Thanksgiving Exercise This Thanksgiving, I attended a dinner that was put on by a local family for homeless, students who were not going home, and anyone else who did not have a place to go for their Thanksgiving meal. One of the hosts of the meal was a Hawaiian family that owns a local business, and they served traditional American Thanksgiving dishes, as well as some Hawaiian dishes. The meal took place at the Benton County Fairgrounds, and the hosts expected to have approximately one hundred fifty people to attend this dinner, so this was a relatively large gathering of people. Since they were expecting a large number of people, the food was served in a buffet style. This meal was prepared by the Lareau family, who are Hawaiian. All food was prepared by them before the guests arrived. Due to this, there is not much that can be said about how the ingredients were acquired and prepared. The recipes that were used to prepare the food varied, but several of the …show more content…
Since there was a large number of people to be fed, the food was served in a buffet style. The food was served by the family that had prepared the meal. All the foods were served at once, with the main meal being served at the same time as desserts and beverages. The style of the meal was casual, with people moving around to various tables to talk people and leaving the meal whenever they wanted to go. As they were serving so many people at this meal, the food served on disposable dishes and eat utensils. The hall in the fairgrounds was filled with approximately thirty rectangular tables, surrounded by six chairs. People were free to sit wherever they wanted to, and many of them ended up at tables with family or friends. There was no rush to leave once you were done eating and the families that were hosting were encouraging people to stay and have any additional foods that they
The first Thanksgiving was believed to be a feast after the first harvest; The Native American Wapanog tribe taught the first settlers to cultivate vital crops and sustain off the land1. Thanksgiving is an American holiday that values this union and cooperation between immigrant groups; the term “Native Americans” designates the very first immigrants2. The influx of immigrants gave birth, shaped, and developed American society. But immigrant groups, in modern context, have been politically and socially exploited. This may not have been as extreme as colonization, slavery, or exclusion, but a more discreet and covertly nativist ideology exists up to today: the fear of the rising immigrant population demoting White-Americans to a minority3.The view that immigrants were detrimental to society was expressed in the publication of many historical political cartoons. Thomas Nast and G.F. Keller both express their views that condemn and support this xenophobic culture, respectively; Nast utilized labeling while Keller, irony. The use of the analogy of Thanksgiving, in addition to other techniques, expresses the differing views on immigrants, and whether or
Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Although the way holidays are celebrated over time, thanksgiving has always been a holiday feast. However, Thanksgiving is more than just eating food together with your family. For instance, some families do charity work for the poor people and create a Thanksgiving dinner for them, other family’s watch sport in addition to the food that they eat together. One part that is common at almost every Thanksgiving dinner is the type of food that is served. Families in the United States have celebrated Thanksgiving for hundreds of years, but the way it is celebrated has slightly changed from the first Thanksgiving. To be able to explain
... I had never even seen most of the food displayed, I eagerly and respectfully tried each dish. After everyone in the room sat down at the massive table, the Rabbi picked up a glass of wine and made a prayer over it. Then, Rabbi Kanelsky passed around pieces of Challah bread to the entire table. This lunch festival was yet another ceremony dedicated to one of the member’s deceased relative. At the conclusion, the Rabbi said another prayer out loud for the deceased and the relative expressed his gratitude to everyone.
Whether gathering with classmates to do school work, co-workers for a meeting, family or friends someone always mentions food. There is always a conversation, debate even a vote of where to go. While, focusing on location, atmosphere, food, service, and cost.
When the great holiday of Thanksgiving comes to mind, most people think of becoming total gluttons and gorging themselves with a seemingly unending amount of food. Others might think of the time spent with family and friends. The whole basis of the holiday is family togetherness, fellowship, and thankfulness for blessings received during the previous year.
I stepped out of the chilly November air and into the warmth of my home. The first snowfall of the year had hit early in the morning, and the soft, powdery snow provided entertainment for hours. As I laid my furry mittens and warm hat on the bench to dry, I was immediately greeted with the rich scent of sweet apple pie, pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes, and the twenty-pound turkey my mother was preparing for our Thanksgiving feast.
