Comments on: A Puerto Rican Thanksgiving

By: Puerto Rican Thanksgiving Menu Sample - Puerto Rican Thanksgiving Dinner Meal - Thanksgiving Puertorriqueño - Thanksgiving Puerto Rico — ModernMami™.com

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:07:29 +0000

[...] This post was first published on November 26, 2008. Edits have been made since the original version. [...]

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Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:54:29 +0000

[...] taken count as to how much money goes into creating a meal for so many people. Even when I hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my house last year, I didn’t keep track; I just bought what I needed. But, I know that it [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving - Giving Thanks - Grateful for Family — ModernMami™.com — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:01:58 +0000

[...] day and I haven’t done one thing to prepare for it. Unlike last year where I was hosting and cooking Thanksgiving dinner at our house, this year my mother will be hosting. So, my contribution is to show up and be hungry. [...]

By: Modern Mami

Modern Mami — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:27:37 +0000

Glad you stopped by and enjoy it! Let me know how you like the macaroni pie.

By: BlapherMJ

BlapherMJ — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:52:49 +0000

This is my first time on your site and it’s great! I married a man from Trinidad (although now divorced) and love food from the Caribbean. I try to give my kids a blend of foods and traditions from their cultures (I’m Irish). Your Macaroni Pie recipe will be used for Christmas! Thanks!

By: Modern Mami

Modern Mami — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:40:07 +0000

Never heard of it. Sounds like it might be good though. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jai

Jai — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:52:12 +0000

Abichuela con dulce has beans, cinnamon sticks, cloves, sweet potatoes, sugar, evaporated milk and other stuff. It’s served cold. Really good.

By: Modern Mami

Modern Mami — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:36:03 +0000

Philippa: I know what you mean. It was hard writing it all out without going hungry. Thanks for sharing your Jamaican traditions.

Jai: We sometimes have the same appetizers, but empanadas are a bit too much work for my liking. Now you’ve peaked my interest; what is abichuela con dulce? Is it similar to arroz con dulce?

By: Jai

Jai — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:03:41 +0000

I love this post. I love food. So we do turkey the same way you do with adobo and sazon. But I am Dominican so we also like to add as appetizers some tostones, empanadas and my fave dessert is abichuela con dulce. Yes it may sound gross but honestly it’s really good. My mother makes the best and I always bring back left overs. Since my hubby is Puerto Rican he doesn’t think this dessert is natural and refuses to even taste it. Of course we’re also doing rice with pigeon peas because we’re going to his family for Thanksgiving. I miss my aunt’s house at Thanksgiving. She’s the best cook ever and I practically lived at my aunt and uncle’s house growing up. I actually did Thanksgiving at their house because my aunt was a better cook than my mom (shh! don’t tell her I said that!!) Her huge 6 person table used to be full of food. Those were the good old days!

By: Philippa

Philippa — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:59:53 +0000

My husband and I are both Jamaican and we go through the same thing around the holidays. Since this isn’t a holiday in Jamaica most of didn’t really learn of the customs and dishes until we moved here and were invited to join someone for Thanksgiving. Through those events we have adopted several of the traditional American dishes but added a few elements of Jamaican tradition.

We have the typical:

1.Turkey w/Stuffing’s
2.Honey Glazed Ham
3.Mashed Potatoes
4.Baked Macaroni & Cheese
5.Sweet Potatoes (w/marshmallows)
6.Apple Pie

And then we have added:

1.Roast Beef
2.Rice & Peas
3.Curry Goat

I am sure I am missing some dishes but if I think of it too much I wont be able to go back to work.