husband is bringing me the most unMexican Mexican food imaginable-Chipotle. I'm only eating MSPI safe foods. I tried a little bit of cooked dairy last week. The results were awful.

stoneycakes · May 2014

Chichigo said:

My husband is bringing me the most unMexican Mexican food imaginable-Chipotle. I'm only eating MSPI safe foods. I tried a little bit of cooked dairy last week. The results were awful.

Chipotle was my best friend when I was MSPI! I love that their ingredients are so simple.

Chichigo · May 2014

stoneycakes said:

Chichigo said:

My husband is bringing me the most unMexican Mexican food imaginable-Chipotle. I'm only eating MSPI safe foods. I tried a little bit of cooked dairy last week. The results were awful.

Chipotle was my best friend when I was MSPI! I love that their ingredients are so simple.

That's how I feel, too. I could make my own but its just too much effort with a baby that needs ri be held all the time.

Mandmeesh · May 2014

Mapleme said:
We had a rice and beef vindaloo dish for dinner tonight. So, not Mexican, but delicious. And we watched Game of Thrones in bed.

Nerds

sarenu1 · May 2014

Mapleme said:

We had a rice and beef vindaloo dish for dinner tonight. So, not Mexican, but delicious. And we watched Game of Thrones in bed.

Quiche and Game of Throwns for us.

Mandmeesh · May 2014

@stoneycakes‌ -easy tortilla recipe?

stoneycakes · May 2014

Mandmeesh said:

@stoneycakes‌ -easy tortilla recipe?

https://www.mommyskitchen.net/2011/02/homemade-flour-tortillas-brings-back.html

^^^This is the flour tortilla recipe I use. I tried using a small fondant rolling pin on them today and found it was much quicker and easier than my regular sized rolling pin. Lately, for corn tortillas, I just use the recipe on the back of the masa bag.

ElleBeeDub · May 2014

DH had a weird training thing until about midnight last night, so G and I ate leftover taco salad (which happened more by fluke than anything). I LOVE Cinco de Mayo and always think I should put together a party, but I never actually get around to doing it.

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