Happy Thanksgiving II!

Well, Thanksgiving was a success! There were some bumps along the road, the biggest being the turkey that came in over 2 kilos more than what we ordered. (That's a difference of about 5 pounds!) We deliberately ordered an 8-kilo turkey so that we could be sure it would fit in our 3/4-sized oven. When the store called to tell us it was in and that it weighed 11 kilos, I almost had a heart attack! We went to the store to pick it up, and it turns out that it was only 10.3 kilos, but I still measured it with a measuring tape to make sure that it would go in the oven...they ended up having to lop the tail off so it wouldn't be too long!

Here's the turkey in the oven. (Please notice that the pan is on the very bottom rack, and although you can't see it, I turned the rack upside down so that I could get another inch or so. The heating elements are at the very top of the oven, so I'm surprised that the top didn't burn.)


And thanks to Myrna and my mom, this is the final result. Last Thanksgiving, Myrna let us help cook the turkey since we had never made one before, and this Thanksgiving, my mom gave me a recipe to cook a turkey overnight (which I didn't do, but I did base my cooking and reheating of the turkey on her recipe). Isn't it beautiful?


And big? That's Ian's hand next to one of the breasts:


Our apartment is large by European standards, but we had a total of 32 people who would be eating in our place. We cleared away excess furniture from our living/dining room and set up four tables. It was tight, but we made it!


And as I may have mentioned, this was a potluck. We provided the meats and a couple of apple tarts, but the students made the rest. It was an impressive spread:


And best of all, I think everyone had a good time.



Sophie enjoyed her chocolate ice cream:


It took me 3 days to get all of the dishes done! (I figured out that we had around 120 pieces of flatware alone to get washed!) Our living room is almost back to its original state, but here's a picture of the immediate aftermath:


We hope everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving!