Thanksgiving

So weeks later people are still talking about Thanksgiving. Here’s a little bit about it...

When faced with the prospect of going out for Thanksgiving dinner, the traditionalist Americans just couldn't do it. We then went on a mission to find a turkey in London. There is no Honey Baked Ham in London. So we actually considered buying a turkey from the deli - yep the same one where they cut sandwich slices. The £240 price tag deterred us, but only after careful consideration. We then had to figure out how to cook a turkey - none of us have even marginally participated in turkey cooking.

Drew was absolutely determined to get a frozen turkey. One that was too big for ANY refrigerator in England, still had the giblets and staff, and needed to defrost for probably 3 days. After a bit of consoling, he's finally settled on two smaller turkeys - thank God!

The search for Velveeta-esque cheese didn’t go well. I needed cheese that would properly melt for mac and cheese. So I go to the deli counter and simply ask which cheese will melt well and not be waxy. Well, I might as have been asking how they constructed Stone Henge. They had to finally call over a manager who told me that the English use a pre-made sauce...so I said, in a rather cheeky manner, "yes, so if you wanted to make that from scratch, wouldn't you use cheese of some sort? Which one of the 11 that you have in this here case would work?" Never did get a good answer. But the mac and cheese was still ok. I did get Velveeta (Thanks Keia) 10 days after Thanksgiving!

We had about 15 people in the end. Only one person - Layal - had ever done Thanksgiving except for the  five Americans. Jocelyn missed her flight to Spain, so she was “happy” to come back (she was really pissed, but she was happy to at least come back to Thanksgiving and not a normal day). Everyone said what they were thankful for, we prayed and then we grubbed. Everyone thought the food was really good, we sat and talked and laughed. It was awesome! We had turkey, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, cranberries, rolls, stuffing, corn, apple pie, pumpkin pie and ice cream.

It was the most memorable Thanksgiving yet!

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