Your story about Thanksgiving reminded us of our attempt to assemble a Thanksgiving dinner in Curaçao in 1971. Now, Curaçao was a challenge anyway, as it is a desert island with essentially no agriculture. We knew that a (traditional orange) US pumpkin would be impossible, ditto cranberry sauce. But it was also impossible to find a turke…
Your story about Thanksgiving reminded us of our attempt to assemble a Thanksgiving dinner in Curaçao in 1971. Now, Curaçao was a challenge anyway, as it is a desert island with essentially no agriculture. We knew that a (traditional orange) US pumpkin would be impossible, ditto cranberry sauce. But it was also impossible to find a turkey. And I will be forever bitter at the US state department because we approached them for assistance in getting a turkey, and got no help at all. Fun fact which you probably already know... the Portuguese word for "turkey" is "peru," because centuries ago, people in Portugal thought that's where turkeys came from.
Your story about Thanksgiving reminded us of our attempt to assemble a Thanksgiving dinner in Curaçao in 1971. Now, Curaçao was a challenge anyway, as it is a desert island with essentially no agriculture. We knew that a (traditional orange) US pumpkin would be impossible, ditto cranberry sauce. But it was also impossible to find a turkey. And I will be forever bitter at the US state department because we approached them for assistance in getting a turkey, and got no help at all. Fun fact which you probably already know... the Portuguese word for "turkey" is "peru," because centuries ago, people in Portugal thought that's where turkeys came from.
I did not know that about the origin of Peru. Fascinating.