Happy Fooding Day!
Thu, Nov. 24th, 2005 01:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterHappy Day of Much Fooding!
Or, er, giving thanks.
Or... giving thanks for much fooding!
I am sitting in my sister's apartment and doing absolutely nothing to help with the feast-preparing. I think so far mashed potatoes, some sort of herby chicken, pumpkin pie, and dumplings are on the menu. Somehow, dumplings for Thanksgiving are traditional for my sister, and I like that.
This is so very different from the past three Thanksgivings I've had, all of which were at the boy's parents' place. And I don't mean to sound ungrateful, particularly on Thanksgiving, but.. I'm not good at traditionally celebrating things, even things like Chinese New Year's. My family also isn't much for doing this type of thing. I like this Thanksgiving, comprised of 10 people crammed into a two-bedroom apartment, random conversations going on every which way, random DVDs playing, people deciding last minute how to cook the chicken. I like that the plates don't match and that there is no turkey, I like that we all slept through the Macy's parade.
I've had "traditional" Thanksgivings now, in which there are tables laden with cheese and appetizers, where the boy's mom would cook pumpkin soup and pie and turkey in the kitchen while people watched football on TV and his grandmother would bring in mushroom or green bean casserole. And I'm glad that I've been to those, and they were great fun in their own way (also, I had Yorkshire pudding for the first time, which was awesome!). But like I said... my family's isn't very traditional. I'm not very traditional. We celebrate things between cultures and between countries, we're never in the same place at the same time.
In college, Thanksgiving was too short to go home, so we'd go to other people's houses or spend the time with friends, or something. Back in Taiwan, we wouldn't have the day off, so the moms would bring in turkey and mashed potatoes and pie, along with mi fun and fried rice. So I guess this is my tradition -- having a haphazard day with friends, too many cooks in the kitchen, no one quite knowing what to do. And I like it, and it is good.
So happy fooding for anyone else celebrating, and I hope you're doing so in a manner you enjoy, be it with all the works and three types of cranberry jelly (mmmm, I am jealous), or by yourself with a good book on a comfy sofa.
Or, er, giving thanks.
Or... giving thanks for much fooding!
I am sitting in my sister's apartment and doing absolutely nothing to help with the feast-preparing. I think so far mashed potatoes, some sort of herby chicken, pumpkin pie, and dumplings are on the menu. Somehow, dumplings for Thanksgiving are traditional for my sister, and I like that.
This is so very different from the past three Thanksgivings I've had, all of which were at the boy's parents' place. And I don't mean to sound ungrateful, particularly on Thanksgiving, but.. I'm not good at traditionally celebrating things, even things like Chinese New Year's. My family also isn't much for doing this type of thing. I like this Thanksgiving, comprised of 10 people crammed into a two-bedroom apartment, random conversations going on every which way, random DVDs playing, people deciding last minute how to cook the chicken. I like that the plates don't match and that there is no turkey, I like that we all slept through the Macy's parade.
I've had "traditional" Thanksgivings now, in which there are tables laden with cheese and appetizers, where the boy's mom would cook pumpkin soup and pie and turkey in the kitchen while people watched football on TV and his grandmother would bring in mushroom or green bean casserole. And I'm glad that I've been to those, and they were great fun in their own way (also, I had Yorkshire pudding for the first time, which was awesome!). But like I said... my family's isn't very traditional. I'm not very traditional. We celebrate things between cultures and between countries, we're never in the same place at the same time.
In college, Thanksgiving was too short to go home, so we'd go to other people's houses or spend the time with friends, or something. Back in Taiwan, we wouldn't have the day off, so the moms would bring in turkey and mashed potatoes and pie, along with mi fun and fried rice. So I guess this is my tradition -- having a haphazard day with friends, too many cooks in the kitchen, no one quite knowing what to do. And I like it, and it is good.
So happy fooding for anyone else celebrating, and I hope you're doing so in a manner you enjoy, be it with all the works and three types of cranberry jelly (mmmm, I am jealous), or by yourself with a good book on a comfy sofa.
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Thu, Nov. 24th, 2005 06:08 pm (UTC)*waiting two more days 'til duck*
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Thu, Nov. 24th, 2005 06:56 pm (UTC)My problem with Thanksgiving is that I don't much like the traditional foods, turkey (inevitably dry and flavorless) and pumpkin (just don't like it.) Tonight we had turkey, chipotle-flavored sweet potatoes, dried apricot stuffing, green beans, and two types of cranberry sauce, regular and chipotle-flavored. (My aunt M has gone nuts over chipotles.) My favorite from the dinner was a salad of spinach, strawberries, candied pecans, and vinaigrette with poppy seeds-- sounds bizarre but it was really good. For dessert we had pumpkin pie, sweet potato cheesecake, and raspberries with whipped cream. The last was the best.
Have fun with Mely tomorrow, and blog all about it.
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Thu, Nov. 24th, 2005 10:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Sat, Nov. 26th, 2005 11:38 pm (UTC)On the other hand, I adoooooore pumpkin. Yum.
Chipotle-flavored cranberry sauce sounds really good, as does the salad and the sweet potato cheesecake and chipotle-flavored sweet potatoes. And dried apricot stuffing. Actually, it all sounds pretty good and is making me want to eat, despite the fact that I've basically done nothing but eat and buy things for the past three days.
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Sat, Nov. 26th, 2005 11:39 pm (UTC)