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From: janet iglesias

To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 4:08
PM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] Memories of
food

Emilie:

I’m a die hard fan of Frida Kahlo as well . . . I was 10 years old when my
parents took me to Guanajuato and we were able to walk thorough one of their
homes (Diego & Frida). It was beautiful and I will never forget it. Since
then I have made it a mission to read about her as much as possible. I’m
contemplating on buying her diary. Have you read it? I also love the movie! I
cried my eyes out! About Mexican pottery . . . I have tons because I’m always
going to Tijuana to visit family, it’s great to live so close to the
border.

Janet Iglesias

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From: “Emilie Garcia” <auntyemfaustus@hotmail.com>
Reply-To:
ranchos@yahoogroups.com
To:
<ranchos@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [ranchos] Memories
of food
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:03:01 -0800

Janet,

 

I have that Frida Kahlo book too.  I just love it.  I would
love to have a little blue house decorated just like hers, but my husband,
like his aunts in Mexico, hates anything “ethnic” in décor.  He likes
only contemporary.  My sister is so lucky.  Not that she is a
widow, but that she is able to decorate her house just like Frida’s with
Diego Rivera reproductions and some of Frida’s art too. She and I are always
on the lookout for items to duplicate from that book — Mexican pottery,
glassware, etc.  We also have coffee table books of Diego Rivera’s
paintings.  My art teacher once told me I should have been a muralist
like him since she said my paintings were always so outsized. 

 

In the other group I belong to there is a fellow from Jerez, (where my
father was born) whose father cooks the dishes from Jerez.  I will
ask him for his father’s favorite foods and beg for the recipes.

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA —

—– Original Message —–

From: Janet V. Iglesias

To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:53
PM

Subject: RE: [ranchos] Memories of
food

Hi Esperanza:

 

I think it was common back in the days or even
in present time to do that. I even catch myself doing it with my family.
My mom use to make us (Children) separate food from my father because he
liked his food extremely hot/Spicy! She would make herself the same thing
as my father but without all the jalapeños/serranos/chile de arbol. It
eventually changed when we got older and we were able to love the food as
hot as my dad.

 

In my house my husband and I love to put chile
in everything we eat and my kids do not like it. So, I have to prepare
them something completely different. It’s sad to say but my  7yr old
son has refused to eat mexican food for a long time because he thinks it
looks disgusting . . . But I’m changing all that!!! Last week he ate a
burrito de Chorizo and loved it. I’m more than willing to share recipes
with the group. I’m married to someone from Jalisco, so I have made it my
mission to learn a lot of dishes from my target area. I also have
purchased the recipe book, Frida’s Fiestas : Recipes and
Reminiscences of Life with Frida Kahlo.

 

It is an awesome book with great recipes I
recommend it. I will add some from there . . .

 

 

~Janet Iglesias

Murrieta, CA

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From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
latina1955@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:13
PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [ranchos]
Memories of food

Joseph,

 

I just loved your story.  It reminded me of one I would like to
share.

 

I was raised by foster parents from Jalisco, my foster mother was
from LaBarca while my foster father was from Tepatitlan.

 

He worked for Santa Fe, the graveyard shift, she was a stay-at-home
mom.  Our eating routine usually started with “leche con pan dulce”
for breakfast.  We came home to a hot meal every day (she wasn’t the
best cook, but it was always good and substantial).  When we got home
from school, we did chores, homework, etc.  Then she would serve her
husband his own meal (always different from what she served us or
herself).  We would always wonder why he got the “special” looking
stuff, but dared not ask.  Later, we would eat something light, like
tostadas, and right before bed we would have our pan dulce with our
leche.

 

One night, when my foster father was working and my brothers
were out playing (I was never allowed to go out and play, as I had to be
chaperoned at all times), I saw her eating fish.  She was eating it
with such delight, and I asked to taste it.  She let me taste it, but
I did not like it.  This was one of the first times that I
had ever seen her eat or prepare fish – she said it reminded her of
childhood, but did not elaborate.

 

Now that left an impression upon me, because fish was expensive and
not necessarily readily available in Chicago (fresh) during those days,
nor did we ever get fish when we went to Jalisco visiting family. 
Just recently, I learned that her father was a fisherman – he used to fish
at the Laguna de Chapala.  It saddened me that she would prepare
special meals for her husband and separate meals for herself and
us. 

 

I am wondering if anyone else had a similar ritual when they grew
up?  Can anyone tell me why pan dulce was served right before bedtime
and a light supper provided? 

 

Esperanza

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—– Original Message —–

From: Yolanda Bobby Perez

To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:33
PM

Subject: [ranchos] Re: MEXICAN
POTTERY

JANET,  

 HOW DO YOU CURE MEXICAN POTTERY  FOR COOKING?  I
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS,  I JUST PURCHASED SOME OLLAS/
POTS  AND NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.  PERHAPS OTHERS IN THE GROUP HAVE AN
IDEA.    I WAS TOLD THAT IN DURANGO THEY USE “CAL”  MIX IT
WITH WATER UNTILL IT MAKES A PASTE AND COVER THE INSIDE OF THE POTS,  IT
THEN CURES FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS AND IS WASHED
THROUGHLY.    ONE MUST ALWAYS USE GLOVES TO APPLY THE LYE
BECAUSE IT BURNS THE SKIN.  I JUST CAN’T QUITE BRING MYSELF TO USE THIS
METHOD….WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK????

