In my mind Thanksgiving is supposed to be a large scale event in all regards. A large number of attendees, a large quantity of homecooked food, and a large amount of friendly banter. When myself, and two other host students started planning our large multi family feast we had this idea in mind. This was a great way to share the essence of Thanksgiving (along with the traditional foods) with our host families.
It probably does not surprise anyone that I was in charge of the desserts, while the other two students were in charge of the turkey and sides. So I made a total of four pies, two apple and two pear-cranberry.
Above is an uncooked apple pie.
Our big Thanksgiving feast was on Wednesday the 24th of November starting at 7pm and lasting until late at night. With our two turkeys, cranberry sauce, green beans, mashed potatoes, assorted vegetables, and pies it was a great feast. The people there were all amazing and since there was such a great group we all had a blast!
Family members starting to take their places at the table. To the left is my friend Melissa and her host family and to the right is my host family.
Here Peter is carving up the first Turkey while the second waits. Peter's host family allowed us to hold Thanksgiving at their house. (my pies are in the picture!!)
As Thanksgiving was approaching I was really worried that I would get homesick, since it would be the first year I could not fly home for Thanksgiving. Fortunately, due to friends, and my host parents, I did not feel like I had been cheated out of a Thanksgiving feast with family.
My host parents and I in the middle of the feast. (And no we did not purposefully match...haha)
Thanks to everyone involved for a wonderful Thanksgiving celebration!
