Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone! A long time ago, probably for a
scouts activity, our family first started celebrating Cinco de Mayo -
mainly as an excuse to eat some good Mexican food. But we usually
remember to take a few minutes over dinner to talk about the history and
remind each other of our duties as citizens to protect each other and
stand up for what is right. (It could be an excuse to watch Newsies
again, I suppose...but that'd be a bit of a stretch...even for Dog
Walker.) Well, once Bossy married Gamer, (whose birthday falls this
week too), we tended to blend the two days together into one large
fiesta.
A fiesta that...it didn't look like would happen this year!
Holy guacamole, Gamer doesn't want chicken chimis at his birthday party!
Well, this past Monday,
I was mourning this fact when Mama said "Hey, want to be in charge of
dinner? I've got some hamburger, but only a few tortillas. Could
we make some kind of enchilada with that?"
Could
Drama Queen make dinner out of that? But of course! Oh, but what dear
Mama didn't remember was that when Drama Queen is stressed about work
or whatever, she throws herself into unnecessary projects like
organizing the crayon boxes or color-coding her closet. And so when I
presented dinner that night there were some tasty beef enchiladas and
churro-inspired rice krispie treats.
But then..on Tuesday?
Mama came home from running the ballgames to find she had nachos
being served with homemade flan. (Mama by now had caught on to the
fact that I was sneaking in a dessert every day, but I think she was
letting it by since I was gladly cooking.)
Wednesday
saw a wonderfully fragrant chili verde that had simmered in the slow
cooker all day. But that beautiful pork, sadly, got a little shown up
by its flashy dessert cousin, homemade churros with chocolate dipping
sauce. I'm not honestly sure how many I ended up making, but I think it
was probably about 100 four-inch churros all of which were snarfed up by
bedtime.
Tonight we had a smorgasbord of the left-overs and cold, sweet Orange
Julius..the brain-dead Drama Queen's answer for family-friendly
margaritas.
Wish me luck because tomorrow
I'm gonna try to make Bossy's tamale recipe, but I'll need a dessert
too. ....What do you think, bloggersphere, dare I try fried ice cream
too?
2 comments:
A bold endeavor indeed!
Wow, you did a great job with providing some awesome meals. I know how much that helped your dear mother. Ways to go girl! Blessiings and hugs for you~
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