Cooking, Culture, Family, Food and Drink

Traditional Thanksgiving Meal–UK Style

Those of you who’ve been here a while will know that I’m a staunch defender of my birth country’s cuisine.  I love “stodge,” best exemplified by a main course like “steak and kidney pudding,” and puddings such as “spotted dick.” I also love lighter desserts such as “summer pudding,” and sausages like “black pudding.”  (If… Continue reading Traditional Thanksgiving Meal–UK Style

Cooking, Family

Thanksgiving: Winging it, With No Turkeys In Sight

Well, Thanksgiving Day has come and gone, and as with so much of my life this past year, it didn’t go off exactly as hoped, expected or planned. I’d already announced, last week, that since Mr. She and I were on our own this year, I’d abandoned the idea of going full-bird, as it were, and… Continue reading Thanksgiving: Winging it, With No Turkeys In Sight

Family, Food and Drink

Friday Food and Drink Post: The Thanksgiving Salmon!

Well, given the circumstances in play at the moment at Chateau Right and environs, it looks as if it’s going to be a quiet Thanksgiving, with just Mr. Right and me in attendance–accompanied, of course, by the two (very large) dogs, the six cats, the two rabbits, the fifteen sheep, and the one remaining goat. A… Continue reading Friday Food and Drink Post: The Thanksgiving Salmon!