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Personal Narrative: My Homemade Puerto Rican Rice
We have a tradition for my mom to make Puerto Rican food for almost every holiday. My grandmother and my Aunt taught my mom how to make Puerto Rican rice. My grandmother and aunt also taught her how to make empinyatats it is ground beef with Puerto Rican seasonings and its wrapped in a tortilla like wrap and is fried it is so good. My grandma that taught my mom is my dad's mom. And my aunt is my dad's sister my dad's mom and dad were born in Puerto Rico. My mom is a little bit Mexican and Puerto Rican. Next, my mom picks a holiday to make the good food. Sometimes it's Christmas and sometimes its thanksgiving and many other holidays . Most times my mother makes it just for a good dinner but it takes a long time to make Puerto Rican rice. My

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