Food Traditions

[dora gomez <golcala01@...>]

Hello All,

 

I have been following the conversations about food traditions and how to cook Menudo, Pozole, etc.  I don't know if anyone shares the custom that we have in the Sain Alto region of Zacatecas.  Many people have Reliquias (Spelling?).  These are celebrations in honor of a patron saint.  Households will cook a whole lot of food and then pray a rosary in honor of that saint and the best part of all is that the food will be given away to anyone that comes to the house.  If you wish to eat in the home that is acceptable and if not, then families will normally bring a dish and it will be filled to take home.  It is a wonderful tradition that we have in Sain Alto.

 

My husband is from Magdalena, Jalisco and he has never heard of a Reliquia.  My father-in-law's parents and grandparents are from Zacatecas and he has heard of and attended some Reliquia.  So this leads me to believe that it may be a Zacatecas thing.  What do you think?

 

And yes, I too celebrate all of my various light, dark and fair skin colored family members. I know what it is like to have a family with an aray of colors.  It is wonderful to think and know that our children and grandchildren might look like or resemble any of our ancestors, light, dark, short, tall , or medium.

 

Dora

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