we celebrated a lovely and delicious
Thanksgiving dinner this past Thursday
in San Diego
here some of the delights we shared
we had all the traditional trimmings too
mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans
sweet potatoes, my friend Jena
tried a recipe of sweet potatoes with apples
raisins and pecans, i really liked it!
the apples gave the sweet potatoes a milder
softer texture, great combo!
but surely the star of the night
was my friend perro's roasted cranberry sauce
an original twist on the traditional cranberry sauce
that is made just with sugar and cranberries
he added roasted cardamom pods, cinnamon,
and jalapeños, and not sure what else
but it was surprisingly good treat
also his Russian bread with caraway seeds
that we ate before dinner, with this delicious
fondue of Gruyère cheese and Brandy...
it was exquisite!
all this accompanied by a couple of glasses
of chardonnay and other blanc wines
my job was the same as the past couple of years
in charge of pumpkin pie
worth mentioning that our hosts, apart from trimming
and turkey, baked a delicious sweet potato pie
with pecans on top, home-made crust...
this American holiday has become not only sharing
this traditional menu with the goods of the Autumn,
but a warm celebration of thankfulness for the good things
we have in our life
as surely i am thankful, for those wonderful fluffy clouds on the skies
for the fortunate fragrances and tastes of not just the delicious meal above
but the meals i get every day, as i never go hungry or cold
and i am thankful to be able to see the smiles of friends
and families and too the ones online!
thankful for being happy of being alive
2 comments:
What a pity, Berenice, I can't ask you to send the stuff over the internet.
Looks delicious and right now, I am quite hungry.
I always thought Thanksgiving has something to do with the harvest brought in. So why now, end of November??
Your first photo shows a sky criss-croosed by wires. Is this everywhere like this in a city?
Right now, it snows over here, second time, and we had O°C in the morning (water freezing point!).
Georg
hola dear Georg
and yes what a pity indeed i cannot share with you, but i hope by now you are fed and warm :) maybe enjoying some hot tea! me, i am eating again left-overs from the delicious turkey that my lovely hosts shared with me... i re-heated the turkey in the oven with some white wine, so it didn't get dry, and then sliced it and put it in between slices of bread with some greens and dressing, a delicious turkey sandwich, that i wash down with a mug of cherry green sencha tea... i don't have a hard life as you can read ;)
and no Georg, thankfully the city is not full of wires! i mean, yes, we have wires but not as many as you see here, this photo is from my back alley, is an alley in between main streets, where the trash cans are and the well, lots of the housing installations, i was lazy enough to not walk too far from here ;) to confess, i wasn't planning to take any photos when i took this one... i was just going outside to take the trash out, but when i saw this fluffy cloud, i came back to grab my camera and shoot, then back to cook
on Thanksgiving being in November, yes! Georg, it has to do with the crops being successful at the end of the Fall, so i am not sure why it's celebrated this late in the year... I do know it is the last Thursday of each November, and well, it celebrates the 1st settlements of pilgrims and immigrants who were able to survive the 1st year in America... and after all the origins are rather controversial, many people argue that since many native-americans died those days, is a rather sad thing to celebrate... regardless of its dark origins, i think Americans nowadays see the date sort of a pre-Christmas, without gifts, but a family gathering where to share food and stories, as the start of the Holiday season and the winter per sei, i think... me as mexican, I haven't celebrated Thanksgiving until i moved here... i knew of it, 'cause my mom is big fan of the Thanksgiving dishes and an admirer of American culture heh heh, oh my mom!... anyway... but once i arrive here and was able to share my 1st Thanksgiving with a family that didn't even know me but they opened their home and shared all this delicious food, well, i adopted the holiday myself!! it's a nice date now for me!
as you can read too Georg, turkey or the many cups of green tea give you energy too! ;)
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