Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving was founded in honor of the first meal between the Puritan settlers and the native people of America. We commemorate this by gathering all family members to the same table once a year to have a large and festive meal together. The meal follows strict rules and seems to be the one meal that everyone cow-tows to. On the menu:
Turkey
Cranberries
Pumpkin Pie
Stuffing
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
People spice up family events all year long with their own cultures and traditions, but Thanksgiving is sacred. Thanksgiving is something that cannot be tampered with. It is the American meal personified, and therefore cannot be anything other than what we have been told.
Or can it...?
As my radical suggestion for this holiday, this holiday season: I suggest that the traditional Thanksgiving dinner concept be tossed out the window and something new and creative take its place. A meal that represents the true America of today:
Wontons
Irish Corned Beef
Spaghetti
Thai flat noodle soup
Tacos
Funfetti cake for dessert
I'm just throwing it out there, something wonderful could emerge.
Drafting a menu, WW.
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