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Did being in the Air Force change how you talk at all?

Well...I already don't talk like a Vermontah...my parents are both from the Midwest and being a homeschooler, I really didn't pick up an accent or even most of the words people around here use.

Being in the military...well, I don't think I really changed my way of speaking any. Just picked up a love of some southern food. (There we go, back to food again...my hobbity tendencies coming out, I guess!)

At Thanksgiving, being overseas, generally one of the people in the shop would host the meal and provide the turkey (living in the dorms, I got out of this...all I had to do was bring soda / pop and some other easy stuff). There used to be some pretty heated discussions about stuffing - some people think if it ain't cornmeal, it ain't stuffing! It was always interesting seeing what were the traditional components of a Thanksgiving dinner in the various parts of the country.

Over in Germany one of the members of my platoon married a local girl. They had my roommate and I over for Christmas dinner one year.

We had wild duck and roast boar. It was very good. I don't think I ever would have tried things like that otherwise.

Then there was the time in Paris where we had escargot......

There used to be some pretty heated discussions about stuffing - some people think if it ain't cornmeal, it ain't stuffing!

Stuffing? We always go the oyster dressing route.

There used to be some pretty heated discussions about stuffing - some people think if it ain't cornmeal, it ain't stuffing! It was always interesting seeing what were the traditional components of a Thanksgiving dinner in the various parts of the country.

Thankfully we don't have that problem in our house. I stuff the turkey with apples, onions and celery, and serve mass quantities of cornbread dressing on the side!