Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets Of Knowledge For Your Noggin’ – Cinco de Mayo Edition

Dave Hilton

Here are Big Dave’s 5 Nuggets of Knowledge for your Noggin’ on this Cinco de Mayo: Thursday – May 5th, 2022. Let’s learn something together:

Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of Mexico’s underdog win over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. So, 160 years ago today. A bunch of mining workers from Mexico celebrated it in California a year later, and that’s how it got started.
Cinco de Mayo is actually more popular in the U.S. than it is in Mexico, where it’s not even a national holiday. And it’s been “DRINKO de Mayo” since the beer companies started using it to market their products in the 1980s.
The most popular ways we celebrate Cinco de Mayo are by eating Mexican food, drinking margaritas, celebrating Mexican culture and drinking Mexican beer.
Is it OFFENSIVE to dress up in a sombrero or poncho for Cinco de Mayo? In a recent poll, 51% of Americans said it’s fine, only 14% said it’s inappropriate and 35% weren’t sure. The Anti-Defamation League says DON’T do it though.
A few big chains are running Cinco de Mayo deals today: Chili’s has $5 cocktails . . . 7-Eleven is selling its new Mini Spicy Breakfast Empanadas with any sized coffee for $4 . . . Taco John’s has five tacos for $5.55 . . . and Chipotle is doing free delivery with the promo code “DELIVER”. (You can find even more deals here.)