Re: [ranchos] Capirotada

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

Emilie Garcia wrote:

Alicia,

 

Now I recall that my mother would make the capirotada around Easter or Lent.  She also would only serve cheese enchiladas on Fridays during lent, no meat dishes.  She never made enchiladas with meat, anyway.  She was from New Mexico and made her enchiladas flat, stacked up, with only onions, cheese and sauce and a fried egg on top.  I had mine without the fried egg and no onions, much to her consternation, since she had to make only mine separately from everyone else's.  I also wouldn't eat the salsa she made with what she called "chiles curtidos" (I think that is what she called them).  She made tamales for Christmas and New Year.  I miss sitting down in front of the TV to watch the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day with a plate of her tamales.

 

Joseph, we can't wait much longer to make capirotada or tamales ourselves.  Mother is gone!  We are on our own.  We must not deny ourselves.  Let's look up the recipes on the internet.

you are right. . .how will the next generation of those that decend from Jalisco and Zacatecas (Aguascalientes too) know about these dishes if all we do is reminis about the foods we used to eat. Seems like the only good Mexican food I get is when I go to CA to visit la familia, but there are so many Mexican restaurants here that I'm sure if I spent some time exploring I could find a good one.

thanks,

joseph

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA ---

----- Original Message -----

From: Alicia Carrillo

To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:42 PM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] Capirotada

Joseph and Emilie,

 

You are invited over for capirotada but you must wait until Lent. Capirotada is a lenten food as it was usually made with day old bread and tortillas and any leftover fruits, nuts and cheeses. It was meant to be penitential, who would have thunk that it would be a much coveted Mexican gourment dessert.

 

My husband is famous for his lenten capirotada, not as in Emeril TV famous but as in San Jose local family famous.

 

Alicia Carrillo

San Jose, Ca

Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

Emilie Garcia wrote:

> Victor,
>
> I thought they called it the "Mestizaje"? However, that word is not
> in my Spanish dictionary. I found "mescladura" and "mezcolanza".
> What say you, Jose Roman? What do they call it in Mexico?

Victor is in Mexico as much as Jose Roman. Donde vives Victor?

Victor can you put a little capirotada in a jar and send it to me?:

Joseph Puentes
PO Box 12123
Durham, NC 27709

I haven't had capirotada in over 20 years and i absolutely love it. My
mom didn't make it every year but probably on average of every other
year. I used to over indulge. But she did make on the order of 30 dozen
tamales every year with us kids sitting around the table spreading the
masa (thankfully only when she could capture us). My sisters used to be
made to do the whole procedure when they were younger.

joseph

ps: do they have Jalisco Capirotada, Zacatecas Capirotada and
Aguascalientes Capirotada? Boy I'd love to try all three versions even
if they all tasted the same.

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> Emilie Garcia
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> Subject: [ranchos] Re: Trevino match, DNA and the Today show
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> Ed,
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> The Americans talk about the "melting pot"; the Canadians speak about
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