Xiao Zhao - What We Ate On November 22, 2007

What We Ate On November 22, 2007 - Thanksgiving

Sunday, 25. November 2007, 22:14:14

Time flies so fast. I keep putting off posting an entry about my sweet parents-in-laws' Thanksgiving dinners . This year, I don't want to repeat regreting about it. Even though it is three days late, hey, it still is better than not posting it at all, right? Let's take a look at what my hubby and I contributed to the starters.

Yes, our husband-and-wife homemade pot stickers just got famous this year. Well, we are not very good on preparing food for people, so that those pot stickers really made us proud.

My mother-in-law is very sophisticated in cooking, oil-painting and knitting. I had never imagined a lawyer can also be well educated in arts until I got to know my mother-in-law. Her cooking is visually preventative and sensationally tasty. This was my favorite of the night - Beet + Grapefruit on Salad Greens. Juicy!!

My hubby and I have been vegetarian for 11 years and never got a chance to try my mother-in-law's turkey, but they looked darn great. My mother-in-law's oil painting teacher helped cutting the meats this year.

The first prize always goes to the special homemade vegetarian stuffing. We had been looking forward to this dish for an enter year.

There were many more. For example, the potato squash is a new dish. There was 1/4 of sweet potato mixed with 3/4 of regular ones. I scooped at least a half pound of squash on my plate and finished it all.

A dear friend of my mother-in-law made this fruits&nuts cake. There was exactly right amount of sweetness.

It was the most popular one in the end of the night.

We had a special theme for this Thanksgiving; that was Bishop University Reunion. It was so fun to see people keep the University jacket for more than 30 years. Lovely postures, don't you think?

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Comments

IlyaShpankov # 2. December 2007, 22:41

Merry Christmas!!!

Joymeng # 5. December 2007, 05:18

Hi Ilya, Happy Holidays to you too. I am done with all of my Christmas shopping gifts and busy with knitting some scarves.

IlyaShpankov # 5. December 2007, 08:00

In Russia the Christmas is after the New Year

Strange russian people, isn't it?

But really we celebrate the European Christmas (December, 25), New Year (January, 1), Russian Christmas (January, 7) and Old New Year (January, 14). A lot of holidays - many expenses and very hard for health

Joymeng # 9. December 2007, 07:34

Thank you Ilya. I didn't know Russian Christmas is actually on different day other than December 25. In Taiwan, we also take an official day off on December 25 but not for Christmas of course - it is the Taiwan Constitution Day. How convenient! Some people do celebrate Christmas in Taiwan for fun and hanging out with friends. Here, in US, it's more for families to get together. Are there a lot of people believing in Christianity in Russia? You are right. It is very costly to celebrate holidays; eating too much is definitely not very healthy at all, but once or twice in a year should be fun.