Where Halloween was beyond explanation, explaining Thanksgiving was a piece of cake. Just about every culture has a "harvest festival".
Mid-Autumn Festival- China Sukkot- Israel
Têt-Trung-Thu- Vietnam Homowo Harvest Festival- Ghana
Ladainha- Goa Chu Suk- Korea
Lughnasadh, Celtic Harvest Festival- Ireland Kadazan- Malaysia
Lohri- Northern India Onam- Southern India
Festival of Min, God of Vegetation and Fertility- Egypt Martinmas- Holland
Festival of Thesmosphoria, Goddess of Grain- Greece Lammas- Scotland
Kinro Kansha no Hi- Japan
You get the idea
So on Thursday, we celebrated American Thanksgiving at a local 5 Star hotel where I spent almost 10% of my monthly salary for the opportunity to tuck into the freshest turkey I have ever tucked into.
I am sure this baby had been strutting around the streets of Harbin just the day before. Given its pedigree, I am not sure we could call it a "free range" turkey, perhaps "freeway" or "boulevard" turkey might be more appropriate. But regardless which side of the tracks it grew up on, it was delicious.
Some illicit plastic baggies and voila, turkey sandwiches were available the next day. No cranberry sauce, so some enjoyment was lost for Nonie. She sucked it up and still managed to make a few trips to the buffet.
The turkey came with all the trimmings, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, stuffing, whole crabs, squid slices with garlic shoots, mouth watering spareribs, pork steak, beef steak, smoked salmon and various amphibian parts, just to name a few of the 100+ dishes available to compliment our turkey.
For a finale, I marooned my self on the dessert island, intent on trying everything there. My buffet pants let me down and I had to be rescued about half way in. I think the cheesecake did me in.
Another successful Chinese Thanksgiving.
Mid-Autumn Festival- China Sukkot- Israel
Têt-Trung-Thu- Vietnam Homowo Harvest Festival- Ghana
Ladainha- Goa Chu Suk- Korea
Lughnasadh, Celtic Harvest Festival- Ireland Kadazan- Malaysia
Lohri- Northern India Onam- Southern India
Festival of Min, God of Vegetation and Fertility- Egypt Martinmas- Holland
Festival of Thesmosphoria, Goddess of Grain- Greece Lammas- Scotland
Kinro Kansha no Hi- Japan
You get the idea
So on Thursday, we celebrated American Thanksgiving at a local 5 Star hotel where I spent almost 10% of my monthly salary for the opportunity to tuck into the freshest turkey I have ever tucked into.
I am sure this baby had been strutting around the streets of Harbin just the day before. Given its pedigree, I am not sure we could call it a "free range" turkey, perhaps "freeway" or "boulevard" turkey might be more appropriate. But regardless which side of the tracks it grew up on, it was delicious.
Some illicit plastic baggies and voila, turkey sandwiches were available the next day. No cranberry sauce, so some enjoyment was lost for Nonie. She sucked it up and still managed to make a few trips to the buffet.
The turkey came with all the trimmings, mashed potatoes, brown gravy, stuffing, whole crabs, squid slices with garlic shoots, mouth watering spareribs, pork steak, beef steak, smoked salmon and various amphibian parts, just to name a few of the 100+ dishes available to compliment our turkey.
For a finale, I marooned my self on the dessert island, intent on trying everything there. My buffet pants let me down and I had to be rescued about half way in. I think the cheesecake did me in.
Another successful Chinese Thanksgiving.
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