Is this your first time cooking Thanksgiving Dinner for your family celebration? Or do you have plenty of practice but want to try a new dish? Benefit from unlimited access to easy, quick and delicious recipes, as well as ideas and help as you prepare for your upcoming Thanksgiving feast using your library card to access New York Times Cooking archive through a database available on the Salem Public Library website www.salemlibrary.info . Click on the “Research” tab and scroll down until you see “NYT Cooking.” You will get a code to redeem to start your free access time of one week. Need more time? Just sign up again.
Thanksgiving and the holiday season are great times to catch up with relatives and talk with those who you might see occasionally. Getting children involved in family history can be a fun and educational experience! So lay down the cellphones and tablets unless they are being used for picture-taking, recording family activities or interviews with older family members. Here are some simple, engaging questions they can ask at Thanksgiving dinner. This list of questions was derived from various genealogy sources. One activity Ancestry.com suggested was writing a question on the bottom of a place mat and then having each person answer the question or ask the question to another family member.
Questions for Kids to Ask Grandparents or Older Relatives:
- “What games or toys did you play with when you were my age?”
- “What was school like for you when you were little?”
- “Did you have a pet when you were young? What kind?”
- “What kind of food did you eat at Thanksgiving when you were a kid?”
- “What did you do for fun with your family during the holidays?”
- “Who is the oldest person in our family? What were they like?”
- “Can you tell me a funny story about when you were younger?”
- “What is something you learned from your mom or dad that you still do today?”
- “Do I look or act like anyone in the family from the past?”
- “Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving the way we do? Who started our traditions?”
- “Are there any special recipes that have been passed down in our family?”
- “What is a tradition you had as a kid that we don’t do anymore?”
- “Did you ever meet anyone famous?”
- “What was a big event you remember from when you were young?”
- “How did people travel or communicate when you were my age?”
Friends of the Salem Library news flash
The Friends of the Library (FOSL) will be selling seasonal books at Salem Crafty Christmas at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, December 6, from 8am to 2pm.
