May 6, 2006
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Seis de Mayo
Okay, so yesterday was Cinco de Mayo. Like most Americans I really have NO idea what Cinco de Mayo is all about. I know it's Mexican, I've heard that its more something that Americans do than anything observed in Mexico. I'm okay with that. I don't mind being mindless about eating Mexican food and drinking Margaritas.
And now that it's the day after ... I'm thinking that we should do this more. Oh, I don't mean Cinco de Mayo, I mean that we need to adopt pseudo holidays from other neighbors and countries we don't know enough about. I like it that the Mexicans don't really observe this day. That way we can't be accused of co-opting their celebration.
I can't think of anything that particularly appeals to me about Canadian cuisine, but I'm willing to give it a try.
It wouldn't be a hardship to add some night every week dedicated to a different kind of food. With a little effort I could probably even turn it into a learning experience for my kids. We could have German night (in October of course) hawaiiaan night, Italian night (Da Vinci Code Momi style ...) Yeah - it could happen. I still don't know what to do in honor of our neighbors to the North ... any suggestions, eh?
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Drink beer!
Canadian cuisine -- smoked meat from Ben's in Montreal. Ummmm...with dill pickles and cole slaw. Or there's always poutine, but you'll just pay for your cardiologist's vacation home with that stuff.
Midwinter, you could always just put some bread in the freezer. When it is a solid chunk, you can serve it up. Canadian Frozen Buns.
And ifen you don't like Canuck cuisine, come way down south and get the Kiwi experience - fush 'n chups on the beach. With wine, of course. We've come that far....
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