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Istiqlál (Independence), 1 Qawl (Speech) 175 B.E. - Friday, November 23, 2018 Feast of Qawl
Did you know that Americans eat 46 million turkeys each Thanksgiving? What is your guilty pleasure food? Guilty Pleasure Foods My mother ascended into the spiritual realm on Thursday, November 29, 2012, one week after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving 2013, was my first Thanksgiving without Mom. I spent it alone eating all the Thanksgiving foods that Mama liked. I had a turkey drum stick, which I cooked in the Microwave. In addition, I had dressing, which I also fixed in the Microwave, a turkey gravy--out of a can--a can of cranberry sauce, an entire Marie Calender's pumpkin pie, with Cool Whip, and several carafes of coffee. All right, maybe I should have gone to one of the Casino Coffee Shops. In the coffee shop I could have purchased a well balanced Thanksgiving dinner (green salad usually comes with the meal). One of the things I's grateful for is that Mom and I were able to share her last Thanksgiving together. Thanksgiving 2012 wasn't a big feast. We had turkey, dressing, turkey gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie (Marie Calendar's of course). We watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, which my mother loved. I haven't watched that parade since 2012. I don't watch the Thanksgiving Day parade because, without Mom, the parade isn't as much fun. Mom always loved to watch the floats. Another parade she like to watch was the Rose parade; I haven't watched it in a while either. Coffee, chocolate, pumpkin pie, Tacos, and cheese stuffed Jalapeños These are my guilty pleasure foods. |