This Thursday is Cinco de Mayo so this past weekend just about every show on The Food Network was filled with yummy Mexican recipes. I had to work most of they day so I didn’t get to watch and drool very much. Probably a good thing 
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated mostly in the United States, not in Mexico. Here in the U.S., the fifth of May is observed as a celebration of Mexican heritage. Uh… that’s the limit to my knowledge of this occasion. I do food… not history. I guess I get an “F” in that class.
Since I’m preparing to move at the end of this week, I won’t have time to prepare a MexiFeast. So… here are a few of my favorites from previous posts. Hope you enjoy! And feel free to drool. I won’t tell.
All Day Enchilada Beef (and Enchiladas)
Enjoy the rest of your week my sweet friends. Think of me packing boxes and moving into a tiny apartment with a tiny kitchen. Nick and I will be living in the apartment for about three and a half months. Hopefully our house will be ready by the middle of August. I sure am looking forward to unpacking and really settling in. And I’m REALLY excited about my new kitchen In the meantime, I’m grateful to have the tiny apartment. I promise not to complain about the teensy kitchen. Not everyone is blessed to have a roof over their head. I can certainly live in tiny for a while.
Sweetest Blessings,
LeAnn
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Mmmm. I know what would go well with these. Can’t wait til Thursday!
Ok, I couldn’t resist, I am a geography teacher who loves history and had to cut and paste this from a kid website, I love kid websites, easier to understand things. Now you can REALLY enjoy your Mexican food with this bit of knowledge behind the meal..ha, ha.
Cinco de Mayo celebrates a victory by the Mexican Army over the French Army in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
It was a great victory because it was unexpected. France at that time was still very powerful and had many troops in Mexico.
Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1810. But the Mexican War with the United States and the Mexican Civil War almost entirely wiped out the Mexican Treasury. During these wars, Mexico had borrowed heavily from European countries, including France. In the early 1860s, Mexico stopped paying France back. France’s answer was to invade Mexico.
The French had tried to make Archduke Maximilian of Austria the ruler of Mexico. Under his command, French troops marched from the Gulf of Mexico toward Mexico City.
Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza and about 5,000 poorly armed troops met the 6,000-strong French army at the Battle of Puebla. The Mexican victory was incredible. It stopped the French cold, at least for awhile.
But more French troops returned, and this time they succeeded. French rule of Mexico was short, however. In 1867, pressure from the United States and from other concerns abroad convinced France to abandon its Mexican empire. Mexico was free once again.
The importance in the Battle of Puebla is in the ability of a smaller, more poorly equipped army to defeat a larger, well-equipped one. The Mexican people also showed that they were willing to defend their homeland from invaders. This victory also punched a hole in the European mystique, which held that European governments and armies were by their very nature more powerful than other, smaller countries and their armies.
dear, dear, dear…it’s still morning and your delightful pictures are making me hungry…I love Mexican food!
Oh My! I’m so excited to find She Cooks! BTW – I found you through Twitter. I’ve been looking for some special things to make for Cinco de Mayo as well as a little history to share w/ my kiddos! The Dip looks fabulous! And I plan to make for dessert, bunuelos w/ ice cream on top! I’m starving!