SO, PEANUTS EH?
Yeah, so Anna, my three-year-old, brings home a note that says that I need to bring peanuts for their preschool Thanksgiving Feast. I say, "O.K.", and off to the store Anna and I go at 7 AM to buy peanuts. Somewhere in this whole process it occurs to me, "Wait, what the crap are the peanuts for, it's Thanksgiving?" I still don't get it, in spite of my wife's best efforts to tell me about the historicity (she din't used that word, she would have, and will, roll her eyes at me for using that word) of peanuts in America. And, to be fair to myself, I get the whole G. W. Carver thing, and all that, but still, Pilgrims and peanuts.....Indians and peanuts......turkey and peanuts.......I just don't get it. But, in honor of my confusion, if you think about it, add a nice bowl of lightly salted, dry-roasted peanuts to the holiday table. Happy eating, pilgrim.
1 comment:
hee hee...I don't get it either, Josh. :)
But then again, in my house all the turkey leftovers get transformed into Turkey Fried Rice, Turkey Lo Mein, and Turkey Chow Mein.
If we made Kung Po Turkey, that would include peanuts, so there you go.
Thanksgiving=Chinese Food=peanuts &turkey.
Hope that helps. :)
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