nostalgia.....

ok, so we will be with my spouse's next oldest brother, and his youngest sister for thanksgiving.......we being all of us plus my mom.......with all of their children and extended in-laws......they are a nice group......but their traditional foods are not exactly ours.....so i am trying to bring enough of the familiar to make it the best of both sides of the family.......it is the small things.....like olives on the relish tray...and pickled onions......and lima beans........my in-laws prefer germanic side dishes like creamed spinach and sweet/sour red cabbage......which i thoroughly enjoy,...but i still like to have lima beans on thanksgiving.......and i am certain that the family members i used to share my thanksgiving with (in cleveland) will be having olives and pickled onions on the relish try, and lima beans..........blest be that tie that binds........and a special message to the mystery reader in central european time/interbusiness.it.......hopefully you can find a bit of 'home-cooking' this thanksgiving as well........