Texans Just Don’t Get Thanksgiving

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onion things on top. Cranberry jelly (or the bumpy stuff that’s too bitter for me.) Pickles and olives and maybe celery.We also have what we call in our family “black and serve” rolls, a joke stemming from an oven I owned for many years that would brown the rolls on the top but burn the bottoms to a crisp. The name has stuck, even though the problem was solved with a new oven.It’s all finished off with pie: pumpkin, cherry, apple, or the chocolate cream I always made.The results of such a dinner is a coma. Pretty much everyone stumbles away from the table to “go watch football,” which is code for falling asleep before the first play is made.That is the traditional Thanksgiving I had this year, as well, with my daughter, her husband, and a couple of her kids.Hubby, however, is in Texas with some of his family. He texted me his Thanksgiving menu. It did not resemble mine.Turkey? No. Baby back ribs. With

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brisket and baked potato. And pinto beans.Maybe I could understand the difference because of the climate, Texas being so very Southern. But this year it was a few degrees warmer here in North Carolina than it was where he is in Texas.And maybe my traditional Thanksgiving dinner isn’t traditional here in NC, but there were an awful lot of turkeys on sale down here. I didn’t see many ribs (but then, I wasn’t looking.)I think Texans just don’t get Thanksgiving. If they had pecan pie instead of pumpkin (he didn’t say what they had for dessert) I could agree to that. Pumpkin and mince meat pies have never appealed to me. I’m willing to change that much of my menu.I’ve got the pilgrims and the original (at least in legend) Thanksgiving meal. He’s got Spanish background, since Texas was part of Mexico.Pinto beans. For Thanksgiving. It really is a whole other country down there. Just save me some pecan pie.</article></body>

Texas really is a whole other country

Now, see? When I put in “Thanksgiving dinner,” pictures like this one came up.

I’m a Yankee from New York state (upstate, not the city) and Thanksgiving for me and for most of the commercials I’ve seen in my life call for that kind of Thanksgiving dinner.

Turkey (and maybe ham, which makes me happy, since I don’t really like turkey, except for the cold sandwich later.) Mashed potatoes, gravy, and sweet potatoes. Dressing (or stuffing, if you want yours cooked in the bird.) Green bean casserole with those crispy onion things on top. Cranberry jelly (or the bumpy stuff that’s too bitter for me.) Pickles and olives and maybe celery.

We also have what we call in our family “black and serve” rolls, a joke stemming from an oven I owned for many years that would brown the rolls on the top but burn the bottoms to a crisp. The name has stuck, even though the problem was solved with a new oven.

It’s all finished off with pie: pumpkin, cherry, apple, or the chocolate cream I always made.

The results of such a dinner is a coma. Pretty much everyone stumbles away from the table to “go watch football,” which is code for falling asleep before the first play is made.

That is the traditional Thanksgiving I had this year, as well, with my daughter, her husband, and a couple of her kids.

Hubby, however, is in Texas with some of his family. He texted me his Thanksgiving menu. It did not resemble mine.

Turkey? No. Baby back ribs. With brisket and baked potato. And pinto beans.

Maybe I could understand the difference because of the climate, Texas being so very Southern. But this year it was a few degrees warmer here in North Carolina than it was where he is in Texas.

And maybe my traditional Thanksgiving dinner isn’t traditional here in NC, but there were an awful lot of turkeys on sale down here. I didn’t see many ribs (but then, I wasn’t looking.)

I think Texans just don’t get Thanksgiving. If they had pecan pie instead of pumpkin (he didn’t say what they had for dessert) I could agree to that. Pumpkin and mince meat pies have never appealed to me. I’m willing to change that much of my menu.

I’ve got the pilgrims and the original (at least in legend) Thanksgiving meal. He’s got Spanish background, since Texas was part of Mexico.

Pinto beans. For Thanksgiving. It really is a whole other country down there. Just save me some pecan pie.