Kilometres Deboutish

Kilometres Deboutish is a character in an annually-repeated newspaper column by the late humorist Art Buchwald, which parodies in a parody of a French perception of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. According to Buchwald's confidential source, it is "the only time during the year, [when the Americans] eat better than the French do. "

The story plays on the name of the historical Miles Standish, John (Jean) Alden as well as the apparently untranslatable flower of Plymouth Colony, Priscilla Mullens.