Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is usually the biggest meal of the year for my family. Roasting turkey is not a huge tradition with mine, and we buy smoked turkeys from a store, then have a bunch of Chinese dishes with the Turkey. This is like the ebonics version of Thanksgiving, except it tastes better; you know, we take something that already works (like English or traditional Thanksgiving) and we make it better by kicking it up a notch.
Along with the smoked turkey, there is string beans, cauliflower, eggplants, chives and mushrooms, and vegetable buns. No mashed potatoes, no sweet potatoes, no cranberry sauce, and no gravy. I think anytime you buck tradition and try to spice it up a bit, you gotta make sure you do it even better or more enjoyable. For me, you really cannot beat this because you skip all the guilt associated with eating a lot since most of the side-dishes are actually healthy. This is important to me because usually I eat more than one huge turkey day feast for the week of Thanksgiving.
Last week I had a great Thanksgiving meal at my roommate's boyfriend's apartment. For that meal, I ate all the usual fixings like mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, gravy, and sweet potatoes. See, best of both worlds. Now if I could only trick people into feeding me like this every week. Hmmm... here are the rest of the pictures, since my words cannot do them justice.
so good
chicago2007oct
November 26, 2007 10:40 am
all of that food looks really really good. so good that i want to eat some too. do you have any recipes? specifically the green beans and the eggplant. ok and the chives, too.
jane
November 26, 2007 2:40 pm
I did not cook any of it, so I will have to get back to you on the recipes.
Danny
November 27, 2007 12:04 pm