Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Harvest Of Blessings

Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessings at the appropriate time.... Galations 6:9
                                                          TRADITIONS
     A couple years ago I posted on traditions of the holiday season and thought since I have added different followers it would be interesting to share some of those traditions over the next couple weeks again...
    With Thanksgiving upon us the mincemeat is thought of.. Mincemeat is a British tradition, but many Americans love it although I believe it to be a love or hate thing... It first was made of chopped meat or liver, boiled eggs, ginger, dried fruit and other sweet ingredients. It was fried or baked... Then later replaced with sweet, or beef mutton fat.. By the 19 th century mincemeat usually contained no meat... Today's pies traditionally filled with fruit mincemeat such as dried fruit [raisins, currants, cherries, apricots, candied peels, spices, cinnamon, nutmeg, nuts { walnuts or almonds}, alcohol{brandy or rum}

*Traditions... Mincemeat pie is a favorite of Father Christmas { Santa}, so children should leave a plate of mincemeat pie by the chimney.
*Only stir mincemeat when cooking clockwise because stirring counter clockwise is bad luck for the coming years..
*While eating the first mince pie of the season you are to make a wish...
*Mincemeat should have a star on the top of the pie depicting the Christmas star that led the Magi and Sheppard's to baby Jesus.


                                        It's A Family Tradition.....

    As we have much to be thankful for we relish celebrating our day with family.. Pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving always seems to be the star of the show.. Pumpkin is a symbol of harvest time and also a feature of Halloween.. The pumpkin is native to the continent of N. America. The flesh of this pompion and spices was quickly accepted as a pie filler and became very common and is our favorite to this day.. We are blessed to have our canned pumpkin for a easier fixing today...

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