Thanksgiving tidbits

[syntonic_comma]

I heard this song on the radio last night -- Uncle Dave's Grace by Lou & Peter Berryman. (I think it's quite a nice website. Someone's got a good sense of when to use graphics for most effect, and pages load quickly.)

And Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish, a recipe broadcast annually on NPR.

Comments

[realinterrobang]

That's a waste of good horseradish and onion, to mix them with cranberries and sour cream (blurch) like that!! Stick the onion in the rump end of your bird instead (it makes the stuffing all oniony flavoured), and save your horseradish for your next roast beef. >:D

Since I'm being cranky anyway, has anyone ever told you that you lot celebrate Thanksgiving way too late in the year? You won't hardly be done your turkey leftovers before it'll be time to have another one at Christmas! ;)

wasaaaabi*

[syntonic_comma]

As I said, it is better than it sounds. It's an excellent use of horseradish and onion, and I think you could substitute something soy based for the sour cream. (And I'm not all that fond of roast beef.)

Not everyone here has turkey for Xmas. Some have a ham, a big roast (beef or pork), a rack of lamb, or the ever-so-English Christmas Goose. And of course, Chinese take-out. (FYI, US Chinese restaurants tend not to be open on our Thanksgiving, so I guess we are pretty monolithic about what to eat this Thursday.)

*from a spoof of a beer commercial ("What's Uhhhhp?!")

Re: wasaaaabi*

[realinterrobang]

Well, for that matter, not everyone eats turkey at Christmas, either. Seems to me that a lot of people eat goose, duck, or even ham. I've heard of Maritimers having salmon at Christmas, weirdos that they are. Nevertheless...I still think you're wasting horseradish and onions by mixing them with cranberries. (Have I mentioned that I don't like cranberries?! Except when they're dried, but certainly not cranberry sauce, which seems to me more like something one ought to eat over ice cream or something, and not with meat!)