Occasionally, I have more charitable feelings for my family than may otherwise come across on my blogs. We honestly do best when we stay far, far away from one another, but now and again someone gets the bright idea to try to come together in perfect harmony (probably a coca-cola overload), and we do a holiday together.
Some day, I’m going to bring magnets with me and show them all what happens when you try to force two of them together. *blows raspberry*
Anyway, Thanksgiving Day was spent with my sister for a few hours. She’s vegan, and very health conscious, and makes Paris Hilton look fat. So when she suggested we try a local vegan restaurant that was doing take-away (I wonder how many people think I’m a non-US writer by using that phrase?) for the holiday.
Did I mention this is also a raw foods restaurant? From what I gather, the “raw foods” phenomenon is based on not heating anything about something like 165 degrees.
Yeah, you can see where this is going.
Some of it was very good, though. I did like the main course (some kind of nut loaf…thing), though the “gravy” that came with it was awful. The brussel sprouts were, you guess it, raw! Though the vinagrette they were tossed in was pretty good, and the apple-raisin-something chutney served with it was tasty as well. The mixed greens salad with pine nuts and something else had a lovely dressing, and I really enjoyed the parsnip something or other that was the “mashed potato” equivalent. There was an apple crisp for dessert, which was way too heavy on the cinnamon, but otherwise ok.
However, it was also $35 per person. We split the meal, and there really wasn’t enough food there. I would’ve been pissed if I’d spent $70 on this, as Sister Mine was disappointed in the experience. She says their sammitches for lunch are about the same size as pretty much everything on our plates, only for $7.95 and they’re way tastier.
I never thought I’d miss the leftovers, but you learn something new every holiday season. This time I learned that it is not the Holiday of the Giving Thanks without pumpkin pie. Who knew?
Next time I update, I’ll fill you in on how I got in over my head with a breed swap thing. *sigh* For now, I work.
Hope y’all had a great holiday, or for those who aren’t in the US, a fantastic Thursday! :D
