Just like in the story, there’s usually the father or head of the family who carves the turkey, for the most father’s enjoy this yearly tradition of carving the turkey, while the family sits at the family table eagerly awaiting a piece of meat with all the trimmings. This story is not much different than real life in almost every family in America, usually small children must ask the elder relatives for second serving such as dumplings and frosted cake. Most holidays, there’s more food than people, to make sure there is enough for second and third servings. There’s a lot of preparation that goes into these holiday feasts, usually the older women in the family prepare all the food, starting out by shopping for the turkey. Size is very important, everyone wants a big turkey usually fifteen to twenty pounds it’s almost as if the bigger the bird the better.
At the grocery store, I bought things that my mother wanted. This time it was a pound and a half of ground beef and a pound of ground pork because my mother was going to mix them into a meat loaf. This was mine and my father's favorite dinner along with baked potatoes, green beans, and a tossed salad. We eat healthy in our house. Our breakfasts, lunches and dinners are all on the healthy side.
Only four of the Pilgrim women were at the feast. The big party was held out-doors since there was no indoor place big enough for all of them. When we think about Thanksgiving dinner, there are certain food items that come to mind. We think of turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie. We generally think about this as the Traditional Thanksgiving dinner and probably assume that the Pilgrims ate a similar dinner.
The restaurant has a good menu. It has a lunch menu and a dinner menu, and is famous for its homemade pie menu with 15 different varieties. The restaurant is in the low to mid-price range, which ideal for the types of customer base they have in place. Yet this restaurant poses some issues, the restaurant has been losing sales/profits over the past few years. Family members have had some health issues, and have not had the time to manage the restaurant effectively.
Generally Christmas and Thanksgiving dinner consists of a roast turkey or ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and some vegetables. Dessert is usually pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving and eggnog for Christmas. For both holidays children often enjoy helping their parents in the kitchen while making the dessert. The seating arrangement is also the same for both holidays, in that the adult will sit at their table and the kids will have a separate table. There are many types of decorations that are used during the Christmas time, which are traditionally green, red, and white.
This is good comparison because the 50’s was the time when family values were the highest priority. Although the 50’s were known as the greatest generation of our time, family values were what were most important. One example of a family would be the dad going to work and the mom staying home to take care of the house. This always showed the kids that there was one parent always there for help, with HW or to have a snack prepared after school. One thing the 50’s were known for were their family dinners that everyone in the household was there for.
Untill that day comes I will think of her and always have a big smile on my face. I cannot think of one person that new her that could ever say anything bad about her. My friends would call her for advice and just to say whatcha cooking for dinner tonight. Granmaw was everyones best friend. Her home was not very big but my family was a total of fifty eight people when we all got together, she only had a three bedroom one bath home and we all seemed to squeeze in there, along with numerous friends which would stop by.
Though I try to maintain my Polish traditions, I find it difficult when there is no one of Polish decent to share them with. I do have a very ethnic group of friends though. We help each other to celebrate our diversities. For example, during special occasions my friends and I each bring a traditional dish from our own country and have dinner together. I look forward to our pluralistic dinner every holiday season.
In spite of the fact that it is a family collection, I have had so many requests for the recipes included in it, I just pass on the whole collection in its entirety. First, here is a list of the ingredients you will need to prepare this dish. Most of us have a good many of these things in their pantry already, which makes these a great addition to your recipe box. Grandma Healy’s Funeral Potatoes Ingredients * 6-8 medium potatoes, shredded * 3-5 tablespoons butter * 1 large
Their ages range from 25-44 and their income is around 44,000. • Big Sky Families: are middle age rural families who have educations and blue collar jobs, are very busy and live upper middle class lifestyles. Income is about 55,000 and they like to order off of eBay. They are also into their children’s high school sports, like to hunt, and fish, so this is telling me they probably also like to have picnics and BBQ get togethers with the neighbors. • The Unconnected: We have our seniors who are more than likely grandparents and love that holiday gatherings.