A Mexican Easter Dinner

It´s a great city to live in, but quite caotic, you should come again now
its prettier because the goverment and the private sector had spent a lot
of money in remodelation of historic buildings

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Paul Gomez
wrote:

> Hola, Patricia,
>
> How neat that you live in Mexico City. I was a visitor there in the late
> 1990's for a few days on a business trip. I enjoyed it very much. The city
> is so vibrant, so historical. I hope one day to return.
>
> Paul Gomez
> Rancho Cucamonga, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> [mailto:general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] On Behalf Of patty haro
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:26 PM
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] A Mexican Easter Dinner
>
> Hola!!
>
> I live in México City and we do not have anything special for easter, but I
> suggest some tacos of "Barbacoa of lamb" or tamales of barbacoa and Nopales
> salad or Nopalitos
>
> I agree with Emile, the tamales are rather heavy, here when we eat tamales
> we dont have any additional dishes, we make a lot of different kinds of
> tamales (mole, verde, rajas and for sweet the pink ones with raisins) and
> for drinks chocolate or atole.
>
> But I guess if you want some kind of salad the Nopales should be a good
> sidedish.
>
>
> Buena Suerte
>
> Patricia Haro
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Emilie Garcia
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Tamales and beans are rather heavy fare, so I would suggest keeping
> > the side dishes light, such as Spanish Rice, Caesar salad, chunks of
> > cantaloupe with strawberries, fruit drinks.
> >
> > Emilie
> > Port Orchard, WA
> >
> >
> > > To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> > > From: nc_coleman@yahoo.com
> > > Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:41:22 -0700
> > > Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] A Mexican Easter Dinner
> > >
> > > Hola amigos,
> > > I am looking for some good menu ideas/recommendations for Easter
> dinner.
> > > We are going to attempt making tamales (California style). And there
> > will be frijoles. But I am looking for additional side dishes.
> > > We haven't attempted such a menu in a few years (and then I had the
> > expert assistance of my sister to make the tamales, but she can't be
> > here this year).
> > > If you have any good ideas, could you please share. Gracias.
> > >
> > > Natalie Castro Coleman
> > > in Virginia
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