Thanksgiving
I'm taking today off as a holiday. I'm still out of sorts with head and chest congestion and I have enjoyed the mental recouperation as well as the physical.
I have potatoes for baking, carrots for (I think) steaming, a veggie golden roast (basically a fake ham) and the ingredients to make vegan pumpkin tarts. The recipe is one I've used a few years running and it is awesome. I still need to get some apple juice, apple pie and vanilla soy cream for Mr. Pugh, and some peas. I'm thinking I'll bake the potatoes, scoop out their indies, bake the shells until they crisp, mix up the potato with soy milk and spices, and add the fluffy potato mix back into the crispy shells. The veggie ham fries better than it bakes. I've had too many holidays with dried out or burned veggie ham. This year, it's getting fried.
This morning Mr. Pugh told me about the Frobisher Expedtion, which was new to me since I studied very little Canadian History in school. Looking stuff up on Wikipedia I also learned about the role played by The Order of Good Cheer in creating Canadian thanksgiving. Their events took place at Port Royal in the Annapolis valley, so the "indians" to whom they're referring are us, the Mi'kmaq.
I have potatoes for baking, carrots for (I think) steaming, a veggie golden roast (basically a fake ham) and the ingredients to make vegan pumpkin tarts. The recipe is one I've used a few years running and it is awesome. I still need to get some apple juice, apple pie and vanilla soy cream for Mr. Pugh, and some peas. I'm thinking I'll bake the potatoes, scoop out their indies, bake the shells until they crisp, mix up the potato with soy milk and spices, and add the fluffy potato mix back into the crispy shells. The veggie ham fries better than it bakes. I've had too many holidays with dried out or burned veggie ham. This year, it's getting fried.
This morning Mr. Pugh told me about the Frobisher Expedtion, which was new to me since I studied very little Canadian History in school. Looking stuff up on Wikipedia I also learned about the role played by The Order of Good Cheer in creating Canadian thanksgiving. Their events took place at Port Royal in the Annapolis valley, so the "indians" to whom they're referring are us, the Mi'kmaq.