Tofurky November 27, 2007
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We’ve never been much for turkey. Not that we don’t have those in Bulgaria, we do… they’re just not a main meal the way chicken or fish or even sheep are. I think we fell into the U.S. holidays just as unnoticeably as we fell out of the Bulgarian ones… and it happened overnight. Even the very first year we were probably having trouble with observing Easter according to the Orthodox calendar vs. the commercial one (i.e. the differences between U.S. and Bulgarian holidays were even present for holidays the two had in common).
This year was a nice one. Nate was with me. And although he has spent previous Thanksgivings at my parents’ he’d yet to cook there. This year he made a Tofurky. My sister isn’t a vegetarian anymore, not to say that she would have eaten a tofu-turkey anyhow. The carnivore thing didn’t stop her from abstaining from the real Turkey. (Like I said, we’ve never really been big on that particular bird in my family.)
We had friends over and everything felt – for the most part – cozy and comfortable. I like times like that around the big wooden table in the dining area.
Nate gave the most face-redding Thanksgiving – it’s unique to his family (so far as I know) to go around the table and everyone to share one thing they are grateful for. He suggested we do the same (even our U.S. friends were caught a little bit off guard, although they did say grace) and he said he was grateful for me. I still can’t get past that warm feeling. (Blushing brings a lot of blood up into one’s face – I didn’t realize how much – and that really picked up my temperature.)
