Thursday, May 5, 2011

Felices Cinco de Mayo

In celebration of the Mexican defeat of the French forces at the Battle of the Pueblo, I went out for lunch with friends and stuffed my face with chicken flautas and burritos. As I struggle to stay out of a food coma, please enjoy this fascinating video of Jello bouncing in slow motion. It really is gorgeous.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

That was awesome! ...and now it's making me hungry for Jell-O!

Jimmy Jam said...

according to my Mexican roommate only people in Puebla celebrate this holiday. That and American's who want to get drunk...

Kristen said...

That video seriously freaked me out. The weird morphing and all the jiggling -- eek! I only mention this in the hopes that I am not alone . . .

Ali said...

Yeah, James, I guess it's like St. Patrick's Day. We adopt these holidays in order to have an excuse to party. Go us.

I have an Irish Catholic friend who gets really insulted at the way we celebrate St. Patrick's Day. She uses the day to go to mass a couple of times and spend time with family, not drink green beer.

Kris, I knew this would horrify you as much as my meat posts. Sorry about that.

Linda said...

"I think Jello should be removed from the face of the earth. Its sole purpose is to provide chewing pleasure when one is prepping for a colonoscopy."
However I have always been intrigued by its ability to act as a plasma - not a solid or a liquid but with a foot in each camp.
Kristen, the gelatin you eat in Jell-O comes from the collagen in cow or pig bones, hooves, and connective tissues.

Ali said...

Oh, Kris knows that. That's why she doesn't eat anything with gelatin in it, including candy cigarettes! Poor Kris. I've always felt candy cigs were one of the more cruel casualties of your vegetarianism.

Kristen said...

Junior Mints are actually the thing I miss the most. Oh, the deliciousness.