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I received this story from The Library of America- Story of the Week.


In Cuban Seasonings, Ana Menendez writes about how her family celebrated Thanksgiving when she was young.  They had a traditional Cuban celebration meal that would also be served at Christmas.  The main course was a pig that they would slaughter fresh and marinate overnight with Cuban marinade called mojo. 

In the morning the men would put the pig on a spit in the yard over a fire and watch it all day while sitting around and drinking beer.  The women would all be in the kitchen making side dishes like black beans with yucca and rice.

“Those were happy days, colored as they were by the brief honeyed hour of childhood, and when I look back on them now I have a strange sense of them having taken place not in America, but in the Cuba of my parents memories.  But change, always inevitable and irrevocable, came gradually.”

One year stuffing was introduced to the meal, the next year, cranberry sauce.  As the family got smaller, they finally started having turkey.

This is a story of family memories and also the immigrant experience and how assimilation gradually takes place.  Menendez writing is simple, fresh and descriptive.  I could picture in all my head, even the dead pig.  That part of course, bothered me as a vegan but the story was great.  I highly recommend it.  You can read it here.  A recipe for the mojo marinade is included with the story.  It sounds delicious, perhaps I could use it to marinade tofu or vegetarian chicken.

Short Story Monday is hosted by John at The Book Mine Set.

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Mailbox Monday

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on March 26, 2012
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Mailbox Monday has it’s very own blog, Mailbox Monday. For March, it is being hosted at Diary of an Eccentric.

I just received one book:

Thanks to Net Galley and Sourcebooks!  This is a book I have been highly anticipating!


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Giveaway Winners Galore

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on March 25, 2012
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Thanks to everyone who entered the following giveaways! Winners, please reply to the email I sent you today within 48 hours to claim your books. After 2 days you will be disqualified and a new winner will be picked. Rafflecopter picks all winners using Random.org.

Thanks again to Debby Tobias of Joan Schulhafer Publishing and Media Consulting for making this giveaway possible!

The winner is:
Brenda
Thanks again to Jillian Sanders of Forever Romance for Making this giveaway possible!
The winners are:
Cheryl
Donna (already won)
Tina
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Thanks tagain to Jillian Sanders of Forever Romance for Making this giveaway possible!
The winners are:
Carol
Julia
Donna
Thanks again to Lindsay Sweeting of Meryl L. Moss Media Relations, Inc. for making this giveaway possible!
The winner is:
Julia
Thanks again to Joe Gallagher of The Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for making this giveaway possible!
The winners are:
Carol
Nicola
Thanks again to the author, Maggi Anderson for making this giveaway possible!
The winner of the eBook is:
Julia
Thanks again to Christine Choe for making this giveaway possible!
The winner is:
Julia


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