Stuffed? Bet you are …
It’s funny, but how many have that poignant Thanksgiving memory that just sticks in the back of your mind? And, it always seems to come back at the funniest of times doesn’t it?
My wife and I were watching the local news one night. During the sports segment the reporter was asking one of the 49ers what he was all about for Thanksgiving. He joked around and then mentioned Stove Top Stuffing. They cut back to the studio and the anchors were kidding around. Then, the female anchor said something to the effect of, “Well, men like Stove Top.” It was kinda a slight, but that’s not what came up from the depths of my memory banks.
I remembered one Thanksgiving very far from home. I was stationed in Germany at the time, and my Mom and Dad sent me a care package before the big day. I got a small-ish electric tea pot and some precooked turkey, can of cranberry sauce, and, yes, stuffing! I got a container of Stove Top, which was round in those days. I heated the turkey and decided to not make tea but heat water to make some, stuffing!
It tasted good. And, not because it was Stove Top but because it was from Mom and Dad. Back then we didn’t have sat-cameras for video e-mail, or well, e-mail of any kind! I had to share a phone in the barracks until I moved out on the economy - hmmm … phone calls weren’t cheap! Letters and packages were my only means of communication - except those memories and smells that triggered new memories.
So, if you are thinking of something nice to do for all those serving right now, please, join the Soldiers’ Angels and adopt a soldier! Or, find another org or local outfit and do your part! It really is the small things from home that make life as a servicemember a big friggin’ deal!!!
And, maybe some day on the couch watching TV, someone is gonna have one of those, memories.
BE A PART!!!
TAGS: Fix4RSO, Milblog, Military, Holidays, Adopt+A+Soldier
November 28th, 2006 at 12:13
Stuffed for sure. And I LOVE stovetop. And, like, it’s way easier than making the real thing. I’m all about quick and easy
November 28th, 2006 at 14:14
It’s pretty funny when you think about it. Anchors try to make themselves out to be “one of us” yet they always seem to push their elitism to the top, really showing how very little they have in common with us all.
And, I like Stove Top too … and I’m not quick and easy … Ha! Gotcha!
November 28th, 2006 at 20:57
Umm…Stove Top will do, in a pinch. Like for making stuffed pork chops. Or if you happen to be in the barracks in Germany. But on Thanksgiving Day? Sorry, guys, but I’m a traditionalist on this one.
Wait! Did I hear someone say “Quick and Easy?” I’m sure I did!
::looking around for the Fat Lady::
November 28th, 2006 at 21:40
LOL! At this point I think I’d take about anything I could get
Okay not really, I do have some standards… Okay, I think I have some singing to go do now.
November 29th, 2006 at 21:09
Happy belated Thanksgiving!
December 9th, 2006 at 15:29
It still makes a big difference, do your part to support those who protect America. Here is some Proof, I cannot tell you how rewarding it is. Now we get to send packages to OUR son as well.