Two days of food preparation and Thanksgiving, affectionately renamed "Kiwi-urkey Day", went very well.
It was a great night and I am soo happy I was able to share it with old and new friends. We went around in a circle to give thanks and being abroad made it even more sentimental.
Naturally, I was a little nervous being head chef, I've always been kitchen wing-man. Thank goodness Kiwi's eat turkey for Christmas and the grocery stores have begun stocking them. Plus I had to cook for a small kiwi and ex-pat army.
After one bite, it tasted like home. My kiwi friends lived the Thanksgiving dream; multiple helpings of dinner and dessert, people getting sleepy-eyed on the couch, and Sarany needing to change into larger pants. If only we had an American Football game on TV.
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I'm curious, did we all fit at one table, or was this a heartfelt "fill you're plate and find a place to park, and try not to spill any on the floor or furniture" kind of din din? Regardless, sounds like a good time was had by all.
ReplyDeleteit was the 'try not to spill anything on the carpet' kind of dinner set-up. Everyone did very well despite the large amount of alcohol consumed by all.
ReplyDeleteFYI- that is the 'kiwi-urkey' stuffed animal in my hand.