wrote:

*snip!
For the past several weeks, however, I've been waxing
nostalgic over childhood holiday meals and decided to recreate a 1950's
Thanksgiving dinner as my late mother would have prepared.
*snip!

Luckily, everything turned out well with no mishaps and no timing
problem.

What a nice day!

Wayne


Our dinner was similar. I used fresh cranberries for some great
sauce, but I used canned pumpkin for my pies.

Why would anyone can pumpkin? And if so, who would buy it?

Where I came from in England pumpkin was never available as a
vegetable or anything else. It was grown as winter food for cattle.

Perhaps Americans are like cattle?

Whether or not English people now eat pumpkin or not I cannot say. I
certainly never have. However, it seems to be almost a staple in the
USA. Perhaps they feed their cattle something else in winter.

Perhaps Americans feed their cattle grass or grain?

I have a foster home and on holidays we model for the teens what a
family holiday can be. I only have one teen who was with us last year.
For the others, this is their first Thanksgiving in our home. We
always invite all their families to join us. One year I had 21 people
for Thanksgiving. This year 2 teens went to their families for the
holiday. The other 3 are here with us. None of their families or
relatives joined us for dinner, but they were warmly invited. Maybe
Christmas.

Tigsnona

I'm sure you present a model family for the teens.

Hmmmm.......this reminds me of someone from a long time ago. Wasn't there a
Mrs. Beeton (Beaton?) here for a month or two a couple of years ago?


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