Thanksgiving in China

Jacob Redding — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:02:46 +0000

This thanksgiving we are, again, far away from the family. This time we're in Beijing, China. As Thanksgiving is an American holiday (for obvious reasons) we were not able to celebrate in the traditional fashion. As a substitute for turkey we went out for Peking duck! Afterwards as an insanely special treat we went to Haggen-Daaz!

Haggen-Daaz is incredibly expensive in China as they do it all fancy-like. Diana and I decided that it was a special occasion and we were "treating" ourselves. I may be hyper-critical of the U.S and its current policies but I'm still a proud American and will take the time to celebrate the holidays. Of course what makes me proud to be an American is my ability to change the policies! 2008 is just around the corner!

Thanksgiving Intro (missing)

Jacob Redding — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 18:33:35 +0000

I created this short little video specifically for my family. We couldn't be together for the Holiday and they decided to wait until Saturday to have a Thanksgiving meal so I decided to create a little video showing them what we were having, oh and to rub it into their face a little ;) (I'm evil.. I know)

Thanksgiving November 2006. It is just Diana and I in our small New York apartment. A 16 (18?) lb turkey fills our entire oven and we a have a huge pile of fixin's to go with it. Collard Greens, Green beans, Mashed potatoes, Pumpkin pie, egg nog, Apple Cider and, of course, beer. Oh ya.. Thanksgiving that way it is meant to be (minus the family ;) )

We're doing it right this year!!

Mashed potatoes -- Not from Instant but from real potatoes mashed by my real hands. Some spices and a little milk
Real Gravy -- made from the GUTS of the Turkey, some chicken stock, a turkey neck, spices and a little flour(Yumm!)
Stuffing from a real bag!
Pumpkin pie from a real can put into a real pie shell from a real box of Jiffy!
Beer in real glass.. and no namby pamby Bud beer but good ole ale.. the Micro-brewery type stuff

mmmm.. Thanksgiving!!