Filipino Thanksgiving

Traditional Thanksgiving lunch: going to some relative's house, everyone bringing a dish or three to share, so much food--mostly Filipino, paper plates and plastic forks, older folks in the dining room, younger in the living room ...

Untie caring's table, with all the unties gathered 'round. Luckily, everything moves in an orderly fashion, and no one's ever been trampled.


Plate with stuff like pinakbet, lumpia, stuffing, tripe, rice, seaweed salad, chicharrones, turkey, ham, and gravy ... and I think that's everything. I'm just proud I remembered what everything was and didn't have to say something like "that brown stuff with the ... stuff ... in it."


No, I didn't have seconds--I turned the plate for another angle.


Oh, wait, I did have seconds because someone brought gigantic shrimp.


We had a turkey at our house, too; although there were only four of us, Dad insisted on a 25-lb bird!


He had a vision.


The traditional turkey soup--so much yum!


Turkey bits, celery, shell pasta, delicious broth, and lots of love.


And pie(s)--pumpkin and peach.