2019 – Page 2 – Manzanillo Sun

Calavera – Día de los Muertos

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Path to Citizenship Series on the November 2019 Edition In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jose Guadalupe Posada began creating engraving and etchings to illustrate the newspapers of the day called broadsheets. His prints of skeletons doing everyday jobs are still called Calaveras today. Posada was the first to sketch the skeletons wearing […]

Okra – I Planted Roots in Mexico

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Tommy Clarkson on the November 2019 Edition Okra Abelmoschus esculentus Family Malvaceae Also known as Ladies’ Fingers or Ochro Question: Do you know where you can always find Okra? Answer: In the gardens of Okrahoma! (OK, now, a collective groan!) Yes, this is, in fact, a perennial, though up north it is planted and […]

Mesoamerican Witchcraft – Spooks and Goblin

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Kirby VickeryLeave a Comment

By Kirby Vickery on the November 2019 Edition To use the word, ‘witchcraft’ with any of the Mesoamerican cultures could almost be called a misnomer. Witchcraft, by its nature and conceptual origins, is purely Old World. The meaning of the word is so broad-based that to try to fit it into a single category of Mesoamerican […]

EIight Myths Regarding Spaying and Neutering

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Friends of Mexican Animal Welfare on the November 2019 Edition When it comes to spaying and neutering (fixing), misunderstandings abound. This is particularly true to the Mexican culture. Owners worry that ‘fixing’ their pet may cause undesirable side-effects. Nothing could be further from the truth! Here are a few of the most common misconceptions…. My female […]

Plátanos / Bananas and Hurricanes

November 1, 2019November 11, 2019Terry SovilLeave a Comment

By Tery Sovil on the November 2019 Edition Strawberries are not a true berry but watermelons, pumpkins, bananas and avocados are. Bananas are berries and raspberries aren’t. Bananas are not trees. There’s no wood in them. They are giant herbs and banana is its berry. Google this to shake yourself up. No one knows the true […]

Green Pozole with Chicken

October 23, 2019November 11, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Manzanillo Sun Writer on the October 2019 Edition Ingredients ✓ 1 can of hominy 108 oz (3.06 Kg) ✓ 1 whole chicken ✓ 2 garlic heads +4 garlic cloves, divided ✓ 2 Tbsp salt ✓ 2 pounds tomatillos 2 1/2 medium white onions, divided ✓ 1-3 Serrano peppers (stems removed) ✓ 2 bunches of cilantro […]

Mexican Cessation of the XIX Century

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Citizenship Series on the October 2019 Edition The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican American War. This region had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had […]

Rambo: Last Blood-At the Movies

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Suzanne A. Marshall on the October 2019 Edition Directed by: Adrian Grunberg Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Montreal, Sergio Peris, Adriana Barraza “Vietnam War Veteran, John Rambo, tries to find some sem-blance of peace by raising horses on a ranch in Arizona. He’s also developed a special familial bond with a woman named Maria and her […]

Duom Palm- I Planted Roots i Mexico

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Tommy Clarkson on the October 2019 Edition Duom Palm Hyphaene thebaica Family Heliconiaceae Also known as Gingerbread Palm or Branching Palm (As was My Patty who passed away May 12th, 2018 these palms are unique, unlike so many others of their relevant kind and, quite simply, rather rare! What makes these the latter is that, […]

ALUXE

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Kirby VickeryLeave a Comment

By Kirby Vickery on the October 2019 Edition Let’s say that you’re a Mayan farmer, from any time period from the ancient Mayan Empire that we are still finding to be larger than we thought, to, even today or tomorrow, for that matter. Your chief crop wouldn’t have changed through all this time. It is maize […]

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