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<\/a>I know that many of us have lost track of days during these horrible coronavirus quarantine months, but no, you\u2019re not<\/em> crazy\u2014today is only May 4th, not 5th. I\u2019m just giving you a heads-up this year, in case today is the day you\u2019re braving the supermarkets. You might want to get fixings to make a Mexican feast tomorrow<\/em>.<\/p>\nI can\u2019t believe that this is only the second time in INAM<\/em>\u2019s decade-long existence that I\u2019ve written a Cinco de Mayo article! And I actually love<\/em> this holiday! I wish that more of my pals would celebrate it, because it\u2019s so fun.<\/p>\n Karen Salkin’s homemade Cinco de Mayo feast. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Of course, growing up in Brooklyn, New York, I never even heard<\/em> of Mexicans, except sometimes in History class. And then when I got out here to LA as a teen-ager, they\u2019re just about all<\/em> I heard about! They were such an exotic people to me.<\/p>\n That\u2019s when I learned of Cinco de Mayo. And as the years, and decades, passed, I saw how fun that day\u2019s celebrations can be.<\/p>\n But I haven\u2019t always marked the occasion with a raucous party. Occasionally, as I will do tomorrow, I just make tacos and all the fixings and accompaniments, (like Spanish rice and corn,) for Mr. X and me. And we love it!<\/p>\n Karen Salkin’s Mexican flag colors ensemble on Cinco de Mayo 2019. (Just ignore the mini-bagel!) Photo by Mr. X.<\/p><\/div>\n Last year, my friend Marc and I celebrated by going to…Nate\u2019n Al\u2019s deli!!! We saw a couple of foodie-centric offerings at the LA Jewish Film Festival that afternoon, and were planning on heading over to a Cinco de Mayo fete after, but the Jewish food in the movies gave Marc a hankering for deli, so we changed our plans. I\u2019m grateful that I\u2019m always flexible, (though some of you didn\u2019t even know I am!,) because that turned-out to be the last time I ever went to Nate\u2019n Al\u2019s before it closed last month! (But no worries–I was still rockin\u2019 my shirt with the colors of the Mexican flag, so it was all good.)<\/p>\n And, of course, in my clubbing days in the late \u201890s, we always had a Cinco de Mayo night. But since there was not really any food at dance clubs, we just used the date to party hardy. And not even to mariachi music! It was just another excuse for a fun night.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>