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Wha wha...Originally Posted by Crepitus
Revenge of the fifth actually comes on the sixth after eating too much Mexican.
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Wha wha...
Revenge of the fifth actually comes on the sixth after eating too much Mexican.
Crepitus (05-05-2015)
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The holiday is kind of funny in that respect but it's an excuse to drink too much so...
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
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Common Sense (05-05-2015),PolWatch (05-05-2015)
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I think it's celebrated in the US more than it is in Mexico....because, as you said, it's an excuse to drink and eat tacos.
Sounds good to me.
Mister D (05-05-2015)
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Nothing wrong with that. I rather like Dos Equis, actually.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
Common Sense (05-05-2015)
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Montezuma's Revenge! The only ailment that involves sitting on the potty and saying 'come on ice cream'
(I know its tacky but I could not resist)
Through all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we just would go insane. - Jimmy Buffett
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Drink a warm one and you can actually speak Spanish for a few seconds.
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down here, the only city that even bothers to do ANYTHING special on may 5th is Puebla. For the rest of the country, EVERY day is a day to eat Mexican food and drink too much tequila.
PolWatch (05-05-2015)
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I very rarely drink a warm beer.
Whoever criticizes capitalism, while approving immigration, whose working class is its first victim, had better shut up. Whoever criticizes immigration, while remaining silent about capitalism, should do the same.
~Alain de Benoist
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There was a fair amount of Fr. influence on Mexican cuisine. See http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/2...a-afrancescada
"The French Influence On Mexican Cooking: La Comida Afrancescada "Karen Hursh Graber
"Mexican Kitchen
"Modern Mexican cooking is considered by culinary historians to be a fusion of three cuisines - indigenous, Spanish and French. ...
"The formation of Mexican culture was still being seen in European terms, something that was to reverse itself a century later, but not before a period of intense effort on the part of the elite to emulate the architecture, fashion and cuisine of the French. The empire of Maximilian and the presidency of Porfirio Díaz were both influential in promoting la comida afrancescada ("Frenchified" cooking.)"
(Details @ the URL)
& so on. French influence on desserts & pastries was extensive, & Mexican Prex. Díaz ruled for 35 years, & he was very much a French cuisine aficionado. ¡Viva!
nic34 (05-05-2015)
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Yah, Maximilian was thrust upon the Mexican throne @ bayonet point. & the Mexican people had a nice sendoff for him too, .50 caliber en masse in 1867 - a nice touch, if I say so myself. This was after the US Civil War wound down, & the US was aiding Prex. Juárez more & more in Mexico against the French.
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