Mexican Tradition

[maroonpirate04]

On New Years Eve hispanics do the tradition of eating menudo and fried tortilla mixed with sugar and cinnamon. Just wondering how many of u hispanics do that tradition. We've been doing that since i was little with my mom and my grandma when she was alive. And still keep the tradition going ever since. Also my grandma used to make some kind of hot chocolate that was really good. But forgot how it's made

[Matthew328]

The fried tortilla with cinammon and sugar sounds good...cant do menudo

[Aesculus gilmus]

Whenever I travel south, I always make it a point to go to H-E-B to shop for Mexican food. They have a lot better selection than we get this far north.

Last time I did this, I stopped at the one in Bellmead near I-35. Menudo was on sale for $1 per huge can and I bought about 10 of them. It's the first time I'd ever tried it and it was actually pretty tasty. But I wouldn't pay more than $1 for it. Ironically I was at a UIL eligibility hearing that day. That's why I had traveled to Waco.

[Matthew328]

Menudo is great for hangovers right?

[ILS1]

Originally posted by Matthew328
The fried tortilla with cinammon and sugar sounds good...cant do menudo

They are called bunuellos (sp?). Haven't had those in YEARS!!! Yeah, it's a great New Years Eve tradition!!!! Boy, I miss that!!!


:D :D :D

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Matthew328
Menudo is great for hangovers right?

That's what they tell me! :D

Buenellos are yummy!!!

[piratebg]

Menudo is good for most ailments. :thumbsup:

[piratebg]

My inlaws had me eat grapes last night. Not black eyed peas but grapes.

[tigerpride_08]

me and my family have never done that...:confused:

[raider red 2000]

Originally posted by tigerpride_08
me and my family have never done that...:confused:

never had menudo for new years....but done had grapes...black eyed peas and bunuellos....they are the shiznit.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by tigerpride_08
me and my family have never done that...:confused: are you sure you're a mexican? :p :p j/k

[FutureAD]

ya my mom makes buenellos every year to...she usually doesnt like to but i make her anyways...:D

[DU_stud04]

i made some bunuelos this year :) ill take pics in the morning

[c bobcats run]

Originally posted by maroonpirate04
On New Years Eve hispanics do the tradition of eating menudo and fried tortilla mixed with sugar and cinnamon. Just wondering how many of u hispanics do that tradition. We've been doing that since i was little with my mom and my grandma when she was alive. And still keep the tradition going ever since. Also my grandma used to make some kind of hot chocolate that was really good. But forgot how it's made

Good times. I am half mexican on my stepmother's side. Don't forget the Tamales!

Nothin' better!:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Sweetwater Red]

I can't stand menudo. How can anything be good when it
has hominy in it?

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I can't stand menudo. How can anything be good when it
has hominy in it? HAHA I would think the "meat" would be the reason most people can't stand it! LOL

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by pirate4state
HAHA I would think the "meat" would be the reason most people can't stand it! LOL

Nope. I can sop that up with a tortilla. :D

I just can't eat menudo if it has hominy in it. Blah and gag.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Nope. I can sop that up with a tortilla. :D

I just can't eat menudo if it has hominy in it. Blah and gag.

Weird. I'm the opposite. I'll eat the hominy and get rid of the yucky meat.

[c bobcats run]

Cabrito=meat!

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by c bobcats run
Cabrito=meat! In meundo???? :confused: :confused: That's not what my mom uses!

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by pirate4state
In meundo???? :confused: :confused: That's not what my mom uses!

Intestines?

[c bobcats run]

No, I just switched gears. I'm getting hungry and remembering those old days in San Antonio when I was a kid.

Good thing I'm not chineese. I hate cats.:D

[Sweetwater Red]

Originally posted by c bobcats run
No, I just switched gears. I'm getting hungry and remembering those old days in San Antonio when I was a kid.

Good thing I'm not chineese. I hate cats.:D

I wish I was chinese. That would mean I'd be smart and live to
be 110 years old...wouldn't it?:thinking:

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
Intestines? {shudders, yeah} so gross! :hairpunk:


Originally posted by c bobcats run
No, I just switched gears. I'm getting hungry and remembering those old days in San Antonio when I was a kid.

Good thing I'm not chineese. I hate cats. :D

Gotcha & ewwwwwwwwwwwwww :D

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by c bobcats run
Cabrito=meat!

Actually
Cabrito=Goat meat!

And it's excellent when done right.
Preferably for several hours in an underground pit.

And the best part of menudo is the hominy imo.

For those of you that dont know, the meat in menudo is "tripe".
Tripe is the lining inside a cow's esophagus.

YUM YUM!!! Arent yall hungry now?:D

[Aesculus gilmus]

Has anyone ever eaten chorizo?

Probably the first time I ever went to H-E-B (I sound like I'm the company spokesman) was when I had just moved to Austin and was a student at UT.

I was wandering the meat section and decided to buy a package of chorizo.

After having already eaten quite a bit of it, I read the ingredients. I don't remember if I actually threw up on the spot, but I never bought any more of it.

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by Aesculus gilmus
Has anyone ever eaten chorizo?

Probably the first time I ever went to H-E-B (I sound like I'm the company spokesman) was when I had just moved to Austin and was a student at UT.

I was wandering the meat section and decided to buy a package of chorizo.

After having already eaten quite a bit of it, I read the ingredients. I don't remember if I actually threw up on the spot, but I never bought any more of it.

Nothing better than a little chorizo mixed with scrambled eggs. A little goes a long way though.

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by DU_stud04
i made some bunuelos this year :) ill take pics in the morning

I hope that means you are taking the picture BEFORE you eat it and not the "morning after" pic!!:eek:

[alaskacat]

Originally posted by c bobcats run
Cabrito=meat!

Cabrito=Goat..

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
I hope that means you are taking the picture BEFORE you eat it and not the "morning after" pic!!:eek: :doh: hahaha, i knew i forgot something. what if i just draw a picture of what i thought they looked like instead?

[nobogey72]

Originally posted by Sweetwater Red
I can't stand menudo. How can anything be good when it
has hominy in it?

Red,

Have you ever tried the green chile hominy that they serve at Perinis in Buffalo Gap? I don't like hominy either, but that stuff is good.:)

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Nothing better than a little chorizo mixed with scrambled eggs. A little goes a long way though. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tortilla_man]

we also make a fruit tea... for the celebration, apples, oranges, pineapple, some other fruits sugar cane, cinnamon... mix it with tequila and brandy or by it self, its good!

[DU_stud04]

here is my sad attempt at making bunuelos
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g115/mexmustangs04/IMAGE_353.jpg

[pancho villa]

I like menudo anytime. It makes my pistola muy bueno.