Being French (and Dr Squid is Australian) that's still the type of info that I like to learn.
From the comment, it seems Americans are a lot like Brits regarding Holiday food. When I had my first Christmas dinner in the UK, I was weirded out by the Turkey and sprouts fetish, bordering on obsessive reverence. The most because it's totally beyond me how boiled sprouts can be considered any kind of festive food. I'm not a traditional person, and would rather pick the best food/ideas/habits from each country, but there are a few things that make me just go WTF? and sprouts at a festive dinner are definitely one them them... :D And the turkey thing I just don't understand why just turkey, because back when my mum was still cooking large dinners, we sort of sampled different types of poultry and found out that goose was much tenderer and tasty, while still being white poultry like turkey, and duck was real nice though a little redder/less traditional so maybe not for everyone. So we just ditched the turkey because there were tastier equivalents around. But British people I know don't think like that when cooking Holiday dinners, it seems more about the traditions that the food itself.
Re: Couscous salad
From the comment, it seems Americans are a lot like Brits regarding Holiday food. When I had my first Christmas dinner in the UK, I was weirded out by the Turkey and sprouts fetish, bordering on obsessive reverence. The most because it's totally beyond me how boiled sprouts can be considered any kind of festive food. I'm not a traditional person, and would rather pick the best food/ideas/habits from each country, but there are a few things that make me just go WTF? and sprouts at a festive dinner are definitely one them them... :D And the turkey thing I just don't understand why just turkey, because back when my mum was still cooking large dinners, we sort of sampled different types of poultry and found out that goose was much tenderer and tasty, while still being white poultry like turkey, and duck was real nice though a little redder/less traditional so maybe not for everyone. So we just ditched the turkey because there were tastier equivalents around. But British people I know don't think like that when cooking Holiday dinners, it seems more about the traditions that the food itself.