Thanksgiving

[asmay]

I know, it's a bit strange for me to start a thread on Thanksgiving, since in Europe we don't have this holiday, but I'm just curious how you all celebrate this day. (All the info I have, comes from movies and TV shows ... :rolleyes:)

So as to get things started I wrote a little haiku on the subject. If you want to share any funny, moving, weird or crazy stories on Thanksgiving, please do!


Thanksgiving dinner ...
How about MB style foods?
No turkey, no yam,


But brown rice and beans,
Pumpkin soup, a pressed salad.
No cranb'rries, no ham!


You think it's too harsh?
Not yet ready for that switch,
New way of living?


Don't worry for now,
You can always start next year ...
Enjoy Thanksgiving!! ;)

[Lucia Helena]

Asmay and friends in Brazil to Thanksgiving is part of our schedule. It is not as valued as before, but we Catholics do a lot of reflection today.
Thank you for everything and for all!
As the spirit of Christmas, the day of thanksgiving should not be a holiday but a common habit in our lives.

[Christy]

Wishing all of you and your families a Blessed, Safe and Happy Thanksgiving !

Take Care & Hugs,
Christy

Love your haiku asmay !

Lucia...that's soo true...The spirit should remain with us all through the year and not just on Thanksgiving and Christmas !

[Sharon]

I would like to wish A Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! Enjoy your day and long weekend!
Stay safe, happy and healthy...this is the kick-off to Christmas, so let's try to keep the spirit going all year through...like we do here at DBC!
Hugs to all!

[bibbi]

I would like to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING who's celebrating. :)

[Lucia Helena]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

[shastastar]

Happy Thanksgiving to all and to all a good night... wait no... that's from a christmas book.... Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all of your blessings in life, and to be with family and those you love... Safe journey to everyone through this weekend and through life

Cheers Hope Faith Love
SS

[Arciris]

Happy Thanskgiving everyone!!!
Enjoy it who is celebrating it!!
Sweet haiku Asmay.:)
Esther.

[Flash]

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! :) :)

[ostarella]

Just a quickie to all before my "holiday" starts. Got up early so I could have a few minutes with my coffee and cigar before the cooking starts :p Will be toasting the bread in the oven for homemade dressing - one of the first things my mother taught me to make during my "coming of age" in the kitchen ;) - and cooking up the boullion. Once that's done and cooling, time to bake the pie. The one thing that is so totally non-MB - homemade pie crust - lard-based. :( But I only bake pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I'm not feeling guilty about that. :oops: By the time I've finished swearing over that (I can't just whip it up like my mother used to but I keep trying anyway :rolleyes:) the boullion will be cooled so I can sautee the onions and celery and then mix everything together for the dressing. Then get the turkey stuffed and throw it in the oven after the pies come out. Regular little assembly line. :p Then I can relax until the last half-hour before the turkey comes out - and then *everything* has to be cooked all at the same time so it's ready when the turkey is. Thank God for microwaves :rolleyes:

And after all that, it'll take an hour to eat and it's all over. And I'll find myself thinking, why did I go through all that for one meal? :confused: :o Maybe my ego - I love to hear the compliments (and I don't even have to threaten (much) to get them :)):)))

So that's Thanksgiving from the cook's point of view :))

[deebeelicious]

Just a quickie to all before my "holiday" starts. Got up early so I could have a few minutes with my coffee and cigar before the cooking starts :p Will be toasting the bread in the oven for homemade dressing - one of the first things my mother taught me to make during my "coming of age" in the kitchen ;) - and cooking up the boullion. Once that's done and cooling, time to bake the pie. The one thing that is so totally non-MB - homemade pie crust - lard-based. :( But I only bake pies for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I'm not feeling guilty about that. :oops: By the time I've finished swearing over that (I can't just whip it up like my mother used to but I keep trying anyway :rolleyes:) the boullion will be cooled so I can sautee the onions and celery and then mix everything together for the dressing. Then get the turkey stuffed and throw it in the oven after the pies come out. Regular little assembly line. :p Then I can relax until the last half-hour before the turkey comes out - and then *everything* has to be cooked all at the same time so it's ready when the turkey is. Thank God for microwaves :rolleyes:

And after all that, it'll take an hour to eat and it's all over. And I'll find myself thinking, why did I go through all that for one meal? :confused: :o Maybe my ego - I love to hear the compliments (and I don't even have to threaten (much) to get them :)):)))

So that's Thanksgiving from the cook's point of view :))


Positive vibes, dear! Lots of positive vibes into the dressing! ;) :) Peace and best wishes to you and everyone else.

(I'm so sad and sorry to see all the carnage happening in the world, esp India & Afghanistan at the moment! :(:(:cry:)

[elainesteel]

Wishing everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating!

Take care,

Elaine.

[asmay]

Positive vibes, dear! Lots of positive vibes into the dressing! ;) :) Peace and best wishes to you and everyone else.

(I'm so sad and sorry to see all the carnage happening in the world, esp India & Afghanistan at the moment! :(:(:cry:)


Way to go Ostarella! ;) And you are so right: hours of baking and cooking and sauteeing for (sometimes less than) an hour for us to consume it all ....:confused:

Deebee, I so agree with you: the horrors of the world never seem to stop. I've been in Mumbai, in that particular restaurant and in those hotels a few years ago and know the area quite well. :o:( Can't imagine how horrible it must be now ....:cry:

[UKJules]

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving......;)

Hugs to you all



Jules x

[bibbi]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! :D

*I may have said that already, but, it doesn't hurt to say it twice!* ;)

[shastastar]

I had a somewhat different assembly line than ostarella, but an assembly line nonetheless... that is what it becomes, for like an hour of eating. But eh.... I agree with you star, I did two pies, made cornbread and crumbled it for dressing, there isn't much time to do anything else if you are the one cooking..... and then I sat and ate my brown rice and squash... nice and so yummy, and then I went back to the hotel and ran.... you have to have a plan for thanksgiving to be successful which brings us all back to " I love it when a plan comes together" and we all know where that line comes from.

Peace to everyone in Mumbai and Peace for the world. Asmay I know how you feel having been where all of this happens. I had been to the trade centers in NYC many times, had college friends that worked there. It really makes you realize how small the world is and how vulnerable we all are.


Peace Hope Faith and Love

SS

[asmay]

I had a somewhat different assembly line than ostarella, but an assembly line nonetheless... that is what it becomes, for like an hour of eating. But eh.... I agree with you star, I did two pies, made cornbread and crumbled it for dressing, there isn't much time to do anything else if you are the one cooking..... and then I sat and ate my brown rice and squash... nice and so yummy, and then I went back to the hotel and ran.... you have to have a plan for thanksgiving to be successful which brings us all back to " I love it when a plan comes together" and we all know where that line comes from.

Peace to everyone in Mumbai and Peace for the world. Asmay I know how you feel having been where all of this happens. I had been to the trade centers in NYC many times, had college friends that worked there. It really makes you realize how small the world is and how vulnerable we all are.


Peace Hope Faith and Love

SS


Great! I'm glad your 'assembly line' worked out okay as well! :cool: Running. eh? Had so much energy left ....? Or just to get away .....? >:):))

And about the second part, yes you are absolutely right, it feels different when such things happen in places you know well. And I'm afraid we are and always will be very vulnerable where such fanatics (whatever their beliefs, nationalities or ideology) are concerned .....:(:cry:

[julie1980]

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate