BLOGGING PARTY..FLAUNT YOUR REDS AND FOODIE FRIDAY...

OOO, I HAD TO BE A BUSY, BUSY GIRL TO GET THIS ALL INTO ONE POST.....

but it was such fun and....that's what it's all about......right !!

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May I say that this is a LONG post today...there's so much going on in Blogland and it is all so much fun...

I am in THREE today so please bear with me..

*CUPIDS CHARM is having a party for bloggers to tell

WHY

we love blogging !

I love all the really FABULOUS ideas I get on decorating.... like this adorable BAKING CENTER that AMY came up with...If you've not been over to her cottage, please do...she has some great ideas!
There's hundreds...maybe thousands, of other great ideas on how to make our cottages the very best they can be... I LOVE THAT ABOUT BLOGGING...



I ADORE all the wonderful friends I have made thru blogging...
It is just simply amazing to learn that you CAN be such good good friends with people that you don't know and chances are, you will NEVER meet. ....I LOVE THAT ABOUT BLOGGING

Some of these wonderful friends will stay in my heart forever and ever... I LOVE THAT ABOUT BLOGGING.

Since I love cooking and baking.... OOOOO, the recipes I have added to my recipe files.....
Chocolate Fudge Pie
German Pamcakes
Yummy and different Salads
oh so many that I can't list them all...
I LOVE THAT ABOUT BLOGGING....
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Most of all, I LOVE writing and telling and bragging and showing
photos of my beloved family.
I love leaving THEM a little history of their families and letting
them all learn a little about who I really am...
I LOVE THAT ABOUT BLOGGING.....
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Don't forget to swing by CUPID'S CHARM
and pay a visit to all the other reasons
about loving to BLOG !
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NANCY of SOUTHERN LADY is having this fabulous
FLAUNT YOUR REDS....
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As most of you know, I LOVE RED and my whole entire house
is dripping with REDS... (there was even a lot of RED in the above Blogging Party..hmmm.)
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I also love SIGNS...of all kinds...
old...new...funny...not too serious...
I found this adorable vintage sign on EBAY a few years ago...
It is a fairly large sign and, of course, it was the RED letters
that caught my eye...
WELL, I also liked that it was old and had the word ANTIQUES on it...:O)
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There's lots of bloggers that are wanting to
FLAUNT THEIR REDS....so be sure to go by and leave sweet words for all..
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"iii-yiiii-yi-yi"

...HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO

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Thank you, GOLLUM, for this wonderful FOODIE FRIDAY

She and a long list of bloggers have some fabulous foods waiting for you !

THANK YOU

for stopping by my place....

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Well, I'm pretty sure just about everyone in the whole world loves

NACHOS...

just about everyone in WEST TEXAS does, anyway..

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We just put those tortilla chips on our plate....

and start heaping all the good things on...

beans..

cheese...

peppers..

avocados..

seasoned hamburger meat...

onions...

black olives..

tomatoes.

salsa....

and anything else that looks or sounds delicious.....

UMMMM, BABY !
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* In the United States, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to be known as simply "5 de Mayo" and unfortunately, many people wrongly equate it with Mexican Independence which was on September 16, 1810,
nearly a fifty year difference.
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Over, the years Cinco de Mayo has become very commercialized and many people see this holiday as a time for fun and dance. Oddly enough, Cinco de Mayo has become more of Chicano holiday than a Mexican one. Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on a much larger scale here in the United States than it is in Mexico. People of Mexican descent in the United States celebrate this significant day by having parades, mariachi music, folklorico dancing and other types of festive activities.
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OUESADILLAS are one of my VERY FAVORITE MEXICAN FOODS....

They are so delicious with sour creme, avocado salad, even dipped in RANCH DRESSING...

Spread a little SALSA on them and you will be in

CINCO DE MAYO HEAVEN....

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There's really no RECIPE for Quesadillas...

a large flour tortilla, grilled with butter,

spread grated CHEDDAR, MONTREY, MEXICAN BLEND ...whatever

cheese you like the best...We like the Sharp Cheddar and Mexican blend together...

you can add anything your heart desires at this point..chilis, hot sauce, anything..

We generally just use the cheese and then
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DIP...DIP...DIP
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i am so hungry for one right this minute, i am

about to pitch a hissy fit !!

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I'm not sure if these are a REAL Mexican food or if it's TEX-MEX..

but who cares !!!

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NOW, I am here to tell you that I dearly love

SOPAPILLAS .....don't you?

GOOD GRIEF, THEY ARE GOOD...

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MEXICAN SOPAPILLAS
2 c. flour

3 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt

1 tbsp. shortening

Oil for deep frying (the only bad part is that they are FRIED!!)

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Sift dry ingredients together in bowl. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Add 1/2 cup warm water gradually, stirring with fork. Dough will be crumbly. Turn onto lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth. Divide in half. Let stand for 10 minutes. Cut into 3" squares. Fry, several at a time, in deep fat at 400 degrees for 30 seconds on each side. Yield: 40 sopapillas
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**I have found that if you hold the dough beneath the hot oil, with a fork, for a few seconds,

they will puff even more....

*another version of this wonder food is below...;O)

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THE MEXICAN HAT DANCE

is such fun to watch...

so jazzy and colorful...

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The sombrero hat is absolutely synonymous with Mexico, where it originated. It is a curiously strange looking hat, looking like a cross between a UFO and the hand piece from an air hockey game, or a giant Chinese wok with a high mound in the middle. Sombreros come in many splendid straw woven designs with great coloring, also they have a chin string to hold the hat in place. They were designed so wide to provide a big shade from the very sunny climate of Mexico, the super wide hat is big enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck and shoulders of the wearer.

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I made these last night, using store bought FLOUR TORTILLAS..just cut in fourths, drop into hot oil... with a fork, hold the tortilla beneath the hot oil and it will PUFF. ..... While these don't puff as much as the homemade SOPAPILLAS, they DO puff and they are SO SO good with honey and butter, cinnamon sugar or just served plain....
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JOIN ME IN A TOAST TO A VERY

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO......

blessings, bj