Mr. Peter and Two Thanksgiving Meals

I found Mr. Peter in Trader Joe’s on Thanksgiving day. He was up toward the ceiling and looking down at me with a big smile. I looked at Baba, “Can I have him?” Baba said something to the clerk in the store. Then Mama took Peter out leaving us behind at the cashier. When Baba and I finally finished paying for the groceries and came to the car, Mr. Peter was there, smiling at me.

Peter was very playful. I wanted to put him down, however, he always liked to stand up.

I said, Mr. Peter, please lay down. He always said no. Finally, I defeated him.

Peter you owe me money, pay up or it's tickles for you!

Unlike most of Americans only having one major meal on Thanksgiving day, we had two major meals . One was American, authentic Turkey meals and one was Chinese, authentic Hunan dishes.

Leo and Tiffany came around 1PM. Leo ordered free food from Whole Foods (they made a mistake on his order, so they let him have all the food free), including turkey, mesh potatoes. Tiffany made peach desert, mesh pumpkin and stuffing for the Turkey. After lunch, they played board games with Baba and left for home before our Hunan meals. I thought they would stay to take the challenges of eating spicy food.

Guoguo's family come around 6PM. Guoguo's Mama made steamed Pork with dry long beans (五花肉蒸干豆角)and Bacon with green chili pepper. Why Bacon? It was the meat we found here resembled Hunan 腊肉. Mama made four dishes, two spicy ones and two non-spicy ones. The two spicy ones were stir fried dry white pepper with chicken parts and steamed fish with hot peppers. The two non-spicy ones were winter melon soup (冬瓜肉骨头汤) and green leaves vegetable.

After dinner, adults watched Guoguo and I playing together.

Then we chilled down on the sofa and watched some movie.