I met with Mandy the following Thursday at Tea Time and we discussed the Halloween holiday and what trick or treating was. She was curious because the Chinese Autumn festival was coming up and she wanted to know how we celebrate this time of year compared to China. She thought that people dressing up in the costumes sounded like fun, but didn’t really see the point. I told her that people just like getting in character and then going to Halloween parties and decorating their homes.
We also talked about potluck dinners and why Americans specifically have potluck dinners. She had just been to her first potluck dinner and really seemed to like the idea and the conversation turned into different types of food depending on the region of the country and then what exactly Southern food included. She tried to explain one dish that she had tried and really liked, and we knew it was a type of casserole, but couldn’t figure out the name for it because she couldn’t remember all of the ingredients. We also decided what days we would meet from then on so that we had a more concrete schedule, especially since she doesn’t have a car and needed to plan ahead if we were to meet somewhere.
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