Yesterday was my first Thanksgiving as an American Wife, and I was looking forward to it for weeks. (I missed out on Canuck Thanksgiving this year, so I've been dying for a little turkey-time!) Next year we might get crazy and host it at our house, possibly a beer can turkey http://www.bbqblanton.com/onlinetxturkeyR.htm but this time we headed out to a lovely buffet brunch with CP's mother, grandmother and brother. You'd be proud, Mum -- I managed to dig out a skirt to put on, and CP wore his suit. Being that we both work from home now, and my standard uniform can best be described as "jammies", it was nice just to get a little dressed up!
Now, if only I can find a damn hairstylist here that knows what to do with my hair.
I digress.
Okay, onto the food! Because we ate out, it was a little fancier than "home cookin'", so we skipped some of the cliche American holiday dishes I've seen in the movies... we had beans with sauteed onions (instead of that canned fried onion topping); the stuffing was a southern-style cornbread or oyster selection; and the mashed sweet potatoes were fabulous but without marshmallows. Damn! That was the one thing I wanted to try, actually, the marshmallow-thing... always seemed crazy to me. Maybe someone can explain why Canadian Thanksgiving is the same in every respect except for the marshmallowy sweet potatoes/fried onions on green beans tradition?? Was there an embargo? Some sort of international incident? It's a mystery to me. I'd LIKE to say i'll be sure to take our future children home for every Canuck thanksgiving so that they'll have both traditions, but... um... OUR Thanksgiving falls on Texas/OU weekend. Probably the biggest college football game for Chris. I have a feeling he won't be letting our future Little Longhorns go anywhere else that weekend!
Now, if only I can find a damn hairstylist here that knows what to do with my hair.
I digress.
Okay, onto the food! Because we ate out, it was a little fancier than "home cookin'", so we skipped some of the cliche American holiday dishes I've seen in the movies... we had beans with sauteed onions (instead of that canned fried onion topping); the stuffing was a southern-style cornbread or oyster selection; and the mashed sweet potatoes were fabulous but without marshmallows. Damn! That was the one thing I wanted to try, actually, the marshmallow-thing... always seemed crazy to me. Maybe someone can explain why Canadian Thanksgiving is the same in every respect except for the marshmallowy sweet potatoes/fried onions on green beans tradition?? Was there an embargo? Some sort of international incident? It's a mystery to me. I'd LIKE to say i'll be sure to take our future children home for every Canuck thanksgiving so that they'll have both traditions, but... um... OUR Thanksgiving falls on Texas/OU weekend. Probably the biggest college football game for Chris. I have a feeling he won't be letting our future Little Longhorns go anywhere else that weekend!
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N.B.: Thanksgiving themed movies I'd recommend, in order: Home For The Holidays (Holly Hunter/Robert Downey Jr.); Planes, trains, and Automobiles (Steve Martin, John Candy); What's Cooking (Mercedes Rhuel)
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It is interesting that Thanksgiving is so closely associated with Texas football. Texas/OU on Canadian Thanksgiving and Texas/Texas A&M on American Thanksgiving. Wow, we managed to lose both this year.
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