Lethbridge Reprobate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey Nightingale...a quiet Thursday here for > me...and 6 weeks ago we smoked a ham for Canadian > Thanksgiving.
I don't know why but the term 'Canadian Thanksgiving' always makes me laugh. Why can't we just say 'Thanksgiving'. I guess to differentiate from the later celebration in the USA. But why do we have to?
I did enjoy it this year though. My sister was visiting and she took me out for a huge meal of roast turkey with all the trimmings. I was embarrassed when I saw the photo she took of me at the table - my plate of food was enormous. It would usually have been enough for three meals for me but I ate it all in one sitting as it was so good I couldn't stop eating. I didn't need another meal for about a week after that.
Now I'm already looking forward to Christmas, mainly for another turkey dinner.
I don't usually eat much meat - just a bit of chicken at times to spark up a salad but twice a year I do pig out on turkey and gravy.
Of course, nobody made gravy (or the rest of the meal) as well as my dear mum used to. I never discovered her secret that made it so amazingly delicious. We all still talk about how much we miss her cooking. Kind of shallow of us I guess. But it's a predominant memory for each of us.
I can't believe after I ate all that in October I'm already counting the days until I can do it again in December.
Meanwhile, my sis is back at home in the US soon to enjoy her second Thanksgiving meal this year. I'm sure I'll be getting more pictures of their weekend feast with friends as they get together to celebrate.
(I would be remiss if I didn't mention {{cough cough}} that I am mostly observing the same old distancing measures due to all the respiratory viruses around and about at this time of year so I'm missing out on a few celebrations here and there but did make exceptions to spend precious time with my sister. I don't get to see her nearly often enough).
Anyway - turkey - yum. Gravy - bonus. Stuffing is my favourite but I was spoiled - nobody can make it like ma could. She didn't have a recipe so I just can't reproduce her unique blend of ingredients that made hers so absolutely amazing.
OK, so now I'm hungry - for that.
Meanwhile, hope all our American pals are having a lovely and festive weekend.
Thanksgiving 1966 I caught a ride home from Ricks and partied all weekend, and the only Thanksgiving I've spent in the US was 2015 when my wife and I flew to Arizona to meet 2 siblings from my birth family for the first time, so this weekend holds special memories.
I've had Americans rag on me for us celebrating Thanksgiving in October inferring that we're trying to hijack the holiday...and I explain that it's a post harvest festival and no pilgrims were involved in it's creation...Yada Yada Yada but it mostly falls on deaf ear
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/28/2023 08:05PM by Lethbridge Reprobate.