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- From: jfrawley@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Judy Frawley)
- Subject: Re: A real Turkey of a question: Stop me before I baste again!!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.114821.27777@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <BxxLBw.8oK@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 11:48:21 EST
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- In article <BxxLBw.8oK@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> stcmille@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Stephen C. Miller) writes:
- >
- >
- >But come on folks, let's talk Turkey!
- >
- >
- >Dammit!! Let's get some turkey talk going here!!
-
- >Steve Miller stcmille@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
-
- Okay, Steve. I have been a vegetarian for a few years, so I am
- not going to discuss turkey making (which I have done a few times
- with good success).
-
- Last year, I hosted an international Thanksgiving at my house.
- The intent was to have a bunch of people from varying ethnic
- and cultural origins learn more about Thanksgiving as well as
- to make sure that they didn't end up sitting alone in their
- apartments on such a nice day for fellowship.
-
- So, I started with one caveat - I don't eat meat, so if you guys want
- a turkey, one of you is going to have to cook it - so they did.
-
- I asked everyone to bring a dish from their country of origin
- (mainly India; one Bangladesh, a few Italians, a Syrian,and
- a Pole I think :-)).
- We had some wonderful stuff. I made a few cold salads and provided the
- house, seating, and t.v. for the obligatory watching of football
- games on Thanksgiving :-)
-
- We had such dishes as alu chole (chick peas, potatoes, and tomatoes),
- Uupma, ravioli, lasagna, various salads, mashed potatoes, squash, and
- other dishes I can't pronounce or spell. Some of the Indians (not native
- Americans) were leary of some of the American dishes (stuffing was
- one they weren't too sure of). Some were willing to experiment, some
- weren't.
-
- We had traditional pumpkin pie for desert along with an Italian
- desert and an Indian desert, which for the life of me I can't
- remember the name of (payasam?).
-
- All in all, it was a lot of fun. I felt good that I had helped
- a group of my friends enjoy a truly American holiday and they
- asked a lot of questions about Thanksgiving and I got to eat a
- lot of really wonderful "foreign" foods.
-
- I grew up in a household where we always had people from other
- countries either visiting or living with us, so I learned a lot
- growing up, and I wanted to share that same spirit with my
- daughter.
-
- I hope to do it again next year. (This year, I've promised to
- go to my mother's house.) At my mom's, we will have a similar
- crowd - entire family and people who would otherwise be alone.
- My SO's father died last year and his mother died a few year's
- back, so he and his sibling are invited to my parents' house.
- Since my mother has several vegetarian offspring, she's asked
- us to bring dishes to pass. I'm making a lentil loaf, mushroom
- gravy, and a few pies (including chocolote/peanut butter pie that
- is to die for). (If you want the recipe, email me).
-
- That's what I love personally about Thanksgiving (and many other
- holidays) is the chance to share a warm meal with others and be
- thankful for what I have. My two sisters served Thanksgiving
- dinner at a homeless shelter a few year's back. I would like
- to do that myself. I always put together canned goods to donate
- to the local food pantry. (I do it throughout the year, but I do
- it with a theme at T-Day; cranberries, veggies, soup base, etc.)
-
- Judy Frawley
-