I must say one of the things that I really miss is not being able to be home for the holidays. I know Canadian Thanksgiving is not as huge at American Thanksgiving in terms of people flying home to their family’s for the weekend, but I still miss it. In particular, I miss how Greg and I usually get 2 dinners.
1. A Chinese version of Thanksgiving at my grandma’s house, complete with turkey and some sort of Chinese noodle dish. Gotta love the fusion. Usually this dinner happens on the Friday or the Saturday of the long weekend – God forbid that the family has dunner on the holiday Monday. Most of my family is retired, so it’s not even like they have to work the next day. Anyways, this year the dinner was held on last Thursday. Don’t ask me why – my family’s weird.
2. Then there’s Thanksgiving dinner at Kelly and Paul’s. I REALLY miss this dinner. This year Kelly’s doing leftover Thanksgiving dinner. She did this last year at Christmas, and it was amazing. She cooked the dinner ahead of time (like the day before we got there), and then we made up our own reheated traditional dinner plates and made turkey sandwhiches. So, from what I’ve read in Kelly’s blog, that’s the plan for today’s dinner. And, since it’s Kelly, there’s always at least as many desserts as there are people.
mmmm….
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Eat something yummy for me!
p.s. What’s the story behind Canadian Thanksgiving? In the states Thanksgiving is usually taught as the native Americans helping out the Pilgrims when their crop failed. The native Americans shared their food, and so the Pilgrims gave thanks. It would be funny if it was similar in Canada, but just a month and a half earlier! Or, is it just giving thanks for a bountiful fall harvest?
October 9th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
It’s pretty much just for the fall harvest. With similar food traditions.
October 9th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
The Thursday part of your fam’s dinner confused me too. At least you guys get turkey. We only get turkey if my aunt feels like making one (which she didn’t this year, but I scrounged a turkey fix elsewhere).
October 10th, 2006 at 12:00 am
So, that didn’t help much:
http://proudcanadiankids.ca/Canadian%20Thanksgiving%20Truth.htm
October 10th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Hey Kat
So Thanksgiving dinner was as crazy as usual. There were only 4 people, but we had 3 different types of dips, 2 different cheeses, a 11lb turkey, dressing, 4 loaves of bread, cranberry sauce and (of course) 4 different types of desserts. Needless to say, I don’t think we even really made a dent in the food. 🙂
We missed you though – even if just because you’d be another mouth to help get rid of some of the food. 🙂
Kelly
October 13th, 2006 at 9:20 am
It’s alright, Kat, I spent my thanksgiving at home alone doing a coding assignment all day/night/next morning. I’m surprised you actually get even noodle-y thanksgiving dinner back home! That’s neat! Do you eat rice instead of potatoes? Speaking of food, I bought a wok and suddenly cooking has never been easier!