My only real holiday
Nov. 17th, 2014 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneI'm an atheist and introvert, with partners who care about as much as I do about holidays, so in general, we don't do anything for any holidays, especially since the kid left home.
The only holiday I have any love for is Thanksgiving. It's a food holiday, not strongly religious, and about gratitude, my favorite state of mind.
Funnily enough, I like approximately zero traditional American Thanksgiving foods. No matter. I love to cook, and to feed people, and no one ever minds if I add in a few side dishes I do like.
When I was a kid, I was the only one of my mom's four kids who had any interest in cooking with her, so we did T-day together. She did the meats, gravies, and stuffing. I did the sides and pies.
I'm excited that Mom is up for doing it that way this year. She's doing turkey and ham, stuffing and gravy. I'm doing the following, with asterisks by the items I don't hate:
roasted Brussels sprouts
sweet-potato casserole, which I've never made, but which James likes
*potatoes Dauphinoise (I don't care for mashed potatoes, and Mom consented to replace our traditional potatoes and corn with this)
*maybe rolls, maybe not
canned cranberry sauce, which Mom considers essential
*Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish
relish tray of celery, *olives, and *sweet gherkins
pumpkin pie
lemon meringue pie (the thing I make that Mom likes best)
*Marie-Helene's apple cake
The only holiday I have any love for is Thanksgiving. It's a food holiday, not strongly religious, and about gratitude, my favorite state of mind.
Funnily enough, I like approximately zero traditional American Thanksgiving foods. No matter. I love to cook, and to feed people, and no one ever minds if I add in a few side dishes I do like.
When I was a kid, I was the only one of my mom's four kids who had any interest in cooking with her, so we did T-day together. She did the meats, gravies, and stuffing. I did the sides and pies.
I'm excited that Mom is up for doing it that way this year. She's doing turkey and ham, stuffing and gravy. I'm doing the following, with asterisks by the items I don't hate:
roasted Brussels sprouts
sweet-potato casserole, which I've never made, but which James likes
*potatoes Dauphinoise (I don't care for mashed potatoes, and Mom consented to replace our traditional potatoes and corn with this)
*maybe rolls, maybe not
canned cranberry sauce, which Mom considers essential
*Mama Stamberg's cranberry relish
relish tray of celery, *olives, and *sweet gherkins
pumpkin pie
lemon meringue pie (the thing I make that Mom likes best)
*Marie-Helene's apple cake
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Date: 2014-11-18 05:27 am (UTC)