OK this is like the third or fourth reference to "bread sauce." I've just looked it up and it's basically warmed milk or cream with bread added? Ive also never heard of satsumas before and looked them up. In the past 10 years or so, we've begun to get boxes of Spanish grown clementines in our markets. The Wiki entry for satsumas is very clear that they are not mandarins or clementines.
This predominance of dried fruit with spices and alcohol is really interesting -- I'm sure there is some tradition of that in American cooking, but I really don't know much about it. I wonder if there was ever much of it or if it fell out of favor. I'll have to peruse my old cookbooks and see what they say.
The real issue with our Thanksgiving is that so many of the dishes do involve last minute faffing, as you say. Gravy, mashed potatoes, carving the bird, and vegetables-not-in-casserole are all last minute. Is Casserole a term used in the UK? I think the closest is probably a gratin though that always implies to me a topping of crumbs or cheese or both and that's not always the case with casseroles.
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This predominance of dried fruit with spices and alcohol is really interesting -- I'm sure there is some tradition of that in American cooking, but I really don't know much about it. I wonder if there was ever much of it or if it fell out of favor. I'll have to peruse my old cookbooks and see what they say.
The real issue with our Thanksgiving is that so many of the dishes do involve last minute faffing, as you say. Gravy, mashed potatoes, carving the bird, and vegetables-not-in-casserole are all last minute. Is Casserole a term used in the UK? I think the closest is probably a gratin though that always implies to me a topping of crumbs or cheese or both and that's not always the case with casseroles.
Thanks so much for sharing your traditions!