No Frijoles for Thanksgiving

This is a funny story. My best friend is Mexican. Her boyfriend is American. She was going to his mother's home in South Carolina for Thanksgiving. Growing up in the U.S., she had more or less always celebrated Thanksgiving in the traditional American way, sweet potatoes, stuffing, turkey, you know how it goes. Anyways, she was going to SC this year and was excited to help her future mother-in-law make Thanksgiving dinner. She suggested to her boyfriend, "Hey, tell your mom I'll help with dinner, I make a really good sweet potato dish." He relayed the message. Like a game of telephone she shortly found out that her soon-to-be mother-in-law was on a search for the necessary mexican spices for this sweet potato dish, because my friend was going to be making a very authentic mexican speciality. Little did she know it only consisted of canned sweet potatoes, maple syrup (aunt jemima), and marshmallows. We have all be joking around, urging her to throw chipotle or jalapenos into the mix just for the sake of the story. Feliz Dia de Thanksgiving!