It's common for the crab to be a bigger hit than the turkey. Speaking of that, the turkey is cooked in soy sauce and Lee Kum Kee Char Siu Sauce, and dad did real good with it this year (sometimes it's not a big hit). On and off we've tried some traditional items with various success: the cranberry sauce from the store was a fail, the Pillsbury rolls were a hit, the steamed vegetables were eventually dropped in favor of stir fry. But since I learned to make them in high school, we've always had mashed potatoes, and since a couple years ago I decided I would make salad too. We also have corn soup (like the kind at the Chinese restaurants), and mom couldn't help but make several cups of white rice too.
I tell a lot of people that my family is still figuring out how to celebrate the holidays. We follow things that we know are traditional even if they don't feel like tradition to us. We throw in new traditions as we go along, and occasionally drop some others. Our meals are a hodge-podge of Chinese and American dishes. And there's a chance that I may be even more excited about tomorrow's Asam Laksa (Malaysia's famous fish-based, sour and spicy noodle soup) than I was about today's turkey.
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