One of the holiday trends of the past few years is the turducan. A turducan is a boneless chicken inside a boneless duck inside a boneless turkey, with layers of savory cornbread stuffing in the middle and between every layer. I imagine it would be a lot of work to make a turducan, but it would certainly answer the call of those who couldn't decide which poultry to serve for their Thanksgiving or Christmas dinners.
This year, I have heard about the turducan of the dessert tray: the cherpumple. A cherpumple is a pumpkin pie and a cherry pie and an apple pie, each baked in a single layer of cake (which can also be of three different flavors) stacked together and frosted. So for everyone who doesn't know what kind of pie to choose, they can have their cake and all that pie, too!
Have we become such a nation of gluttons that we have to have everything all at once and right now? I'm afraid we have. Perhaps that is why our nation is over $14 trillion in debt! We haven't heard (or believed) the old maxim that "Enough is as good as a feast." Tradition states that the first winter the Pilgrims were in the new world, their ration of food was 5 kernels of corn and that from that day on, whenever they feasted on plenty, they began the feast with 5 kernels of corn on each plate. I don't know if the story is true or not, but it doesn't have to be to teach a lesson: we should give thanks in all things and, if we are grateful in a few things, God will bless us with many.
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
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© 2012 Gebara
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Picture of turducan from www.acadianbayseafoods.com
Picture of cherpumple from several sources on the web
Picture of 5 grains of corn from www.tedtroverts.ifunnyblog.com
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