Oddly enough, eating stomach can actually help one's own stomach!

Menudo, a Mexican soup comprised primarily of chili spices, hominy, and tripe, is highly renowned within many Hispanic circles as an andidote and cure for those God-awful hangovers.

I personally swear by it, as it is one of the few foods I'm able to "stomach" during a hangover. It immediately relaxes my stomach and its high abundance of Vitamins A and C provide the rich nourishment I so desperately require.

Like all foods, homemade Menudo is usually best. Still, it can also be purchased from most of your favorite local Mexican restaurants. The smaller mom-and-pop type places usually do a great job.

If you are unable to find fresh Menudo then canned Menudo is still a very good option. Juanita's brand canned Menudo is actually quite good and can be found at just about any major super market.

My favorite toppings include plenty of lemon, cilantro, and chopped onions. Mexican oregano and powered red pepper are also good.

So, when planning for your next party or celebration, remember to stock up on plenty of that good old-fashioned Mexican stew, Menudo! You won't regret it! :-)

More Christmas fun! Thank you "Nah Nah", "Pa-pa", "Yah Yah", and "Coo Coo Robie, That'sa Mee!" for a wonderful day!

Christmas Morning 2005 and a visit from Santa to our neighborhood, courtesy of the La Verne Fire Department...

Christmas Eve 2005 was a blast! Josie prepared her usual assortment of great eats including a delicious prime rib roast. After scarfing down and enjoying some quality time together, we decided to try out a little karaoke on for size. Needless to say, karaoke was met with great enthusiam by the family, especially by the little ones.

I kicked things off with the Beatles' 'Ticket to Ride' while Kristin followed it up with a soulful performance of Depeche Mode's 'Precious'. Clareese and Michelle entertained the crowd with their beautiful reditions of 'Twinkle, Twinkle Lil' Star' and the 'ABC Song'. Junior rocked the house with the Clash's 'Rock the Casbah' and Maria and Gloria performed a lively duet of No Doubt's 'Spiderwebs'. Josie performed a touching rendition of the Beatles' 'Michelle' for our darling baby girl. But the definite highlight and surprise of the evening was Yadira's very sultry and seductive performance of 'Copacabana' by, the one and only, Barry Manilow. Who knew!? ;-)

Afterwards, we sat down and enjoyed a spirited round of Christmas carols around the piano. And finally, to top off a great evening, we opened gifts and did one final karaoke with everyone rocking out to Black Sabbath's 'Iron Man' as performed by Junior. Yeah, I know, how appropriate. heh.

This was definitely one of our best Christmas parties to date!

Happy 11th birthday, Kristin. We had a great time!

This is great news and I highly commend Microsoft's developers on this move.

Hopefully this will influence future Microsoft decisions when it comes to web standards.

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