Some of you have given me favorite
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family recipes. This is my Uncle
Leroy Joseph (PALMA?) PULLMAN (spouse)
Ernie’s Capirotada. Capirotada I think it ‘s really my grandmother’s recipe, but he is the only one who can make it, “like she did”. 2 Loaves of French bread cut into small pieces and toasted. 1/2# long horn cheese grated 2 boxes of seedless raisins 3 bunches of chopped green onions 2 boxes of dark brown suger mixed with water 2 cans of tomatoes peeled and crushed Cinnamon Combine (blend) above ingredients in a small roaster pan; top with brown sugar/water mix. Reserve some of the brown sugar mixture to be able to add to the ingredients to keep it from drying out. Add cinnamon to taste.
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(spouse) 1926-2007
Martin P. ARMENDARIZ, Jr. 4 Joe ARMENDARIZ 4 Rosemary ARMENDARIZ 4 Frances ARMENDARIZ 3 Carmen Peraza ROBLES -2005 4
Jose “Joe”SAENZ 4
(spouse)
Sally SAENZ Chuck TOWERS
(ex-spouse)
Brian TOWERS 5 Charlene TOWERS 5 Tracy TOWERS Dora SAENZ Albert SAENZ Danny SAENZ Joe SAENZ, Jr. Josephina SAENZ Terry SAENZ Grace SAENZ Michael SAENZ Esther SAENZ 5
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Serve warm or cold.
Peraza ROBLES 1931-2004
Martin P. ARMENDARIZ
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Let it heat up in the roaster oven about 1/2 hour or until all the ingredients melt and blend together.
Julie PULLMAN 5 Joe PULLMAN 5 Jenny PULLMAN Joseph "Joe" LIRA 5 Santana LIRA 5 Jennifer LIRA 5
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Peraza ROBLES
Agree or disagree with it’s origin, the history of capirotada goes back hundreds of years when Mexicans made this recipe and ate it during the Lenten season as a remembrance of Christ’s suffering on Good Friday. Even the ingredients are symbolic according to Wikipedia. The bread represents the body of Christ, the brown sugar syrup his blood, the raisins represented the nails and the melted cheese was reminiscent of His Holy Shroud. Recipes for capirotada from the Spanish Inquisition (1400-1500’s) are still retained in the Catholic archives today. Think I am safe in saying that none of this symbolism was occurring to my grandmother Carlota when she made capirotada.
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