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[chavvah]

I've lived in Canada for as long as I am capable of remembering, but I do find the concept of Thanksgiving a bit perplexing. I know it's about the harvest, etc, etc, but there's something about celebrating Thanksgiving that has the tendency to make me feel a bit awkward, like going to someone else's church. I'm a transplanted person with my roots

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[coco73]

I love cornbread. It's actually one of my favourite recipes and I usually serve it with bbq beans at a cookout in summer, or in winter with my red pepper soup. I love to roast whole kernals with herbs first just to give it another dimension and a little sharp cheddar never hurts either.

Thanksgivin in my family of origin was kind of like "Christmas lite" and it always kind of seemed like a dry run before that event because the menu was almost identical. As in most Canadian homes there was no mention of the true Colonial, appropriative, genocidal nature of Thanksgiving, but it wasn't particularly special to us as a family either. Since I've learned what the event really is I have a hard time playing along with any kind of festivity related to it, but my chosen family does acknowledge it and we ususlly make some kind of special meal. This year I work and my partner is off visiting his newborn nephew in Alberta, so I assume it'll be a big pot of soup and biscuits for me.

[chavvah]

That sounds like some fairly artisanal cornbread, lady! I have some jalapeno jack in the fridge that may fall into a subsequent batch, although for today I decided to keep it simple.

On Monday I am hanging out with my mum. We are going to have takeout and watch Coraline. Not exactly traditional, but I think it'll be fun.

[ninthscompanion]

loveLoveLOVE cornbread - make it whenever i can. at thanksgiving i'm incredibly partial to using it in the stuffing (with chorizo sausuage and tart apples), but i'm happy to eat it any.day.of.the.year.

[pyroclasticgrub]

What a fantastic idea!

[meestagoat]

I do not like candied yams, personally, but John and I invented a new tradition last Thanksgiving: baconed yams.

[chavvah]

That looks awesome.

Nigella also has a great recipe for prosciutto-wrapped sausages.

[perseph]

Oooh, I need to make cornbread now. Need to!

I make mine in a cast iron skillet and add about a cup of whole sweet corn kernels. Yummy!

My roots still say Thanksgiving is on a Thursday in November. I celebrate it in October like everyone else here now, but it just doesn't seem quite real. Another ex-pat friend of mine refers to it as "practice Thanksgiving."

I'm not sure what I am making yet this year. No turkey for us. Growing up in a vegetarian household we would have a casserole as a main dish, and the only thing traditional about the meal would be getting the good china out and the pumpkin pie at the end.