Bien Dicho José Román



hay muchos en nuestra comunidad (afuera de Ranchos) que no saben que
son de raza mezcla. Si somos de Espanol, Yndio, Negro, Moro, y otros.
Tenemos que vernos que somos de la misma sangre y juntamos no separamos
(unir no separar) de nuestros primos.



gracias otra vez para sus comentarios y contribuciones



joseph



José Román González López wrote:

Hi Emilie:

Thanks for your msg.

 

I had has a great reading of vital records (parish and civil)
for my Genealogy, and to an others, that work is my principal source of
information; the DNA projects are relatively new for my knowledge, this
is very impacting for me (a little time more, and I could be "s - t - o
- n - e - d", por poco me quedo "de una pieza", como decimos en
español), and I considered it a important advance to the Family History.

 

Talking about the integration of a new culture
(Latin-Americans), as the beginning of a new "raza" or "mezcla de
razas" (White, Indigenous, Negroe, Asiatic

Emilie Garcia wrote:

Alicia,

 

Now I recall that my mother would make the capirotada around
Easter or Lent.  She also would only serve cheese enchiladas on Fridays
during lent, no meat dishes.  She never made enchiladas with meat,
anyway.  She was from New Mexico and made her enchiladas flat, stacked
up, with only onions, cheese and sauce and a fried egg on top.  I had
mine without the fried egg and no onions, much to her consternation,
since she had to make only mine separately from everyone else's.  I
also wouldn't eat the salsa she made with what she called "chiles
curtidos" (I think that is what she called them).  She made tamales for
Christmas and New Year.  I miss sitting down in front of the TV to
watch the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day with a plate of her
tamales.

 

Joseph, we can't wait much longer to make capirotada or tamales
ourselves.  Mother is gone!  We are on our own.  We must not deny
ourselves.  Let's look up the recipes on the