
However the relationship between this infamous bowl of cow reticulum (the second chamber of the cows stomach) and the Danvurian is a sacred tradition.
From previous posts, the one thing we've learned about Danvurians is their love for food. To the Danvurian, a bowl of menudo is not just a bowl of soup, it's tradition! Danvurians pride themselves on tradition, particularly family recipes. Menudo recipes are most certainly the holy grail of all Danvurian family recipes. Some Danvurians are so obsessed with their family menudo recipe, they go to lengths trying to best others in the family. For instance cousins have been known to go to blows over who makes the best menudo from grandmas passed down recipe.
When it gets to be too laborious for the Danvurian elder (usually grandma) to cook for her entire family, she will begin to reveal her recipes to the family. Thus it begins, the passing of the proverbial torch onto the younger generation. On average, the grandmother of a Danvurian family is known to mother up to 8 children (this does not include the numerous grand kids and great grand kids she mothers and raises as her own.). It's nice to see grandma hang up the apron, after decades of cooking for a huge Danvurian family, who eats for recreation. If it were up to the Danvurian family, the grandma would cook until she is unable to get around the kitchen on her own. I don't know what it is about Danvurains when they see their grandma working her little butt off in the kitchen? I think because the elder coddles her children to a point where the Danvurian can't even warm their own tort on the placa. But to grandma it's ok, she'll do ANYTHING to make her hitos/hitas happy.
Forgive me abuelita, but there is someone who makes medudo ALMOST as good as yours. I had to go a family breakfast at the Country Buffet near Southwest Plaza. I spotted a pot full of menudo and I gave it a try and oh dios mio!
ReplyDeleteI have missed good menudo cause grandma took her recipe with her.