Thanksgiving remembered

We're gearing up for the big feast at our house this year with a few snags. One Baba is busy making money for all the food we consume. Two, Mama and I both got some kind of bug that had us hunched over a toilet for a day. Three, Mama was feeling better but just burned her finger making apple pie. Ahh.. the casualties of the meal.

 Here's thinking back to last year's thanksgiving where we had 3 meals, 2 of which we've already posted about (see November 2011 1 and 2). Here's the last one we celebrated with my friend Meredith and her family. I believe the menu included stuffed acorn squash, roasted turkey courtesy of Alton B, broccoli, butternut squash, macaroni and cheese cupcakes, and bell peppers with Burmese dressing.

Meredith and I had our own kids table where I got to dig in my plate and hers when she wasn't looking. It was delish!

This year our full line up was going to include bacon jam (our latest obsession) stuffed dates, gougeres, steam roasted turkey a la Jacques Pepin, biryani rice stuffing, burmese dressed veggies, cranberry-pomegranate relish, kimchi mashed potatoes (Baba is skeptical), apple pie, and pumpkin flan. Now post illness, we've had to scale back, but will have some combination of the above.

Pies are supposed to be therapeutic to roll out, so Mama and I have been trying out various pies. I'm a great mixer. We made a spiced plum pie the other day from leftover fall fruit and now the apple pie is out of the oven.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

 

New York City

Before Hurricane Sandy, we got to visit with my sweet great-grandma, Mummy Gyi. Jiejie was the first to jump on her lap. She made Mummy Gyi laugh and laugh.

 

Mummy Lei and Jiujiu came up too, so we really had a party. Lots of food and family. Here I got to join 4 generations of women in our family - talk about formidable!

 

I found out that I come from a very big family. I met so many people including Aunty Baby, Uncle Martin, Uncle Nelson, Uncle Thawdar... in fact Jiejie and I both think that everyone in NYC can say the Burmese alphabet - kaji, kaguay...

 

Oh and of course I got to sit with Mummy Gyi too. We had a wonderful time. Hope they are all safe from the storm. We're thinking of you lots. Bye for now!

 

Happy Halloween!

What?! Did you know that once a year you get dressed up in some kind of costume and roam around to your neighbors' homes, knock on the door, and they bring out this big bowl of CANDY?! Free candy? And all I said was "trick or treat!" What a great holiday! Meimei and I had a blast!
She dressed up like a little dragon.

 

Can you guess what I was? Yup, Hello Kitty! And I get to wear my hat again, whenever I want this winter to keep my ears warm. Best part of Halloween so far was some kind of candy called  M&Ms. But I think they melted in my hands.

 

The fun didn't stop there. We went to a fun birthday party at the children's museum today and Meimei and I still got to get dressed up. Here she is as a sweet little bee. Yes, that's a big tomato behind her.

 

Here I am very hard at work in my construction zone. I made sure I had my toolbelt and helmet. Safety first! I didn't get to do everything I wanted to before it was time to go, but next time I'll be sure to ride the boat like I did in Maine.  That'll be another story for another time.