In article >,
zxcvbob > wrote:
(snippage)
> >>In mid-January (I don't recall the exact day) they serve a "King cake",
> >>much like in New Orleans, and whoever finds the "baby" has to buy the
> >>tamales for a big party they have on February 2. I don't recall the
> >>Mexican names for holiday (the one in January is associated with
> >>Christmas) or the King Cake or the "baby".
> >
> >
> > Dia do los Reyes, maybe? Epiphany. Three KINGS day. They find the
> > BABY. (Except in the Orthodox church, epiphany celebrates the baptism
> > of Jesus.)
>
> Yes, that's it, but somehow I got it in my head that the rosca de reyes
> (king's cake) was served in the middle of January instead of Jan 6.

Heathen.
(BTW, the Apricot Pineapple Jam is sublime, though I nearly burned it a
coupla times.)


> Bob
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