Today I'm going to talk about Thanksgiving foods and their history. The University of Illinois extension has some fun turkey facts, including that the average Thanksgiving turkey weighs 15lbs. I don’t think I’ve ever roasted anything larger than about 12lbs, but some of you are cooking birds weighing 30. Which means you need to have started defrosting it well before now! (A
Reading this celebration of blending industrial food with 'real' produce for special occasions is a reminder of how uptight us Europeans are. I could buy mint jelly online (a favourite with lamb) because no one seems to sell it in France. But I choose to make my own, from the kitchen garden. I fancy that this makes me somewhat classier.
Talk of Thanksgiving aliens brings to mind this Science Fiction flavored take on the encounter between the Native Americans and Europeans around Massachusetts Bay.
Reading this celebration of blending industrial food with 'real' produce for special occasions is a reminder of how uptight us Europeans are. I could buy mint jelly online (a favourite with lamb) because no one seems to sell it in France. But I choose to make my own, from the kitchen garden. I fancy that this makes me somewhat classier.
Talk of Thanksgiving aliens brings to mind this Science Fiction flavored take on the encounter between the Native Americans and Europeans around Massachusetts Bay.
https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/11/28/the-story-of-thanksgiving-is-a-science-fiction-story/
But I really hope to try out a real mince pie at some point. I'm not much of a baker myself and I don't think I've ever seen one for sale.