"Tradition has it that eating menudo on New Year's Day brings a year of good luck. It is also known to be a sure-fire cure for a headache caused by "over-indulgence." -----from Seasoned with Sun: Recipes from the Corner of Texas and Old Mexico. Rich McCormack wrote: > To my suggestion that "Menudo is better known as a hangover remedy" > than New Years good luck dish... > > Bloechl, Sharen Rund wrote: > > > I wouldn't try to tell that to some friends of mine who happen to be > > Mexican and who happen to eats loads of this on New Year's Day (not just the > > one's suffering from a hangover either.....B-) > > I've lived in SoCal all my life. Various relatives 'n inlaws from > both mine and my wife's family have married Mexicans and we all have > associated with Mexicans from both sides of the US/Mexican border on > a fairly regular basis...I've yet to hear any mention of menudo being > a New Years good luck dish. But if it be so, it's OK with me, I'm one > of those rare gringos that actually likes menudo. > > -- > Rich McCormack (Poway, CA) macknet@cts.com > > Who is Rich McCormack? Find out at... > http://members.cts.com/crash/m/macknet/