Happy Thankgiving from the Blockers!!
We are staying at home today & making a "turkey melon" or le dinde. Pronunciation - not (dind - with a long e) like how I thought it was pronounced. You should have been at the store with Ryan and I earlier this week - the amount of giggles from me trying to communicate what I was looking for at the store. It is pronounced (dawn) -with a short d sound at the end - or so we think - French language experts feel free to correct if we still are not pronouncing it correctly. ;) They do not begin selling turkeys like what many of you will be roasting today until mid December. I have read how unpopular they are, which it has been speculated to the fact that lean meats traditionally weren't so much in favor in France until recently (David Lebovitz). You can read more of his journey of purchasing and roasting a turkey melon here:
We will be making our turkey melon (picture a melon shaped turkey), a make-shift Shoe Peg Corn Casserole with the ingredients I could find, mashed potatoes, cranberry compote of some sort (couldn't find similar ingredients for the actual casserole), brioche bread, and a box full of pastries from the town of Falaise. We are looking forward to our celebration. If anyone is in need of last minute recipes - the following are always a hit at our thanksgiving table as we celebrate the goodness of the LORD. The pralines were a small taste of the Christmas season to come - lots of memories of wax paper covered counters and mom & dad making the pralines.
* My apologies - it keeps flipping on its side and posting the recipes all over the post. But it was worthy of posting as they have become some of our absolute favorites to have each year.
With a houseful of noise each day, I need Jesus' perspective, His peace, His joy to go about each day. I was wrestling this fall through the 'how LORD?' do we come into your presence and I stumbled across this video. May you find encouragement in the verses and quotes from various authors - May you join us as we come into the LORD'S presence today with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Wishing each of you whether in a bright sunny season or a dark and stormy one - praying that the God of hope would fill you with His joy and peace today in believing, that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
One more video that was a powerful illustration of the day to day choice to express our gratitude to God despite our circumstances:
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!!
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Loving reading your posts and living life through your eyes in France! Thankful for you sweet friend and your precious family as well as for the opportunity for you all to embark upon this journey! Love those recipes!!
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