Sunday Dinners
A couple of weeks ago I was talking to my friend online and it happened to be a Sunday. So, after catching up a bit on what happened during the week he asked me what am I going to have for Sunday dinner. I told him I was really tired from the week and the day before so I was just going to make myself a tuna fish sandwich and probably some chips and a soda. Well, he was horrified that I was having a sandwich for Sunday dinner. It was not the proper Sunday dinner that one should have according to him.
Sunday dinner according to him should be a huge meal consisting of many main dishes and side dishes surrounded with lots of family and friends all eating together around a big dinning room table passing the cornbread. I assume that is what he did with his family for Sunday dinner although I didn't really ask. So, after a short conversation about my Sunday dinner sandwich the conversation was over because he now needed to make his Sunday dinner.
My family was never big on huge Sunday dinners. Sunday was like any other day for us. We had a small family for the most part. In our house was just my sister, me, my mom and dad. Both parents worked so most of the time Sunday or any other dinner was nutritious but simple. Neither of my parents had the desire to spend hours in the kitchen cooking or baking anything. The only time we had large family dinners was on holidays.
On those occasions, holidays, we all went to my grandmother's house and she did most of the cooking except on Thanksgiving when my grandfather cooked the turkey. On those special days the dinning room table was set, the kids table was set and my aunt, her husband, and their kids, my cousins, would join us for dinner. Still sort of a small gathering compared to some families but 6 adults and 5 kids at the time was more then enough. That's the only time we would have the big turkey or ham and plenty of side dishes such as quiche, vegetables, candied yams, mashed potatoes, bread, pies, pastries, punch, sparkling water, and lots of good conversation, especially at the kid table. The kid table was a brightly colored card table covered with blue fabric with blue and yellow flowers on it. That table served as a kid table for generations.
I thought about these holiday dinners after I closed the laptop after talking with my friend about Sunday dinners. Even though my grandparents are deceased and holiday dinners with aunts, uncles, cousins and friends died with them I decided for one day, just for a day I was going to bring holiday dinners back on a Sunday. So, today, which happens to be a Sunday, I am making a smaller version of a holiday/Sunday dinner. Today with my mom, son, brother, nephew and sister we are having some good food and some good conversations just like back in the day. All that will be missing besides some of the people is the kids table. With just one kid, he can sit at the big table with us.
Sunday dinner according to him should be a huge meal consisting of many main dishes and side dishes surrounded with lots of family and friends all eating together around a big dinning room table passing the cornbread. I assume that is what he did with his family for Sunday dinner although I didn't really ask. So, after a short conversation about my Sunday dinner sandwich the conversation was over because he now needed to make his Sunday dinner.
My family was never big on huge Sunday dinners. Sunday was like any other day for us. We had a small family for the most part. In our house was just my sister, me, my mom and dad. Both parents worked so most of the time Sunday or any other dinner was nutritious but simple. Neither of my parents had the desire to spend hours in the kitchen cooking or baking anything. The only time we had large family dinners was on holidays.
On those occasions, holidays, we all went to my grandmother's house and she did most of the cooking except on Thanksgiving when my grandfather cooked the turkey. On those special days the dinning room table was set, the kids table was set and my aunt, her husband, and their kids, my cousins, would join us for dinner. Still sort of a small gathering compared to some families but 6 adults and 5 kids at the time was more then enough. That's the only time we would have the big turkey or ham and plenty of side dishes such as quiche, vegetables, candied yams, mashed potatoes, bread, pies, pastries, punch, sparkling water, and lots of good conversation, especially at the kid table. The kid table was a brightly colored card table covered with blue fabric with blue and yellow flowers on it. That table served as a kid table for generations.
I thought about these holiday dinners after I closed the laptop after talking with my friend about Sunday dinners. Even though my grandparents are deceased and holiday dinners with aunts, uncles, cousins and friends died with them I decided for one day, just for a day I was going to bring holiday dinners back on a Sunday. So, today, which happens to be a Sunday, I am making a smaller version of a holiday/Sunday dinner. Today with my mom, son, brother, nephew and sister we are having some good food and some good conversations just like back in the day. All that will be missing besides some of the people is the kids table. With just one kid, he can sit at the big table with us.
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