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andeewah in food_porn

Request

Apr 18, 2006 12:15

The Mother-in-law has asked for ideas about something to take to a Cinco de Mayo party.
Can anyone help?

We want something:
Easy
colourful
not a main course
not TOO much booze in it
simply porn-0-rific

My authentic mexican party food-fu is not strong.

Thanks all!

party, mexican

Comments 33

feather_armor April 18 2006, 16:26:19 UTC

My friend once made a dish called "Mexican Cheesecake" which was a spicy to-die-for dip-type-thing that was practically a meal in itself. I believe it was from the old standard red & white checkered Betty Crocker cookbook.

feather_armor April 18 2006, 16:27:53 UTC

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?recipeid=34793

Ta-Da!

sarahxiong April 18 2006, 16:30:00 UTC

sangria!

fruit salsas!

or combine the two and make jello shots with sangria and fruit in it!

andeewah April 18 2006, 16:38:13 UTC

Fruit salsa maybe.
I'm just trying to imagin the MIL making jell-o shots...
Picture the stereotypical grade 2 teacher, that's my MIL.

jane_ire April 18 2006, 16:46:36 UTC

I second sangria. And fresh salsa is always great, especially with homemade tortilla chips.

smoochie April 18 2006, 16:30:21 UTC

hmmmmmmm

*thinksthinksthinksthinksthinks*

what about paella....more spanish but DIVINE !!!!

andeewah April 18 2006, 16:37:14 UTC

Too main course-y, but TRULY DIVINE.

smoochie April 18 2006, 16:39:21 UTC

hmmmm....sorry....

let's think.....well i'll get back to you....i'm off for an appointment....maybe the bus ride will rile up some ideas in my canoodle !

:)

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*grin* andeewah April 18 2006, 16:36:50 UTC

See, now that's something I would do.
But i think the party's being hosted by a Mexican expat.. so it might not go over as well as expected.

inthistown April 18 2006, 16:44:37 UTC

HAHAHAHAHAHAH as someone who spent her childhood in mexico, this is hilarious!

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cobwebdancer April 18 2006, 16:48:57 UTC

Spouse and I do the food for a Cinco de Mayo party every year... Haven't started working on this year's menu yet. Last year we did a sort of cheesecake with a cornmeal crust and red and green bell peppers. Perhaps too main-coursey. There's a great recipe in the New Basics Cookbook for a 3-layer dip using red bean pesto, black beans and something else (sorry, I'm at work and the cookbooks are at home). It's a bit labor-intensive, as you make all the layers from scratch, but very tasty.

I'll give it some more thought, since I need to start planning our menu!

gothicmom13 April 18 2006, 20:19:19 UTC

Something like this could be done in cup cake papers to make individual servings.