Thanksgiving is only a week away! Suddenly it's the topic of conversation amongst friends and acquaintances. The beauty shop was buzzing with 'food talk' today. Everyone was sharing what they were planning on making or serving for Thanksgiving dinner. It seems that left-overs and stuffing got the 'most popular' vote. I enjoyed hearing about family traditions, their favorite foods, and how each family has their own way of implementing this popular holiday. It's a time to give thanks! From what was said, it appears that this is the holiday that people 'most cook' and 'most eat'. It seems that home-made is favored. And that many mom's prefer to make the entire meal rather than having grown children bring something in a planned potluck style. My menu hasn't been decided upon yet, but just listening and talking to others is helping me formulate my plan of action. I must get at it.
Of course I have some friends who are very organized and I admire them greatly! They are already planning their Christmas baking (waving to you, dear friends). Oh to be so efficient.
I guess I better run along now and draft a menu for next week --- so that I can start thinking of delicious Christmas sweets and savories too. In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy taking a walk down memory lane while I look at this picture of Brandon taken years ago when he was a budding young cook.
Enjoy a lovely day!
7 comments:
Well our Thanksgiving tradition is do cook something different from the last year. And yes we have been organizing what we are baking for Christmas ;-p xoxoxox Clarice
Well...last year we broke the rules and made reservations and went out for T-dinner....and LOVED it....yes..I know, no leftovers...etc...but with my pain level etc..it was wonderful, we might do it again this year.
I will say my Christmas shopping is 99% done, not wrapped...My tree is up, lit, and decorated. My husband put up the outside lights...so in some ways I am ahead a bit which feels good.
Deby
We Canadians have already had our thanksgiving but here it is not the big holiday you make it! I love the way you celebrate Thanksgiving!
You have a lovely blog and I also spent a few minutes on your Cozy Kitchen blog ! I'm very impressed - it is beautifully presented and with tons of information and good recipes. I will definitely be spending more time there.. Thank you for inviting me !
Have a blessed day !!
Yes, it's time to get busy. I have gathered so many recipes from my favorite blogs. Just snagged one from RuthAnn at Warm Pie Happy Home that will definitely get baked.
Wishing you excellent planning!
Sweet photo of Brandon! I'll start planning when I arrive in Seattle next Tuesday night :0)
Oh, I'm on to planning Christmas already, but we don't venture too far from our regular fare. . .we all have our favorite thing and I try to include them all. . .
My brother-in-law figured out turkey doesn't agree with him, so we are breaking tradition. I am doing a somewhat tradition/somewhat modern Pacific Northwest Native American feast. It has been great fun finding new recipes and talking to tribal members about recipes. I'll post next week all about it!
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