Thanksgiving Treats and New American Thanksgiving Traditions By E. Muller
I always thought Thanksgiving was a strictly American holiday, but I was wrong. Several other countries celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday in the fall months of September, October or November. Among the non-US countries to do so are Grenada, South Korea, Canada, Liberia, The Netherlands, China, Germany, Japan, Vietnam and Norfolk Island in Australia. Just as the holiday varies from country to country, here in our big patchwork country, Thanksgiving varies from region to region. If you’re a native New Orleanian, you probably couldn’t imagine the holiday without oysters on the dinner table. If you grew up in Maryland, Thanksgiving just wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without a crab dish.
Let’s take a quick tour and see what it is that our fellow Americans enjoy on this special day. Epicurious.com has a nice article about the ways in which Americans celebrate Thanksgiving as well as menus, recipes and lots of inspiration! •
In New England, you may find Vermont cheddar cheese twists, mapleglazed turkey and maplegingerbread layer cake with salted caramel sauce.
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Head south to the midAtlantic states and have some mini crab cakes with mustardy mayonnaise, roast heritage turkey with bacon, herb and cider gravy, and green beans with caramelized shallots.
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In the Midwest, enjoy sausage - stuffed mushrooms with a side of cranberry, shallot and dried cherry compote and finish with a deep-dish apple pie.
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bourbon pecan torte. •
Go west and have some black bean dip with tortilla chips, cranberry, orange and cilantro salsa and some whipped chipotle sweet potatoes.
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In California you might want to try a lemon herb roasted turkey with lemon garlic gravy, sourdough stuffing with sausage, apples and raisins and end your meal with a slice of chocolate, caramel and walnut tart.
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Lastly, head north to the Pacific Northwest and dig into some smoked salmon, turkey with porcini mushrooms and an apple, pear and dried cherry crumble.
Sound good? Go to epicurious. com/archive/holidays/ thanksgiving/Americanregional for the menus and recipe ideas!
We don’t know what Thanksgiving will be like this year so it may be a good time to get creative. If you have youngsters in your family ‘bubble’, perhaps they can create a Thanksgiving-inspired treasure hunt to keep them busy and out of the kitchen. Or maybe in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, have the family send pictures and write letters to grandparents and other family members or friends you may not be able to see. (Call me old-fashioned but I love getting letters. It’s nice to have something you can reread every so often over long periods of time.)
Make a collage of the people and things for which your family is grateful and share with others via Zoom or Facetime. Find more ideas at thespruce. Our Southern friends might com/thanksgiving-kids-papercrafts, happinessishomemade. serve up some turkey with net/easy-thanksgiving-crafts oyster stuffing and giblet and weareteachers.com/diygravy, biscuits, sweet thanksgiving-crafts. potato casserole and a
Do you have any creative ideas about how your family and friends celebrated or will celebrate special occasions, holidays, etc. This year? If you’d like to share them in our December/January newsletter, please email your ideas to bethtl@ptd.net. Thank you!
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