this is our first year here. Do kids go to school on thanksgiving? It never occured to me that they would celebrate an American holiday down here. We were going to go to Rocky's because of all of the good things I've heard about it but we are having a Thanksgiving dinner at home with another missionary family that's only been here a short time also. How do the Dominicans call 'Thanksgiving'?
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Thanksgiving is coming up
I will be going up to LT to visit my best American friend who is married to a Dominican American and holds the feast day
Before I moved to the Capital, we made do with the local turkeys... BE ADVISED ... they are tough and dark with not much meat and a FAR cry from Butterball.. So for the last few years, I have brought the frozen bird up from SD..
Flew once, with it gently dethawing in my carry on...
Took Caribe tours, and by that time, it was dripping
It has caught on so that now I bring the SECOND turkey (LT now evidently stocks them) so that we can put half of one aside for the next day left overs
And, of course, we had to hear the rebel.s side of the story from her husband... who had to take the Indian's position. but we now let him do his rant the night before or he does not get any left overs
No, Belgianak, you do not get to just add any old food to the table on Thanksgiving since it is a rememberance dinner of the Pilgrims in New England who had gotten through their first year ONLY WITH the help of the Native Americans (bet they wish their ancestors had NOT helped)
So it is based on the local foods of New England
Turkey
Mashed Potates
Candied Yams with Maple Syrup
Carrots
Green Beans
Onions .. usually creamed
cranberry jelly
And \
PUMPKIN PIE
It is the ONLY national holiday in the US which is celebrated by EVERYONE... all religions, all ethnic backgrounds.. and, I think,the ONLY four day weekend since always falls on the final Thursday of November.
(We only get a day for Christmas and New Years. Yup,we work too hard)
Before I moved to the Capital, we made do with the local turkeys... BE ADVISED ... they are tough and dark with not much meat and a FAR cry from Butterball.. So for the last few years, I have brought the frozen bird up from SD..
Flew once, with it gently dethawing in my carry on...
Took Caribe tours, and by that time, it was dripping
It has caught on so that now I bring the SECOND turkey (LT now evidently stocks them) so that we can put half of one aside for the next day left overs
And, of course, we had to hear the rebel.s side of the story from her husband... who had to take the Indian's position. but we now let him do his rant the night before or he does not get any left overs
No, Belgianak, you do not get to just add any old food to the table on Thanksgiving since it is a rememberance dinner of the Pilgrims in New England who had gotten through their first year ONLY WITH the help of the Native Americans (bet they wish their ancestors had NOT helped)
So it is based on the local foods of New England
Turkey
Mashed Potates
Candied Yams with Maple Syrup
Carrots
Green Beans
Onions .. usually creamed
cranberry jelly
And \
PUMPKIN PIE
It is the ONLY national holiday in the US which is celebrated by EVERYONE... all religions, all ethnic backgrounds.. and, I think,the ONLY four day weekend since always falls on the final Thursday of November.
(We only get a day for Christmas and New Years. Yup,we work too hard)
and the STUFFING
I forgot the stuffing!
made with either cornbread, or just plain bread and herbs
or Sausage..
Chiri, enjoy.. but you will miss the main part
which is the turkey!!!
which is loaded with triptophan
and on which we all gorge
and then fall semi comatose onto the couch
to watch Navy defeat Army in the traditional football game
I was once invited when I was in high school .. which was about the hottest preppy date a high school or college girl could get..
but was felled by an appendicitis
but I knew how important the event was and managed to call my best friend and have her come over to go with my date (What WAS his name?).. That is how important that game was...
The tryptophan will help you sleep. It has been banned in the US (Natch) because it is such a powerful sleep aid.
I forgot the stuffing!
made with either cornbread, or just plain bread and herbs
or Sausage..
