It’s about five a.m. and I’m barely getting through the collard greens. I’m exhausted!! My feet are aching, my back hurts, and I have a headache. The only thing keeping me going is the thought of seeing the whole family sitting together and enjoying all this meal.
I cook once a year and that time is during thanksgiving. No one is allowed in the kitchen the day before and on thanksgiving and I cook up a storm. There is the turkey, the macaroni and cheese, the mashed potatoes, the chicken salad, the potatoes salad, the collard greens, the sweet corn cobs, the candied yams, and of course the pies! There is apple pie and my specialty sweet potato pie. All these meals are prepared from scratch and if I must say so myself…Delicious!!! Even the cranberry sauce and the gravy are made from scratch.
Luckily, in my family we celebrate the American way and only have traditional American foods. But I know nearly all my friends have the turkey and rest is all abesha foods. I say luckily because can u imagine adding doro wot to my already exhausting menu?!?!?! That’s why I have nothing to do with Christmas dinner. It is the same in my friend Ratisha’s house, who is Indian or Samuel’s house who is Ghanaian. I think its great how people take the American culture and add their own to it.
Keeping with the spirit of the holiday my mother always finds several people to bring home for thanksgiving, people whom otherwise might be spending the holiday alone. Dinner invitation is for 4pm…since you know everyone will be late and we actually get to eating around eight. By the end of the day all my hard work pays off when I see everyone enjoying the meal.
But then the problem becomes trying to get people to leave…
Instead of just saying happy holidays I though I share a little about my family’s experience. I hope all of you have a wonderful and stuffing thanksgiving.
Published by November 22nd, 2007 in Bernos, Current Issues and Personal.
Luckily or sadly? If I were your brother it is sadly….
Meru, you are amazing…cooking everything from scratch. I’m proud of you sis.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones!
And to you all Bernosoch…
Good for you. Honestly, this’s the only holiday puts me out of my elements. Don’t ask me why, but it’s just a drag day. (Please, don’t feel bad for me because i’m one of those weirdos who hate passionatly getting invited thanksgiving dinner. When we choose, we eat what’s “appropraite” for the day in my own house with my own family). Actually for next year, we were talking about to have pre x-mas mini gifts exchanges on thanksgiving day just to make the day fun. I enjoyed the long weekend, though.
I like the part about how ppl don’t leave afterwards .
Hope you had a good thanksgiving meron….
Thanks guys…happy thanksgiving to everyone. Hope everyone had a great one
well I once had a gravy made of SHERO. It was soooo good with the turkey!
Tersit,
I admire your guts….That’s very very original….
[quote comment="100435"]I like the part about how ppl don’t leave afterwards .[/quote]
hey, don’t mistake me…. i love my people and all my relatives but some think they own the place after they knock a few drinks 
yeah… we have same problem with some of my mom’s friends and people from her church. it is hard to tell habesha people to leave after dinner or even lunch when it is time to go
this is why when you invite your relativies for lunch or dinner. dont make any plan after it….
You could make it a carry out thanks giving, then no one would out stay their welcome.
lol…shanko i have to try that…
I was just telling my friend about that.
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