Otherwise, your stomach would be growling until your next one after this! The Hawaiians have developed a unique diet of fish, shellfish, and edible plants. These foods include taro root, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, yams, a fish called mahimahi, and much more. The abundance of edible plants you can find in Hawaiian originally brought by the first Polynesian voyagers and settlers to arrive at Hawaii in ancient times. Later immigrants from Japan, Portugal, China, and The Philippines arrived in Hawaii during the 1800’s as laborers for the sugar plantations, and they brought food from their homeland too. This impacted the Hawaiians’ own cuisine because they started to add parts of the immigrants’ foods to their own like they did with hula. Soon, popular modern dishes were created, like malasadas, saimin, and spam. Malasadas are doughnuts covered in sugar that was inspired by Portuguese sweetbread. Saimin is noodles in a broth mixed with meat, vegetables, and seasoning, created when the Hawaiians were introduced to Asian forms of noodles. Finally, spam is canned meat that has grown very popular with the locals, particularly as spam musubi, a slice of the meat on a block of rice wrapped in seaweed called nori.
The purpose of Thanksgiving in Canada is different from the Americans. But even though the reasons for giving thanks are different, many of the customs are the same. Canadian Thanksgiving was originally started to give thanks to God for a bountiful harvest. This was when there were lots of farmers that grew crops. Now we give thanks for everything we appreciate. Some farming families still give thanks for a good crop.
In addition to the main course, everyone brought at least one potluck dish. The table was filled with appetizers, side dishes and desserts. Betsy and Reggie brought a homemade cheese ball that was half gone before some Church members could even make it over to that side of the table. Sunday school teacher Lonnie contributed her favorite recipe, a seven-layer Mexican dip served with homemade tortilla chips. And that was just the appetizers! Mary Anne's deviled eggs saw many a second helping, as did Faye's potato salad. There was a terrific tasting green vegetable salad that included tomatoes fresh from Reverend Kay's home garden. Patti's crock-pot full of BBQ beans hit the spot with its thick molasses sauce.
In this article, the idea of eating disorder and how to deal with eating disorder on holidays such as the upcoming Thanksgiving are introduced. The survey estimating that 20 million women and 10 million men will have an eating disorder at some time in their lives surprised me for its huge number. Notably, holiday time is when disordered thinking and behavior occur in a higher frequency. Thus the article intends to introduce measures which can help to correct eating disorder: having someone support you and share your thoughts with; having a structured and balanced meal plan; taking care of yourself and get to relax when feel emotional overwhelming. The final suggestion for getting rid of eating disorder during Thanksgiving is to eat when hungry,
American culture needs no excuse to gather in small or large groups for nearly any occasions. It could be a simple gathering of friends to discuss books, watch a movie or even just relax and enjoy ones company. Although, the American culture is formed on informal encounters, we tend to be time conscientious; therefore appointments are expected to be kept and timely. For that reason, if I were invited to a gathering, my promptness would be expected. Furthermore, time is of the essence. Thus, once I arrived I would eat and chat and leave rather quickly. I may even bring an unexpected quest to the gathering. Generally, the atmosphere is relaxed, therefore, little or no emphasis on seating arrangements or guest lists. Gatherings are on a
When the guests sit at the table, they find many kinds of food that the host and hostess have prepared. Arabs serve a great quantity of food when they entertain. They are famous for their munificence, or great generosity, and are very proud of it. They usually prepare two or three times more food than the guests can eat. In fact, they do not try to calculate the amount of food actually needed; on the contrary, the intention is to present abundant food that shows generosity and esteem for the guests. The food does not go to waste; it is consumed by the family afterwards.
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Involves delivery of the food to the customer. This catering may also provide party platters for any food choice. Customers may be given an option regarding the portion sizes of their orders.
Some popular caterers prefer to take up wedding party orders and prepare the food at their premises. They bring the food, ready to be served, to the venue and then set up stalls to keep it warm until it is time to serve. There are some caterers who like to prepare the food at the venue by bringing their staff and ingredients for the dishes a few hours before the meal time.