I WOULD LOVE TO COOK BEANS IN MY NEW OLLA JUST LIKE MY
ABUELA AURELIA USED TOO,   BUT….. I AM LEARY!   

YOLANDA MEDINA PEREZ 

janet iglesias
<reynavaleria@hotmail.com> wrote:

Emilie:

I’m a die hard fan of Frida Kahlo as well . . . I was 10 years old when
my parents took me to Guanajuato and we were able to walk thorough one of
their homes (Diego & Frida). It was beautiful and I will never forget
it. Since then I have made it a mission to read about her as much as
possible. I’m contemplating on buying her diary. Have you read it? I also
love the movie! I cried my eyes out! About Mexican pottery . . . I have tons
because I’m always going to Tijuana to visit family, it’s great to live so
close to the border.

Janet Iglesias

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From: “Emilie Garcia”
<auntyemfaustus@hotmail.com>
Reply-To:
ranchos@yahoogroups.com
To:
<ranchos@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [ranchos]
Memories of food
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:03:01
-0800

Janet,

 

I have that Frida Kahlo book too.  I just love it.  I would
love to have a little blue house decorated just like hers, but my husband,
like his aunts in Mexico, hates anything “ethnic” in décor.  He likes
only contemporary.  My sister is so lucky.  Not that she is a
widow, but that she is able to decorate her house just like Frida’s with
Diego Rivera reproductions and some of Frida’s art too. She and I are
always on the lookout for items to duplicate from that book — Mexican
pottery, glassware, etc.  We also have coffee table books of Diego
Rivera’s paintings.  My art teacher once told me I should have been a
muralist like him since she said my paintings were always so
outsized. 

 

In the other group I belong to there is a fellow from Jerez, (where
my father was born) whose father cooks the dishes from Jerez.  I
will ask him for his father’s favorite foods and beg for the recipes.

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA —

—– Original Message —–

From: Janet V. Iglesias

To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:53
PM

Subject: RE: [ranchos] Memories of
food

Hi Esperanza:

 

I think it was common back in the days or
even in present time to do that. I even catch myself doing it with my
family. My mom use to make us (Children) separate food from my father
because he liked his food extremely hot/Spicy! She would make herself
the same thing as my father but without all the jalapeños/serranos/chile
de arbol. It eventually changed when we got older and we were able to
love the food as hot as my dad.

 

In my house my husband and I love to put
chile in everything we eat and my kids do not like it. So, I have to
prepare them something completely different. It’s sad to say but
my  7yr old son has refused to eat mexican food for a long time
because he thinks it looks disgusting . . . But I’m changing all that!!!
Last week he ate a burrito de Chorizo and loved it. I’m more than
willing to share recipes with the group. I’m married to someone from
Jalisco, so I have made it my mission to learn a lot of dishes from my
target area. I also have purchased the recipe book, Frida’s
Fiestas : Recipes and Reminiscences of Life with Frida
Kahlo.

 

It is an awesome book with great recipes I
recommend it. I will add some from there . . .

 

 

~Janet Iglesias

Murrieta, CA

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From: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
latina1955@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 3:13
PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re:
[ranchos] Memories of food

Joseph,

 

I just loved your story.  It reminded me of one I would like
to share.

 

I was raised by foster parents from Jalisco, my foster mother was
from LaBarca while my foster father was from Tepatitlan.

 

He worked for Santa Fe, the graveyard shift, she was a stay-at-home
mom.  Our eating routine usually started with “leche con pan dulce”
for breakfast.  We came home to a hot meal every day (she wasn’t
the best cook, but it was always good and substantial).  When we
got home from school, we did chores, homework, etc.  Then she would
serve her husband his own meal (always different from what she served us
or herself).  We would always wonder why he got the “special”
looking stuff, but dared not ask.  Later, we would eat something
light, like tostadas, and right before bed we would have our pan dulce
with our leche.

 

One night, when my foster father was working and my brothers
were out playing (I was never allowed to go out and play, as I had to be
chaperoned at all times), I saw her eating fish.  She was eating it
with such delight, and I asked to taste it.  She let me taste it,
but I did not like it.  This was one of the first times
that I had ever seen her eat or prepare fish – she said it reminded her
of childhood, but did not elaborate.

 

Now that left an impression upon me, because fish was expensive and
not necessarily readily available in Chicago (fresh) during those days,
nor did we ever get fish when we went to Jalisco visiting family. 
Just recently, I learned that her father was a fisherman – he used to
fish at the Laguna de Chapala.  It saddened me that she would
prepare special meals for her husband and separate meals for
herself and us. 

 

I am wondering if anyone else had a similar ritual when they grew
up?  Can anyone tell me why pan dulce was served right before
bedtime and a light supper provided? 

 

Esperanza

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