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Posts tagged “traditional”

Rethinking Tradition: Making Thanksgiving Your Own

The moment inevitably arrives when the torch gets passed and hosting the Thanksgiving feast shifts from being someone else's honor (and possible burden!) to become our own. When this moment comes, the...

Break with Tradition: 6 Unconventional Thanksgiving Pies

Feel like shaking things up this year? Here are six decidedly non-traditional pies that would nonetheless look perfectly at home on your Thanksgiving table!...

Recipe: Nanaimo Bars — The Canadian Treat

A few weeks ago we ran across a recipe for Nanaimo Bars. Our first thought was, how on earth do you pronounce that and where can we get some now! The pictures of these snacks were all we could thi...

Homemade Sauerkraut: A Century-Old Family Tradition

I've escaped to the family farm for a bit this summer, just in time for making sauerkraut. It's an annual summertime tradition carried on by my parents as it was by my grandfather, great grandfather...

Word of Mouth: Spurtle

Spurtle (also spelled "spirtle"), noun: An traditional Scottish stick used to stir porridge or oatmeal. Have you ever seen a spurtle?...