Comments on Mexico in my Kitchen: Why we celebrate “Cinco de Mayo” in America.

I loved the history behind this Mely. The recipes...

2011-05-11T11:33:03.256-07:00

I loved the history behind this Mely. The recipes are an added bonus!!

Hola Mely, Your post is wonderful! Your food is al...

2011-05-07T08:27:26.482-07:00

Hola Mely,
Your post is wonderful! Your food is always outstanding and today is really special. Thank you so much for sharing your history and your talent with us. This is how we learn from each other. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope to see you next week!

I enjoyed your post...love all the food and most o...

2011-05-05T17:12:15.792-07:00

I enjoyed your post...love all the food and most of all thanks for the info.I think theres many of us who dont understand what is cinco de mayo and we dont have the courage to ask.. lol!I like your blog, very yummy and informative.. so I followed you.

it's all about blind prejudice. Americans should...

2009-05-27T12:15:22.001-07:00

it's all about blind prejudice. Americans should celebrate canadian victory day, russian, british, slovs, south african, cuban, korean, vietnamese, northern ireland, turkish victory days. More reasons to cheer!

Hola Nora, En eso pense yo con una coronita bien ...

2009-05-05T17:17:00.000-07:00

Hola Nora,
En eso pense yo con una coronita bien fria! :)

Hello Zerrin, I hope you could join us cooking something Mexican.

Para mí, LAS PUNTAS DE FILETE A LA MEXICANA! como ...

2009-05-05T16:01:00.000-07:00

Para mí, LAS PUNTAS DE FILETE A LA MEXICANA! como se me antojaron! y luego Con unas tortillas recién hechas, y una corona o una negra modelo jaajaja. Felicidades Mely!

Thank you for that history part. I didn't know abo...

2009-05-05T15:27:00.000-07:00

Thank you for that history part. I didn't know about the importance of 5 May for Mexicans. I love learning such info. And thanks for the recipes. I can join you celebrating it by cooking these dishes.

Hola Silvia, Que gusto verte de nuevo por aca. Qu...

2009-05-04T18:12:00.000-07:00

Hola Silvia,

Que gusto verte de nuevo por aca. Que bueno que te quedaron ricas las salsas.

Un abrazo,

Mely

Mely siempre un placer visitarte! Que delicia. Oye...

2009-05-04T13:39:00.000-07:00

Mely siempre un placer visitarte! Que delicia. Oye te platico que el sabado pasado me avente a hacer tus dos salsas la verde y la roja con los tomatitos y el chile tatemados. Que cosa mas rica! Es la primera vez que la hacia asi y tuvo un super exito!

Un abrazo fuerte querida!

Oh my! I'm sitting here admiring the food, I love ...

2009-05-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

Oh my! I'm sitting here admiring the food, I love mexican cuisine. I make it often!

Well yes! We are here in an adobe built by the Sp...

2009-05-04T11:02:00.000-07:00

Well yes! We are here in an adobe built by the Spanish in 1820 and then in 1823 this entire region became a part of Mexico called Alta California. We have a very large Cinco de Mayo celebration here with great music and food...yours is magnificent and would make an amazing buffet...we are going to the plaza for plenty of tamales & marguerites. Best from Santa Barbara, s

Hi there, Doggybloggy: It really makes me glad to...

2009-05-04T05:57:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

Doggybloggy: It really makes me glad to know that you could have some roots down south of the border.

Chow and chatter: Thanks for stopping by.

You are right Janet, Ignacio Zaragoza was from Texas in what used to be part of the Mexican State of Coahuila. I love the phrase in his letter to then President "Benito Juarez" telling him about his victory. "The national arms have been covered with glory."
Anyway, I think is great that you could at least be at the celebration in Goliad, TX.

we sent saturday camping in the town of goliad, te...

2009-05-03T19:54:00.000-07:00

we sent saturday camping in the town of goliad, texas where ignacio zaragoza was born (my 2nd son was named after juarez & ignacio)... it was kind of fun to learn more about him and be at the party they had for him. too bad for swine flu b/c then we would have met the mexican delegates.

great post loved to learn the history lol

2009-05-03T19:31:00.000-07:00

great post loved to learn the history lol

great dishes - while I live in NYC now I am from N...

2009-05-03T17:57:00.000-07:00

great dishes - while I live in NYC now I am from New Mexico and my family has lived there for over 300 years -