American Thanksgiving

Since we have a "bi-cultural" family we celebrate Canadian & American Thanksgiving. Personally, I kind of like it, I get to eat those great big meals twice, three times if you count Christmas and four times if we're with my family for New Year's Eve. We usually do a New Year's eve meal that is traditional Quebec food. My favorite foods for this time of year are: Tortiere (it's a meat pie which my mom has perfected into a vegetarian dish), Turnip (what Americans call Rutabaga), and Pumpkin Pie. And Magic Cookie Bars, if you've never had one email me, I'll send you the recipe. They are the BEST things in the whole world. I forgot to mention another favorite. For Christmas dinner if we are at my parents we go the The Tuckers. I don't remember how many years we have been doing this, I guess since my parents started staying in Michigan for Christmas & not traveling back to Quebec. Mrs. Tucker makes GREAT Christmas dinners, one of my favorites is her Twice Baked Potatoes and her Cranberry Bread. Want to know what got me on this topic...It's snowing. I'm so excited. It's windy and blustery and blowing and accumulating and I'm nice and toasty warm inside with my computer, a book & tea, of course. If the weather man's right there should be enough to cross country ski by this weekend. It's the most wonderful time of the year!