Thanksgiving Traditional Foods

[Karen]

It's not over yet - it is always on a Thursday, so will be this Thursday!

Yes, when we had the jello salad it was not near the hot food! It didn't have marshmallows in it, or pimentos, but that does sound pretty, Pomtzu!

(I won't be making it, as I am allergic to citrus, and the pimentos, too, but I can visualize it!)

[catland]

My mom always put the jello on its own plate so it wouldn't get warm with the rest of the food. She would put it on a leaf of lettuce and the jello would have grated carrots and celery (her idea of a vegetable?).

Also, to honor our Norwegian heritage we'd always have lefse! (looks like a flour tortilla but made out of potatos).

[Karen]

In our house, the tomato aspic went on a lettuce leaf, so pretty red against the green!

Cool, do you have a lefse recipe? Just curious! Swedish, not Norwegian in my family, but it sounds intriguing anyway. We'd sometimes make "Swedish hamburgers" - a regular burger with grated potato and chopped onions mixed in, but never had lefse.

[luvofallhorses]

What is tomato aspic? Like a spread?

[Karen]

What is tomato aspic? Like a spread?

No, it's a savory "jello," not sweet, spiced tomato juice and gelatin, and it was opaque, not too shiny, and really yummy!

[luvofallhorses]

It sounds interesting. I love tomatos!

[Lady's Human]

No, it's a savory "jello," not sweet, spiced tomato juice and gelatin, and it was opaque, not too shiny, and really yummy!

On that point I beg to differ.......

[RICHARD]

I am going to miss the french bread rolls that the Mexican bakeries make.

When you get them warm they are crusty on the outer and the insides are so soft it literally melts in your mouth.

[pomtzu]

On that point I beg to differ.......

I've never had it, but I think I would have to agree with you on that one.

I like tomato juice plain, or in the form of a Bloody Mary, but that's it!!!

[Karen]

On that point I beg to differ.......

More for me, then! I think Ma and I always liked it best anyway. I cannot have it anymore as Worcestershire sauce has stuff in it that I am allergic to, as does Tabasco sauce, but I can reminisce, anyway!