Chiri, enjoy.. but you will miss the main part
which is the turkey!!!
which is loaded with triptophan
and on which we all gorge
and then fall semi comatose onto the couch
to watch Navy defeat Army in the traditional football game
I was once invited when I was in high school .. which was about the hottest preppy date a high school or college girl could get..
but was felled by an appendicitis
but I knew how important the event was and managed to call my best friend and have her come over to go with my date (What WAS his name?).. That is how important that game was...
The tryptophan will help you sleep. It has been banned in the US (Natch) because it is such a powerful sleep aid.
You know, I'm tempted to try it, for the stuffing more than anything. Vegetarianism is not a religion so I don't expect to be struck by lightning.mountainannie said:
I had a fabulous slice of homemade quiche lorraine the other evening, and we all know what that contains. what MA says is true
after a good Thanksgiving dinner...all you want to do is lay back and rest...
your belly is sooo content from all the tasty foods
the gravy and stuffing are essential to the meal
and the pumpkin pie....to die for
gaurantee you'll look forward to the next years dinner
after a good Thanksgiving dinner...all you want to do is lay back and rest...
your belly is sooo content from all the tasty foods
the gravy and stuffing are essential to the meal
and the pumpkin pie....to die for
gaurantee you'll look forward to the next years dinner
Check out my very Dominicanized Thanksgiving dinner last year. Now picture that food with people salsa dancing in the background.
Check out my very Dominicanized Thanksgiving dinner last year. Now picture that food with people salsa dancing in the background.
yuuuuummmmmmm
My first Thanksgiving in the DR was in Samana. My wife and I were on our sailboat and there were a number of other cruising boats around us. We American cruisers decided to get together for Thanksgiving. One boat contributed a turkey it had brought from the US, other boats had cans of cranberries, and Camilo, owner of Camilo's Restaurant, said he would buy two more turkeys and do the cooking.
Thanksgiving morning a couple of the cruisers went to the restaurant to instruct the staff on how to prepare the dinner. They reported that when they showed the cook how to prepare the dressing the restaurant staff was astounded that anybody would want to put bread in a turkey.
That evening when we were gathered, the waiters brought platters of turkey to the table. The turkey was not sliced, but on bone. It looked like the carcass had been chopped into pieces with a machete or ax and the local turkey was no doubt range fed, clearly not up to Butterball standards.
But it was a great Thanksgiving dinner, lots of laughs on the preparation of the turkey and good fellowship. It stands out in my mind as I think about Thanksgivings past.
Thanksgiving morning a couple of the cruisers went to the restaurant to instruct the staff on how to prepare the dinner. They reported that when they showed the cook how to prepare the dressing the restaurant staff was astounded that anybody would want to put bread in a turkey.
That evening when we were gathered, the waiters brought platters of turkey to the table. The turkey was not sliced, but on bone. It looked like the carcass had been chopped into pieces with a machete or ax and the local turkey was no doubt range fed, clearly not up to Butterball standards.
But it was a great Thanksgiving dinner, lots of laughs on the preparation of the turkey and good fellowship. It stands out in my mind as I think about Thanksgivings past.
Nice post Annie, BUT The annual army Navy game is played on second Saturday in December, not Thanksgiving :-(
was it always thus?
memory loss is the first sign of the dimming of the day
sad
i still feel like 30
and i remember that day as if it were yesterday
perhaps i should stop using that used alumimum fry pan i brought back from buying at the Haitian market in Dajabon
Nice post,MA!
Thanksgiving was never about food. Thanksgiving, as you said uniquely American, is about giving thanks for the bounty in our lives and to share it with family and community.
The food was the feast of the celebration. And your menu is spot on, although Grandma CB added Windsor salad to the list...
that sounds suspiciously Tory that salad...
but if it is apples and walnuts
i would allow it
and that is very very true
it is my very most favorite holiday
the one where we all gathered around my great aunt's table
where we did not have the consumerism
and now..
my memory comes back to me
i was always there
in Bernardsville New Jersey
and in the mornings
my brother and I would have to ride in the Thanksgiving Hunt
(the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible)
so my other warm fuzzy memory was of Christmas
with my Dad... at home in NYC
THANK GOD I can keep the frying pan!
because it was already well used by Haitians
and cooks very beautifully
(Could not give you more points, CB, since I had to spread them around)
Hers had apples, walnuts apples, grated coconut, tiny marshmellows, chopper celery, sliced grapes, Miracle Whip, and her own super secret ingredient:
A Grandmother's love for her family. THAT was what really made it...
