Pre-Party
I made what might be the world's largest salad today. It's for our Cinco de Mayo party tomorrow and, man, I hope it is good. If not, we could probably wrestle in it; it's about as big as a mud pit. It has hearts of palm, red bell peppers, yellow bell peppers, onions, garlic, cilantro, pineapple, jalapeno and a lime juice dressing. Gigantic.
Yesterday I cooked and shredded a pork shoulder for pork tacos, cooked and shredded chicken breasts for chicken nachos, made my famous black bean empanadas and baked a Mexican chocolate cake. Today I made the gigantic salad, Blue Grilled Cheese's 7-layer dip, key lime bars, a rum punch and the beans part of rice & beans. Tomorrow I'll cook the rice, make a few salsas and guacamole and assemble the rest of the food. Then people will come over and eat everything! We'll have some drinks, tell some jokes, listen to mariachi music and laugh. No sombreros, please.
Comments
7-layer dip? That sounds good. All this party needs is a certain Mexican bartender. Happy May 5!
Posted by: black cake | May 4, 2006 06:41 PM
Dude... if I was there I would totally make some guacamole! :)
Posted by: Blue Grilled Cheese | May 4, 2006 08:57 PM
And I was really hoping to wear my sombrero.
Posted by: Red Momo | May 5, 2006 07:51 AM
Good googly moogly! That's enough food to feed a barn-raising's worth of men! Sounds yummy tho.
I am doing shrimp enchiladas, avocado & orange salad, and margarita cake (and adaptation of Key Lime Cake, with added tequila). Screw authenticity. At least it's yummy! Will search for some mariachi music to complete the theme.
Ole!
Posted by: Purple Fried Okra | May 5, 2006 08:19 AM
Black Cake: Unfortunately, Clemente is not here, so the drinks just won't taste as sweet. I'll hang a picture of him over the bar. Marco isn't in the area either to provide his Latin heat; it's rather cold here.
Posted by: blue artichoke | May 5, 2006 12:57 PM
What I really need is Blue Grilled Cheese's Knock Ya Nakid Margaritas. I took the easy way and bought premixed Cuervo Strawberry margaritas. If only Clemente were here to tend bar...
Posted by: blue artichoke | May 5, 2006 06:17 PM