May 7, 2006
Siete de Mayo
Who was there: what did they bring?
Julie: chocolate chipotle brownies
Jason & Amy: vegetarian stuffed peppers & pina colada "cupcakes"
Michael: loco for cocoa brownies
Matt: bean & cheese tortillas
Jay & Kelly: sweet corn stuff & mexican cookie-o-rama
Ms Dana: corn cakes & strawberry crepes
Stamatis: tres leches cake, mexican street fruit w/ chili powder
Amy: pork & chicken tamales, texmex "caviar", mango salsa, mexican freezepops
Beverages: sangria soda & pina agua fresca
PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES
Best dish: Jason for veg stuffed peppers
El Andale Hombre Quiz Winner of the architect Muerto from Mexico Lindo: 3-way tie - Julie, Jason, & Kelly: Julie won the tie-breaking question AND picked the winner out of the tiny sombrero
Lotteria big prize winners of Elvis' "Fun in Acapulco" CDs: Jason & Matt
Lucha Libre sticker sets went to: Kelly, Jason, Michael, & Julie
Glow-in-the-dark Elvis Libre postcards went to: Dana, Matt, Julie, & Amy
Amy's Mango Salsa
Ingredients:
1 large extra-ripe mango
0.5 large vidalia onion
2 green onions
1.5 medium green jalapenos
3 cloves garlic
juice of 1 lemon
sugar
pepper
salt
Instructions:
1) peel, core, & chop mango
2) cut a large vidalia onion in half, peel and chop 1/2 of it with your quick-chop
3) chop 2 green onions, white & tender greens only, throw ends away
4) cut jalapenos in halves. pull out seeds and inside pulpy part. chop 1.5 jalapenos. be careful not to get too much jalapeno juice on your hands, and DON'T touch your eye after handling them.
5) peel & chop (or press) 3 cloves garlic
6) mix all in a bowl, add juice of 1 lemon
7) add about 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper, + 1/2 teaspoon salt
8) transfer all to a chopper, blender, or food processor for a quick go-round, this is jsut to break up the mango and make it nice & saucy. if you chop your mango small enough, you won't have to do this part.
9) let it live with itself in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
10) remove from fridge an hour b4 serving to bring to room temperature
enjoy with chips and/or on chicken, tamales, or burritos
Coming Next: BBQ & Bocce in June
