ilmer Thanksgiving lunch with the clinic staff. Last year I wanted to show our Filipino staff and students what the American holiday, Thanksgiving was all about so, I decide to have a thanksgiving lunch the day before Thanksgiving. Since turkey is really expensive, we had rotisserie chicken, but otherwise the meal was similar to what we would eat in the states—we just added rice. It was a big hit last year so we decided to do it again. A couple of the dishes our Filipino friends enjoyed were cranberry sauce and carrot soufflé. One of the dishes they don’t quite get is dressing. The common question being-“What is it?” I don’t really have a good answer for that one, so if you have a good definition of “what” dressing is, pass it along.
Thursday, the kids went to school because, of course, Thanksgiving is not a Filipino holiday. Mom and I spent some time in the kitchen preparing for dinner. It was a very relaxed preparation since our meal wasn’t until evening. By 3:00pm the kitchen was filled with the homey, fall scents of turkey and pumpkin pie. It was cozy and warm and really knocked the chill off our 89 degree humid weather. We were joined for Thanksgiving dinner by our neighbors, the Brewers. The adults enjoyed talking and visiting late into the evening, while the kids ran around inside and out and had a great time being kids! Will’s new puppy, Maggie, loved the scrappy turkey leftovers. We had such a good time that the only picture we took was of the "kiddie" table. All in all it was a near perfect day! Much better than Thanksgiving last year when it was just the 4 of us and I got teary eyed at the table because we were away from family.
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