聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 I was kindly invited out for Easter supper this past weekend and being that I was raised you can鈥檛 go empty handed I offered to make coleslaw, then because of my family traditions I decided to make shrimp aspic salad as well.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Now it took me about 18 years, eating my one table spoon twice a year 鈥� at Easter and Christmas 鈥� to get used to shrimp aspic, the flavours and the textures, but I鈥檝e grown to love it over time.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 People tend to turn their nose up at it when you tell them it鈥檚 base is lemon jello and tomato juice, so instantly it sounds odd. Then there鈥檚 green olives, onions, cucumbers, and celery in there鈥� and somehow, it is absolutely delicious with turkey.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 a recipe that my granny always made and my mom continues to make because my dad absolutely loves it, and everyone else in the family has developed a taste for it now too. But, headed off to this family鈥檚 house for supper I wasn鈥檛 sure what their reactions would be. One disliked it, but decided it wasn鈥檛 as bad as it sounds, another one liked the taste but didn鈥檛 care for the texture 鈥� although she did have seconds, and the other three all ate it.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 For one person, however, I brought up some memories as it was once her dad鈥檚 favourite salad. I think it was one of those recipes that people once made when jello salads were the trendy thing to make. A 鈥済randma鈥� or 鈥済ranny鈥� salad as one of the dinner goers said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, that was kind of fun, sharing something that we always eat, which isn鈥檛 too popular and people invited to the Running household typically give it a funny look although they鈥檒l try it, but finding out it was something that their family used to have as well was a nice surprise.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 It鈥檚 always kind of fun learning about other people鈥檚 traditions and what they do for their holidays.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I remember spending Christmas in Australia and although here turkey is the must have, there we enjoyed jumbo prawns for our Christmas dinner. Although cooking a turkey with all the stuffing and extras would have warmed the house a little bit too much considering their Christmas is actually held during their summer, since their seasons are the inverse of ours being that they鈥檙e in the southern hemisphere.
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