[Sca-cooks] Thanksgiving

[dseguin]

When I first married my wife, we would go to thanksgiving with her parents
and her mom would cook stoeffers lasagna.  Not exactly a traditional
thanksgiving is it?  I was told that her family really didn't do holidays.
This went on for several years, until one time she made something like
saurerkraut, which my wife and I and my wife's brother couldn't stand.  We
asked why it was made and were told that everybody gets to pick one dish.
Where upon we three looked at each other and said, "we want turkey, mashed
potatoes and green bean casserole".  It was a priceless moment, and we have
never gotten stoeffers lasagna again.  And I found out that my mother in-law
can really cook.  This year I'm looking forward to some pretty decent food.
I've even grown to love rhubarb pie, which is not something that grows well
in south central texas.  So until recently I never had it.

It's grown to much more, like alton brown hams and cream cheese and rhubarb
pie, but considering where we started out, it's a dream.  So remember that
sometimes you just have to educate your judges...  Oh wait that's something
different.  I meant that sometimes you just have to educate your in-laws.

pubear
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olwen the Odd" <olwentheodd at hotmail.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Thanksgiving


> I will be going over to Master Chirharts house along with Morningstar and
a
> few of her friends.  Every year as many household and/or apprentices get
> together so it is wall to wall people and dogs.  There are usually 4 or 5
> turkeys cooked different ways, from traditional to deep fried.  Lots of
> fresh pumpkins are baked whole and turned into massive pies.  Folks bring
> along different offerings and the food overflows the main table into the
> sideboard and the kitchen as folks wander about chatting, playing,
mischief
> making, picture taking, showing off projects, grumbling about mundainia
and
> teasing children and dogs.  Chirhart and Bec have a really big ol
victorian
> house with a three story barn partially convered to a workshop and the
whole
> place is overrun with 'brothers and sisters' and kids.  It is a happy
time,
> often we get to share with 'siblings' who live out of town far away.  This
> year thanksgiving day is also Morningstars 21st birthday so a number of us
> are taking her out on the town at some point.
> I havent' decided what I am going to make for the day.  I am leaning
towards
> pie.  I know I have to make a birthday cake too.
> Olwen
>
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