When I was younger and still living with my parents family dinners at the Burns residence always consisted of southern style food. Southerners call this “comfort food” and do not need any particular reason like a holiday to eat well. Of course we celebrated the typical holidays like everyone else but generally all of our family gatherings consisted of the same type of food; fried chicken, fried okra, corn bread and beans, and homemade mac & cheese were the usual culprits and on Thanksgiving deep fried turkey. The meals are always such a carb fest but I love it. Now that I’m older and living on my own I try to have dinner with my parents on Sunday’s. Even now my mom still cooks the same type of traditional (for us) meals. However, things have changed over the years. I am an only child and most of my family except for my parents lives in Texas. As everyone knows it takes a lot of work to prepare a holiday feast especially when there are only 3 – 4 people eating. For probably the last 2 or 3 years my parents have suggested that we go to the casino for Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve got to tell you, the first year my parents said this I was so upset that I pouted for a couple weeks and complained to my mom about how trashy and sad we were. Funny how now I look forward to it because there is such a huge variety of food. I mean I like turkey but standing in front of a Mongolian grill and getting pizza along with your turkey is pretty cool too. I guess the point of my story is that tradition is very important but each person gets to determine what “tradition” means. When I was a kid I would have never ever thought my mom would rather eat at the casino rather than cook Thanksgiving dinner. Now that I’m older I know how much work goes into the whole process and can better understand. Also, it’s a pretty cool bonus to be able to play a few slot machines while you’re waiting to get seated at the casino.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
It's Thanksgiving...let's go to the casino!
When I was younger and still living with my parents family dinners at the Burns residence always consisted of southern style food. Southerners call this “comfort food” and do not need any particular reason like a holiday to eat well. Of course we celebrated the typical holidays like everyone else but generally all of our family gatherings consisted of the same type of food; fried chicken, fried okra, corn bread and beans, and homemade mac & cheese were the usual culprits and on Thanksgiving deep fried turkey. The meals are always such a carb fest but I love it. Now that I’m older and living on my own I try to have dinner with my parents on Sunday’s. Even now my mom still cooks the same type of traditional (for us) meals. However, things have changed over the years. I am an only child and most of my family except for my parents lives in Texas. As everyone knows it takes a lot of work to prepare a holiday feast especially when there are only 3 – 4 people eating. For probably the last 2 or 3 years my parents have suggested that we go to the casino for Thanksgiving dinner. I’ve got to tell you, the first year my parents said this I was so upset that I pouted for a couple weeks and complained to my mom about how trashy and sad we were. Funny how now I look forward to it because there is such a huge variety of food. I mean I like turkey but standing in front of a Mongolian grill and getting pizza along with your turkey is pretty cool too. I guess the point of my story is that tradition is very important but each person gets to determine what “tradition” means. When I was a kid I would have never ever thought my mom would rather eat at the casino rather than cook Thanksgiving dinner. Now that I’m older I know how much work goes into the whole process and can better understand. Also, it’s a pretty cool bonus to be able to play a few slot machines while you’re waiting to get seated at the casino.
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