I miss all my grandparents and father so very much...
ah the veil is lifting
years later, after the death of Great Aunt Helen and the departure of the Old Man
we would celebrate Thanksgiving in Greenwich Village
at the home of my friend Philip Hourwich, who was one half White Russian (not the drink, I learned, nor his color, but his politics.. life is so hard in the melting pot.. and one quarter native american and one quarter mulatto)
we were all the children of artists..... we could not put together a nuclear family between us
so Phillip would host The Orphans' Thanksgiving
I remember with great fondness the one time I actually went there with my mother.
Two days before, I called to ask what we should bring. He said
"forty pounds of green beans"
so my mother and I went up to the greengrocer wholesalers .. above the meat packing district... and bought the beans.
and spent the night before stringing them
after that my mother was too ill to attend
and I set out on travelling again
but I always knew that Phillip would see to it that one of the orphans
would hand deliver a plate of Turkey and trimmings to my mother
who was a tribal elder She was a nationally reknowed etcher and engraver. You may google her ... I think.... Betty Waldo Parish
I am now the eldest in my family, on both paternal and maternal side, having lost both parents, all uncles and aunts, and two brothers
These holidays are hard on me
so I thank my virtual family here at DR1
for making the time more easy passing
years later, after the death of Great Aunt Helen and the departure of the Old Man
we would celebrate Thanksgiving in Greenwich Village
at the home of my friend Philip Hourwich, who was one half White Russian (not the drink, I learned, nor his color, but his politics.. life is so hard in the melting pot.. and one quarter native american and one quarter mulatto)
we were all the children of artists..... we could not put together a nuclear family between us
so Phillip would host The Orphans' Thanksgiving
I remember with great fondness the one time I actually went there with my mother.
Two days before, I called to ask what we should bring. He said
"forty pounds of green beans"
so my mother and I went up to the greengrocer wholesalers .. above the meat packing district... and bought the beans.
and spent the night before stringing them
after that my mother was too ill to attend
and I set out on travelling again
but I always knew that Phillip would see to it that one of the orphans
would hand deliver a plate of Turkey and trimmings to my mother
who was a tribal elder She was a nationally reknowed etcher and engraver. You may google her ... I think.... Betty Waldo Parish
I am now the eldest in my family, on both paternal and maternal side, having lost both parents, all uncles and aunts, and two brothers
These holidays are hard on me
so I thank my virtual family here at DR1
for making the time more easy passing
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If you post another side swipe at CB, your account is erased.
Don't say you haven't been warned.
I'm getting bored with the BS, some of you need to start acting like adults.
Don't bother responding, it will just be erased.
My advice, take a long vacation from DR1.
Carry on...
If you post another side swipe at CB, your account is erased.
Don't say you haven't been warned.
I'm getting bored with the BS, some of you need to start acting like adults.
Don't bother responding, it will just be erased.
My advice, take a long vacation from DR1.
Carry on...
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ok,Boss
my mother used to put minature marshmallows on the candied yam cassarole
as a concession to the kids
(We had the same meal on Christmas.. with the addition of HUGE amounts of ice cream and cake.. and, of course, filthy lucre, which was not part of Thanksgiving)
I hated the yams as a kid
but loved the marshmallows
my mother used to put minature marshmallows on the candied yam cassarole
as a concession to the kids
(We had the same meal on Christmas.. with the addition of HUGE amounts of ice cream and cake.. and, of course, filthy lucre, which was not part of Thanksgiving)
I hated the yams as a kid
but loved the marshmallows