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April 15, 2005
Fiesta!
A few years ago, I had this idea to host a Mexican Breakfast in honor of my Grandma Lucio. It was a known fact that showing up at my Grandma's door at 10:30am on Saturday got you the best you'd ever have; homemade tortillas, eggs, beans, bacon. It's amazing how something so simple can be so satisfying. Some of my earliest memories are of watching my Grandmother making tortillas. I always got a little one to practice on. Oh how I wish I had paid more attention.
So this Sunday, I'm doing a Mexican Brunch. My first batch of tortillas tasted great but alas still are not round in the strictest sense of the shape. Making them did seem alot easier and faster than last year so I comfort myself with the idea that I'm making progress. And I can't wait for the day that I can set a little dough aside for Magda so that she can try to make one too. By then I may have to set one aside for her sisters and brothers and possibly for her Uncle Danny's kids as well. (My kids will probably still be too small ;-)
Word of Mexican Brunches may be getting around. Mat (my cohost) and I are having 28 of our closest friends over to his 25th floor NYC haven near Macy's. We invited most of our friends but largely expected many of them to have better things to do. I suppose we underestimated the power of a good breakfast. Twenty-eight people in a one bedroom apartment with Mexican food and bloody mary's promises to be a real barn burner. I'll let you know how it goes.
Posted by mermu at April 15, 2005 01:53 PM
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Magda is looking forward to rolling out tortillas with you. She's still not too sure about solid food though so she may not actually eat any of the tortillas!
Posted by: Sister at April 16, 2005 12:23 AM
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