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Last Sunday was Cinco de Mayo.  We have zero Mexican heritage, but we “celebrate” it anyway.  Well, we use it as a good excuse to have Mexican food for dinner.  So, even though Sundays are nuts around here with church and then 4 hours of youth choir practice (first concert this Sunday!), I still pulled together a big taco and tortilla bar.  It was delish.

And, because we wanted the celebration to continue just a wee bit longer, I found this fun dessert online and decided to give it a try.  We loved it so much, I made them again tonight.

This is complicated, so don’t get lost…

Take a stack of soft tortillas and cut them across in 1/4″ strips, and then the other way down the middle once.

Heat a deep pot of oil on medium-medium high heat.  We were somewhere in the middle of the two.

Dump about 5 in the oil, and watch them sizzle.  If they don’t sizzle a lot, your oil isn’t hot enough.

Using a hand strainer, stir and flip till they’re nice and golden brown.  It took ours maybe 20 seconds each batch.

Take them out and drain on paper towels.  Sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar.  It helps to have two working on this at a time…Marley was my cinnamon sugar girl both nights.

They’re so good…reminds me of the twists at Taco B*ll, but more substantial and a little chewier.  I used a different kind of tortilla on Sunday, and they puffed up better than these.

See, I told you it was complicated.  I bet you have tortillas in your fridge right now…you should try these.  Really, you should!

Dylan (the kid with the bottom half of his face covered in cinnamon sugar) dares you…

The lemon cheesecake, took literally hours of preparation on Saturday.  And, on a scale of 1-10 for taste, it’s easily a 20.

Bravo to the chefs!

Head chef, D’Qota…

and, one of his trusty sous chefs, Dylan…shown here, working very hard!

Payton couldn’t be reached for a photo, he left early for a friend’s house.

However, before that, the boys had an experiment to try out.

Anyone know what happens to an egg when you put it in a microwave?

Yeah, that.  Instant scrambled eggs.  All over the microwave.  How many moms would allow their boys to do this?!?  I’m so cool.  Heh.

Good thing the guys were good at cooking AND cleaning…

Now, please excuse us while we eat.