Ladies, will you be roasting a turkey, or do you prefer ham?
I wonder if anyone can relate?
As a young bride, my parents would host Christmas dinner, with the same menu we had for Thanksgiving dinner, though the desserts were varied and more of them.
Every year, growing up, the menu never changed.
Every year, growing up, the praise and appreciation from around the table, never changed.
A great party, a great meal, had just been “had”, our hearts and bellies were full.
Easter was different, we had ham, the rest of the menu was the same.
Then I got married.
and nothing was the same anymore!
We would go to both sides of the family for their holiday dinners, my mother’s menu was the same, turkey and turkey the next time, then ham. THAT was understood.
My husband’s family had a variety of foods, in a much more casual setting. A meat, potatoes, corn and desserts, at their kitchen table. Very relaxed. Well, my husband was “at home”, and I was tense looking for a green vegetable and missing my mother’s centerpiece of flowers on the table. (Not snobby, but that’s how I was “at home”.)
Listen, on our first Easter dinner with my parents, brothers, and grandparents, all HELL broke loose when my husband said, “I don’t like ham, what else do you have?”
It’s almost funny now, looking back, but I was scared to death of my mother’s reaction…. because NO ONE EVER QUESTIONED the menu my entire life! Get this…. she didn’t react at all! My hubs received a slow, long stare, looking directly and thoughtfully at him, as she slowly replied, “we have ham, it’s Easter”.
Enough said.
Silence filled the room, candles flickered, and vegetables grew cold.
He ate several desserts and mashed potatoes.
We may have fought all the way home…. that I don’t really remember, though it sounds right!!!
So, do you have picky eaters or those who are adamant about what they SHOULD eat, and HOW, on the holidays?
I can’t be the only one out there to have experienced a stressed holiday.
I’m a turkey, dark-meat girl, myself,
Happy Holidays all,
xx,
