There's an article on the Internet called "Growing up Italian". For anybody who is Italian-American (or who want's to be ), this is a must read. The author is unknown. There is a paragraph in this article about Thanksgiving in an Italian house.
Now we Italians we also had turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce, but only after we had finished the antipasto, soup, lasagna, meatballs, salad and whatever else Mama thought might be appropriate for that particular holiday. This turkey was usually accompanied by a roast of some kind (just in case somebody walked in who didnt like turkey) and was followed by an assortment of fruits, nuts, pastries, cakes and of course, homemade cookies. No holiday was complete without some home baking; none of that store bought stuff for us. This is where you learned to eat a seven-course meal between noon and 4 p.m., how to handle hot chestnuts and put tangerine wedges in red wine.
This fits my Thanksgiving to a tee. If anybody wants to read the whole article, one of the places it is posted is here. (I could never get through it without crying, no matter how many times I read it) http://www.dwaffleman.com/Growing%20up%20Italian.htm
One thing, even though my Mom is a JW, she always has to have a traditional thanksgiving with the family. After all, "it's not really a worldly holiday, It's just giving thanks to God".
El K
PS: Francois, A really good non-cuban cigar brand is Padron. Try the Padron 5000's, Or, they have the Anniversario series, VERY close to good vintage cubans.
Edited by - El Kabong on 17 November 2002 19:42:49
