Love it! Sorry it took so long to respond. Have been on the road.
"Pomponio Magnus, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano de
Tejas de Santa Anna" wrote in message
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> "Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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> > "Pomponio Magnus, Gobernador Constitucional del Estado Libre y Soberano
de
> > Tejas de Santa Anna" > Lopez: "Le gusto el armadillo al mariscal?"
> > >
> > > Cook: "Oui! It was a triumph on the scale of Austerlitz! And we need
> > > more! His imperial highness will be here soon and a Habsburg will
> > > only have the best!"
> >
> > --snip---
> >
> > Love it! Armadillo (Toche as we call it in Veracruz) is my favorite of
all
> > edible animals by far. And so hard to get anymore! I cry when driving
> > through Texas seeing all the armadillo road kill.
> >
> > Your historical anecdotes are perfect, may I add them to the growing
Puebla
> > Protocol?
> >
> > Wayne
>
> Oh God, if you must ruin your efforts, go ahead.
>
> Bazaine did get to like Mexico. In fact, he married a senorita 30
> years younger than himself and took her back to France when he left.
> She must have known how to cook as the marshal was known for his hefty
> stomach.
>
> Mrs. Bazaine: "Achille, cheri, I would have done you huevos motulenos
> for breakfast but I cannot find any decent chiles here in Paris!"
> Bazaine: "Its OK, dear. C'est la guerre. Do your best."
> Mrs. Bazaine: "But you don't understand! I am going nuts in this
> town! I had Genevieve the maid stay for hours on the doorway to stop
> any indio that might have come into town with a burro laden with herbs
> but she saw none. Instead she received all manner of indecent
> proposals! And the markets here are so bare! No mole, no achiote, no
> jicama, no black bean, no nixtamal, no toches, no caguamas! And the
> scrawny chickens they sell can't compare to the fat juicy totoles
> (turkeys) from the jungle! Achille, this can't go on! (sobs)"
> Bazaine: "Pre bien, I shall go to the emperor myself and demand, yes,
> demand that he send a new expeditionary force to Veracruz! I shall
> argue...raisons de etat! Or better yet, raisons de la bouche! La
> grande nation will not be humiliated thus!"
>
> (It is a little known fact that this second expeditionary force was
> cancelled due to the Franco-Prussian war.)
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