Food inspried

Although small, these chocolate mice mean a lot to me. Every year for Christmas my grandma and I always make these little mice together. She always dips the cherry in the chocolate while I assemble the ears and the face together. I've always enjoyed making them with her because I feel like I don't spend a whole lot of time seeing her because of how busy I am on a day to day basis leaves me little time to visit, so Christmas is when I'm finally able to be with my family and spend quality time with them even though I don't necessarily enjoy cooking or baking, these are easy and fast to make. I feel as though my family may not be as traditional every year for Christmas, like we don't have a set date to put up the Christmas tree, and we don't always wait till morning to open our presents; but I always make time for making these treats with my grandmother. They’ve been our tradition ever since I can remember them, even when my grandparents used to live in Texas and they would come here for the holidays she would always bring these mice that she made the day before so we could have them while we celebrate Christmas.

 

I also feel as though I have a lot of food connections with my grandma on my dad’s side because she really loves to cook, she’s always cooked the best things I can remember from enchilada Wednesdays to back bone soup most of her dishes are that of more Mexican cultured, being that my dad’s side of the family derives from both Mexico and Spain so naturally most of the meals we do eat usually have the stereotypical rice and beans on the side. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t open to trying new things, like my mom’s corn beef and cabbage that she grew up with, and her meat loaf or Sheppard’s pie. So I guess it really just depends on who’s cooking supper that day, but in the end that bowl of guacamole looks pretty good.