PhilR said...
>
> The original idea of Thanksgiving dinner is composed of traditional
> foods.
> The traditional foods are Fall harvest items.
> For Northern Europeans
> Basil is not one of the foods
> Basil is but Pesto is not "traditional" to Plymouth Rock
> Traditionalists
> How about Pumpkin Ravioli?
>> that is still available at this time of the year for most of the US.
I
>> think Rachel Ray or Giada was using basil in some sort of dish this
last
>> week -- or maybe it was Michael what's-his-name.
>> Janet
The pilgrims didn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Whatever it was THEY
celebrated, they sure didn't eat cranberries. A lot of the things we eat
at Thanksgiving, the pilgrims didn't have available. They ate whatever
they could scrape together.
Did you miss the show Alton Brown did??
Snap out of it!
Live dangerously!
Aw, nevermind. I'd serve pesto at MY table.
Ya stuffy ol' crumbs!
Andy