Well it’s that glorious season where I stop pretending like I diet or exercise and just change into my sweatpants
“Most of us have fond memories of food from our childhood. Whether it was our mom’s homemade lasagna or a memorable chocolate birthday cake, food has a way of transporting us back to the past.
–Homaro Cantu”
I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving! I tried to eat in moderation, but (as usual) failed in my attempt. I think the following quote by Roman statesman Cato The Elder pretty much sums up why.
“It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.”
–Cato The Elder
I imagine him sounding like Marlon Brando in “The Godfather.”
Every Thanksgiving, my dad and I enter into a heated debate over what to call everyone’s favorite Thanksgiving side dish. I’m firmly in the “Stuffing” camp, while he’s deeply rooted in the “Dressing” party. But which is correct?
Stuffing. The correct answer is stuffing.
I’ve come to the conclusion that what you call that delicious mixture of bread, vegetables, and spices tends to vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to:
Take a teddy bear, for example. They’re called “stuffed animals” for a reason. If you went around giving “dressed animals” to children you’d probably get a bunch of funny looks from people and at least three to five angry emails.
And a surprise visit from Chris Hansen.
To me, it’s simple. How do you feel after you eat that giant Thanksgiving meal? Stuffed. You feel stuffed. If you feel dressed, you really haven’t eaten enough. Also you’re kind of strange. For those of you out there, like me, who are passionate about the differences between “stuffing” and “dressing” and are in need of some sort of graphical breakdown of the difference, YOU’RE IN LUCK because I made a flowchart for you.
My southern friends would most likely argue that cooking style doesn’t actually matter, it’s dressing, gosh darnit. And to them I’d say NO, IT’S STUFFING to which they’d invariably reply with a hastily prepared document demanding secession from our friendship. Such is life.
If Paula calls it stuffing, it’s stuffing. Everyone knows what Paula says is LAW.
Anyway, I hope you had a great Turkey day and that you enjoy the food coma you’re likely to be in later this evening. I know I will!
Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone! This week’s quote comes from one of America’s best political satirists, and host of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart. Basically I think this quote is funny and also it’s Thanksgiving-themed, so therefore it makes the perfect quote this week. I hope you all enjoy eating too much with family members!
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
–Jon StewartHe’s taking over the White House. One slice at a time.
