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June 23, 2007 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

Amys24thcollage2Amy had a birthday on the 16th of this month.
And I took her to see Chayanne.
And I won’t even mention that whole trip-to-Miami thing. 😉

And she did get to celebrate with her friends and go dancing and all that.

But, our family dinner was preempted by Father’s Day and a houseful of people.

And she still wanted our traditional "family celebration."
She wanted just the six of us around the table.

And she wanted me to make the traditional arroz con pollo served in the cazuela.

We had to have the rest of the Traditional-Darby-Birthday-Celebration trappings, too:

The fresh-cut roses from the garden.
The cake from scratch that Lucy always makes.

And, of course we had to play games.
Cranium Conga (a wonderful family game) and Catch Phrase. (Can I just say that Adam and I ROCK at this game. It’s almost like we share a brain. But that’s not important right now.)

Okay. So she didn’t really have to twist my arm to get it.

Because in spite of all the other ways we celebrate and with all the other people in our lives, the familiarity of just the six of us is sometimes the sweetest celebration of all. =D

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  1. class factotum says

    June 24, 2007 at 7:36 am

    Marta,What do you mean by “bitter orange, powder or marinade” in the recipe? When I lived in Miami, I remember mojo sauce made with bitter orange juice. Is that what you’re talking about?

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  2. Marta says

    June 24, 2007 at 8:10 am

    class factotum-I use either of these products or sometimes both. (depends what’s available in my area) Here are the links:
    Goya has a Bitter Orange Adobo that you just sprinkle on:
    http://www.goya.com/english/products/product.html?prodSubCatID=7&prodCatID=4
    La Lechonera makes a marinade. I really like this one if I can get it:
    http://www.latinmerchant.com/productdetail.asp?ProductID=SCM0014
    If I cannot get either of these, I make my own marinade using 1/3 lime juice and 2/3 orange juice.
    Does that help?
    Thanks for your questions. Let me know how it turns out for you. =D

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  3. Pandora L Pensiero says

    June 24, 2007 at 8:26 am

    Hey! I want a piece of that cake!!!!! I love your pictures! Does your camera take several pictures at once? You know..with a fast shutter speed? I like my camera, but it doesn’t click fast enough to take great baby pictures. In fact it takes FOREVER to click. Any ideas?

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  4. class factotum says

    June 25, 2007 at 1:32 pm

    Thanks, Marta! I might be able to get the Goya product at the Vietnamese grocery store here. (They have a lot of Mexican customers, so they carry Goya.) If not, I’ll use the juice combo. I’m waiting until my boyfriend is back in town to make this — but I’m looking forward to it.

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