A Reason to Celebrate

Celebrations usually need some reasoning behind them.  Good or bad, you need something.  The 28 January, 2010 was cause for much celebration.  A. we had finished our first full week of classes at Regent's and B. it was the first of many three day weekends.  How did we do it?  Taco Thursday, of course!

The inability to procure Mexican food in an area dominated by middle eastern hookah bars, Iraqi/Kurdish diners, and Indian restaurants made it all the more reason to make tacos.  Simple, cheap, and delicious, they cover all the bases without making a scene.  The best part? Being forced to stare blankly at the "Mexican food section" of the local grocery store.  Salsa, tacos, and some enchillada/fajita/taco making kits stole all the glory and didn't leave any room for.....anything else that remotely resembled Mexican food.

The good news was they had all the supplies needed to make a delicious taco feast: tacos, beef, beef seasoning, tomatoes, lettuce, salsa, rice and SHREDDED CHEESE.

Our cooking skills weren't really put through their paces as the only "cooking" was to brown the beef.  Not being able to find anything that resembled "Ground chuck" and Zach/Bri's unwillingness to secretly buy ground lamb and not tell anyone, meant we had to settled for Grade A ground steak.  It was a little over-the-top, but it proved to be that much more delicious (even if it was purely psychological).

Here are some pictures of the momentous occasion that was Taco Thursday (thanks to Bri and Zach for the pictures):

Staring at the strange assortment of dead animal..

Alice and Bri with their tasty tacos

Steaming ground steak...delish

We weren't hungry..

My apologies for posting these entries slightly out of order.. I got really excited about the Keira piece, and thus, it managed to get done before anything else.