Thanksgiving

As you can guess, there is no Thanksgiving in New Zealand, but I changed that this year. I spent all day Thursday cooking a Thanksgiving dinner to have with my flat. I was a little weary to take on such a feat because I don't consider myself such a good cook, but I gave it a try anyways. I cooked stuffing, green beans, sweet potato casserole, gravy, pumpkin pie (from scratch!) and turkey. The turkey was actually a turkey log because it was cheaper and all the ones in the store were enormous.

All of my flat mates plus a couple of friends joined for dinner. Michelle and I made a few decorations to help set the mood, leaves and turkeys. We also ran out of chairs so we used a couple of coolers and a camping chair. Beside eating, I also gave them a little history lesson. I used a power point presentation I had left over from teaching in Korea all about the history of Thanksgiving. I think they enjoyed it! And I made them all say one thing they were thankful for. They got the full Thanksgiving treatment! In all, I think it made quite a good feast.