Thanksgiving is a really big deal for Americans, even in a country where turkey costs something to the tune of $40 per kg (okay, I might be exaggerating; suffice it to say that it's not cheap). I was privileged to partake in a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast (sumptuous is almost a redundant adjective - Thanksgiving dinners by definition are lavish, one might even say, over the top: my cup runneth over-style). Our meats were chicken and ham rather than turkey, but we all ate to our hearts' content and thanked God that we weren't pilgrims rejoicing to have survived - we rejoice to be thriving. I am richly blessed indeed.
Sounds like our 'Greek orthodox' Christmas - we arranged to have a Christmas dinner with our Greek neighbour, little did we know that we were going to be force-fed all sorts of meat, roast veg, salad and vine-leaf wrapped teats till we near burst! Flavour overload too! Then it was time for lollies and then sweets! Oi yoy yoy!
ReplyDelete