Why is it so many of us feel the need to make the same childhood holiday menu we remember. In recent years I have made new dishes more suited to my particular health needs but I still dream fondly of those childhood dishes.
My mother made the same meal my entire life and heaven help the person who would try to alter that menu at my daughters house.- Mom's menu- My menu- Daughter's menu- turkey and oyster stuffing turkey turkey & stuffing apricot and sweet potato gratin cornbread dressing cornbread dressing purple hull peas apricot & sweet potato gratin apricot % sweet potato gratin rutabegas purple hull peas purple hull peas salad salad salad black olives black olives apple pie (her specialty) mince meat pie pumpkin pie custards pumpkin pie pumpkin pie orange & grapefruit slices green bean casserole orange & grapefruit slices angel biscuits angel biscuits angel biscuits roasted veggies orange & grapefruit slices mashed potatoes & gravy mashed potatoes au jus mashed potatoes & gravy asparagus some new veggie dish mac & cheese So this year Maggie is having a Thanksgiving party so the menu may vary but she will still insist upon her core recipes and she can't find any purple hulls ( and no black eyed peas are not the same). Mom doesn't make Thanksgiving anymore but I still have her whip up a thing or two. I like to try a few new dishes every year but I will still make my cornbread dressing and we have figured out how to make the sweet potatoes and pies without sugar. Tim loves the angel biscuits so he will get those and Mom and I love our roasted veggies. I think Thanksgiving should be called Traditional Day and I am positive that you feel the same way.
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Yep you never know what will come out of my phone calls to and from my daughter. I have often thought I should write a book but then no one would probably comprehend most of what we shorthand to each other.
Maggie called me while at the park walking her pet pig Truffles and suddenly she very calmly said the pig ate my purse. Evidently sitting her purse down on the ground with a tangerine in it was a bad idea. Truffles had ripped off the handles and eaten the zipper before she got it away. You think she would have been screaming but owning a pig is a lesson in acceptance. Blaming the pig will accomplish nothing, better to blame oneself. Pigs are really smart and easily trained but pigs are more stubborn than smart so Maggie copes. Now her cat needs sedation because she hates her new food bowl. Cats are also stubborn. Better to lick all the hair off your stomach than accept a new eating utensil. Which brings me to why Maggie called. She needed her Mom to tell her it is not her fault. She is an excellent pet parent,(she took very good care of our dogs over the years). Dogs are not nearly as stubborn as pigs and cats I pointed out. Maybe it is just her choice of pets, not her ability to care for them. I mean, she built a ramp so her pig could get up and down the stairs and bought a special bowl so her cat would eat slower and not hack up her food. This is why I am a dog fan. Maggie never learns, she has had snakes, lizards, hamsters, and fish- all with their unique issues. Fortunately for me I can give advice from a distance. Well it is hard to hate a pig with Elizabeth Taylor eyes and a turned up nose and a premature cat with a big butt and hypnotizing stare. |
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