junho 02, 2011

American Spring

April, May, June ...
          All these times of the year bring me many good memories. We used to eat so much! Food always was an important thing in our culture and we really eat a lot.
          April is easter month and it's a month where we exchange and share candies, easter eggs and also chocolate easter bunnies. Very delicious!
I remember when I was a child and my family and me went to a little trip... There was a little boy there, he was about 4 years old and my grandma loved him, so she decided give my chocolate easter bunny to him, and I got so mad about it, but then I realized that I've always had that and unfortunately he wasn't that lucky.
         May also gives me nice memories because May is a month full of birthdays in my family, including mine. So, we used to have only one party for all and it was a really big deal. We had so much food! My grandma and my mom made the candies and other food that we most liked. For me it wasn't a partty if we didn't have 'brigadeiro', a kind of chocolate made with condensed milk, powder chocolate and butter. Hum, I can smell it right now, I can feel it, still warm in the pot, just waiting for my beloved grandma give it balls shape.
         June, also a good month. Mostly in the end of it we have the called "Festa Junina" or "Country Party", every year. Everyone from my little church group and my big family used to go.
We liked to meet there and have fun. We liked to eat a lot too... Corn, pop corn, hot chocolate, hot wine, "cachaça", pies, barbecue, "pastel", potato salad, cuzcuz, all the kind of cakes, huuuum, the cakes!
After the party everyone would just say how good the big meal was. It would be commented for days. They are really good memories.
I miss those times.


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