There are four of us who regularly drive to the southeast parking lot at Sears in Salt Lake City for Tacos ($1.50 for two tacos) from the sidewalk vendor! We went today because it seemed like a wonderful way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Frankly, we don't need much of an excuse as the food is wonderful and the sidewalk vendor does a pretty good job with customer service.
For those of you who may think that Cinco de Mayo is some kind of celebration of Mexican food, this holiday commemorates the slaughter of Napolean III's Army by General Zaragosa and Colonel Porfirio Diaz (two true heroes) on this day in 1862 outside of Mexico City. This ensured the continued rule of Benito Juarez (another true hero) in Mexico and saved the Mexican people from exorbitant European taxes (without representation) and perhaps having to replace tacos with cheese and crackers! (It may also have saved the Northern Army then involved in the United States Civil War as the French were just too busy with their own problems to be of assistance to the South - but that is another story for another day!)
At any rate, while you are trying the super-hot green stuff on your restaurant style chips at the work party try to remember that this is a day when a much abused people turned back their would-be oppressors and maintained their freedom.
Happy Cinco de Mayo! (Hint: the water just spreads the heat around - milk will put the fire out!)
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