An Eclectic Thanksgiving -- We have a lot to be thankful for.....

[Bucko]

On this traditional holiday, we had a Vietnamese family over for the celebration. The mother, married to a retired US Army gentleman, managed to leave Vietnam with him at the close of the war. She had no idea where her son was, or if he was alive, being conscripted by the South. The years passed, then one day they received a call from an overseas missionary that her son was alive and well in a refugee camp. The harrowing
story of his multi-year escape from Vietnam would take a book. It just makes you stop and think that the petty problems that we face each day pale in comparison. We had a Cajun/Vietnamese dinner, with Loire, Alsace and Oregon wines..... only in America.

November 25, 1999

Menu

Appetizer:
Dung's Vietnamese Egg Rolls
1997 Weinbach Cuvee Laurence Gewurztraminer

Main Course:
Cajun Roasted and Smoked Free Range Turkey
Herb and Bacon Corn Bread Stuffing
Cranberry-Orange Sauce
Green Beans with Hazelnuts
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Bourbon Sweet Potato Puree with Buttered Pecans
Homemade Country Rolls
1996 Springhill Reserve Pinot Noir

Dessert:
Phong's Vietnamese Flan
Sweet Potato Pie with Gingersnap Crust
1992 Baumard QdC

I hope that your Thanksgiving is as wonderful as ours.

Bucko