Although
we will not have our regular markets this week, we wanted to send out
Thanksgiving greetings to all our loyal Pathfinder Produce patrons
everywhere. It’s hard to believe that
we’re at the start of another holiday season.
We hope that as you and yours gather in the weeks ahead that you are
able to enjoy good, nutritious foods, lovingly prepared. We hope that the comforts of home and family
are all-enveloping. We hope the happy
moments of this season add to your stores of treasured memories.
Our
Pathfinder Produce markets will be back next Thursday and Friday,
December 1 & 2, in Edmeston and Morris, to help you serve scrumptious, fresh items to your family. Below, we share a special blog from Director of Education Maura Iorio, which we know you’ll enjoy.
December 1 & 2, in Edmeston and Morris, to help you serve scrumptious, fresh items to your family. Below, we share a special blog from Director of Education Maura Iorio, which we know you’ll enjoy.
Best
wishes to all, and Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Pathfinder Produce!
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Thanksgiving
has always been one of my favorite holidays. Growing up it meant a house full
of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins; it meant that living room furniture
would all have to be rearranged to make room for the folding tables and chairs
so that we could all sit together at one long table. When my cousins and I were
teenagers, it meant that cellphones had to be kept securely in our pockets or
we risked being on the receiving end of a stern look from my grandfather who
believed it was more important to spend quality time with family on
Thanksgiving than to spend the day texting friends.
It
of course, also meant really delicious food! As a child, it always seemed
magical how everything would just come together: the turkey, stuffing, mashed
potatoes, green beans, yams, pies…the ultimate comfort food feast! My father,
who isn’t very particular about many things, HAS to have certain foods on
Thanksgiving. One year, my cousin experimented with the yams and made a
pecan-crumble topping for them. My father was almost inconsolable. The
following year, everyone brought a different kind of yam dish (including my
dad’s traditional candied yams) and it wound up being one of the funniest and
most delicious Thanks-givings to date!
This
year, it is my living room furniture that will be rearranged to fit the folding
tables and chairs, and me who will be telling the kiddos to put their iPods and
Nintendo 3DSs away, so that our family can spend quality time together. Our
home will be filled with grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and
friends who we consider family.
As
long as I don’t burn the turkey, Thanksgiving this year will be filled with
great food, big laughs, and lots of love—and we hope yours is, too!
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Maura (and Lori)
