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Date: 5/3/2006
All American Festivals
Episode FE1C09 Air Times: May 3, 2006 10:30 AM ET/PT

Cinco de Mayo Festival in San Marcos, TX
In San Marcos, TX, the annual Cinco De Mayo celebration is filled with flamenco, floats and food served up south of the border style. 40 teams compete to make the best Menudo. See the Folklorico Dancers, who gets crowned Miss Cinco de Mayo, and watch the confetti fly in the Cinco De Mayo parade.

Date: 4/29/2004
Menudo cookoff begins Thursday
San Marcos will host the 30th annual State Menudo Contest and Cinco de Mayo celebration.

Date: 1/6/2004
Tripas will be taken off store shelves
The first U.S. case of mad cow disease will likely see tripe, or tripas, pulled from store shelves.

Date: 12/24/2003
Border residents say they will still make menudo
Shoppers say they are not afraid of mad cow disease and still want to make menudo and barbacoa.

Date: 5/2/2003
It's all about the menudo
The San Marcos Cinco de Mayo celebration is home to the state's official menudo cookoff.

Date: 10/26/2002
Menudo Festival highlights favorite Mexican soup
The Mexican cure for any ailment has its own festival.

Last Updated: April 28, 2006

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