A special thank you to all my wonderful family
for being so special!!!
I love you!!!
We visit part of my family... on my father's side. The Aragon side. They are all
so interesting, AND so much fun! Ah, how I love them...so vibrant, so different...
so...so....soooo...hummmm...hummmm...what's the word I am looking for?
Oh, yeah! ECCENTRIC!!!
Everyone takes a dish, and I am always requested to make my rice pudding.
Honestly, more than a tradition it's MY PLEASURE...because nothing can be
easier!
As I measure 3/4 cup of rice, and put in a pan, I think about my lovely
family....
I smile as I remember my sister....Maria del Carmen or "Cary". A wild one!
The day she turned 18, she vanished
from Spain looking for fame. Our
father
searched all over the globe,
until he found her in Morocco...
singing in a club.
She was known
as Madame Gold Fingers! The
owner of the club offered my dad
13 camels for my sister, but dad refused, and dragged Cary back home...
Oh, back to my rice pudding... I add
5 cups water, one cinnamon stick,
and a pinch of salt.And speaking of turning up the heat...that reminds me of Nela.
This flower power cousin of mine did the strip tease version of Mary Poppins
in San Francisco during the1960's! She doesn't let anyone forget it either...
When Nela sings and dances "supercalifragilisticoespialidoso" ...and she
starts dropping those purses...let me tell you, it's time to run!!!
What's the next step to this recipe? I bring it to a boil, making sure it does
not spill over...that can cause a sticky, smoky mess in your kitchen!
Oh, wow...I just remembered my cousin, Monica, will be at the family
reunion! Monica holds the Guinness World Record for fortune telling... 126
days non stop!!!
This photo shows the conditions she was in when done with her las customer....
Yeah, that's what I call SMOKIN' HOT!!!
Well, as I was saying...I let it boil then lower the heat, cover it and let it simmer.
Oh, my...I forgot!!! I need to add 1 lemon rind!!! That brings another relative
to my mind....
Maria Aragon, Spain's most daring aviatrix, made history by crashing into a field
of rice in Thailand. She was found 2 months later trapped inside her plane!!
My cousin Maria survived thanks to rice filling the plane as it swept through
the field and "puffing" with the engine's heat! Since then, she suffers from
short and long term memory....I must add she is the only family member
that does not like my rice pudding....
I am so sorry...my mind just keeps wondering. Let's check that rice...Aha,
looking good...nice and tender...
Hmmm....hmmmm...."nice and tenderr" certainly does not describe my niece
Adriana...I must say she is a bit odd, since she was 3 years old she believes she
is Marie Antoinette and thinks everyone is after her "wig"....
Just imagine ...my sister had to take her to daycare with that wig on. Yikes!!!
My goodness, I should go on to add an 14 oz can of Borden's condensed milk ...
I love condensed milk...so rich, so sweet! My daughter Mayra is just like that!
She is the sweetest girl...she's not rich but she ...well...Mayra THINKS she is!
What!!! What...if she sometimes believes she is Queen Elizabeth of England?
She doesn't harm anybody... and observe how happy she looks...AWWW!!!
Time to stir with passion that condensed milk around, making sure it does
not stick to the pan.
Hmmm...Speaking of "stirring" and "passion"! Madame Gold Finger's adopted
son, Morocco's acclaimed actor, Abdel-Karim Mahoud Al-Mohamme Dawi
A.K.A "Goldilocks" sure does that!!!
His films, "Peroxide", "Blond Guys Have More Fun", and "Brokeback
Mountain Camel Herder", have swooned dozens of fans!!! What a cool dude...
HAH, "cool" !!! I better put the rice pudding in the fridge! It still looks a bit
watery, but it will become creamy...and it will look like this:
Once cold a sprinkle of ground cinnamon and it's ready to serve...Oh, my! Tears of
joy come to my eyes as I pick up last year's family reunion photo!!!
WACKY VALLEY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL... I will be there
tomorrow ...and I will bring the rice pudding!!!