Holiday Largess

In every culture I know people like to say that they are particularly generous in major holidays. All the Thanksgivings, Christmases and New Years, we feed almost anyone everyone that crosses our path. In the rest of the time, the normal days, we think of these festive foods with fondness and speak of them with nostalgic love. This begs a question: “why don’t we eat these food in normal times?” Roast turkey, for example, are served once, maybe twice a year. It is not really that difficult to make, no more than making a pie, particularly with some practise. And one turkey will last a small family a whole week. The truth is that these foods are usually not that tasty. The only reason for choosing them is that they are cheap and massive, good to feed a lot of people. So, I guess it is a bit of a balancing act--generosity is tempered by frugality, or maybe the other way around. The lesson is therefore--if you want to be generous, think cheap!