-The Only Way to Eat Fajitas

For Mother's Day, my family took me to Chilis for dinner.  It has been about three years since we've been there, so it sounded like a fun treat.  Looking at the menu, I knew exactly what I wanted.....Fajitas!!  Yum!  I haven't had those for about three years - probably since the last time I was at Chilis.

As we discussed what everyone was going to order, I told Thomas that I was going to get fajitas.  He then asked me, "What kind of fajitas are you getting?"

"What kind?" I asked, "Fajitas. They only come in one kind."

"You can get beef, chicken, or shrimp" he responded.

"You know my answer to that.  When was the last time you ate skirt meat from a chicken....or a shrimp?  Fajitas are made with skirt steak, nothing else."

Thomas' response to this was to groan and call me my father's name.  He knew where those last two sentences had come from....

When I was growing up, this was the fajita rule in my family.  No one is allowed to sit at a table with my father and eat a fajita made with any meat other than beef.  In fact, it is more serious than a rule....it is a law!  A law that I just can't seem to shake.  One of those things from my childhood that is as deeply rooted inside of me as rules like, "Wash your hands before dinner" and "Mud Pies are not food, don't eat them!" and "Do not open the car door while driving down the highway".

Fajitas are made with skirt steak....Anything else is just a taco!  

Doesn't that look good?  Who wants chicken when you can have this?

Yummy toppings! 

Nice salty tortilla chips are a must!

Time for a salsa re-fill.

No matter what we are eating....I love being Katarina's mother! 

Is there any thing that your family did a certain way when you were growing up that you just can't do differently even as an adult?

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