Feasting

We brought the American day of Thanks to Berlin where we hosted several of our closest friends, and their friends, for a Turkey feast and movie watching.



Thanksgiving seems to have originated from a very DIY spirit, making the most out of what you have. The Indians brought corn and fish and fowl and the Pligrims brought their refined turkey carving skills and cans of cranberry sauce. So in this spirit we asked our American and European friends to prepare dish or two, and bring forks (because we only have four). S cooked our 5900 gram turkey and I felt like we needed something to announce the event so I created the banner to hang at the end of our table above our very American poster.

It is not easy to find all of the familiar Thanksgiving dishes here in Europe so many of our guests had to improvise their recipes and bake to taste. There is no Stove Top stuffing, pumpkin pie mix, or pre-made pie crust. I thought I saw cans of cranberry sauce a few weeks ago but they seemed to have disappeared. Everyone succeeded in creating substitutes and the meal was amazing, with an additional European accent from dishes provided by our Danish and Swedish guests.



Dinner menu:

Red Wine
White Wine (Riesling)
Ice Tea, with grapefruit flavor

Deviled eggs
Green salad with pomegranate and walnuts

Dinner rolls
Mashed potatoes
Vegetable medley (orange & red peppers, carrots, and celery root)
Red cabbage, arugula, and rasin salad
Homemade stuffing
Spinach quiche
Turkey & gravy

Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin cheesecake pie & whipped cream
Fudge walnut brownies
Licorice candies



We hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving and we should now say what we are thankful for, well, we are thankful for each and everyone of you that keeps up with us and that reads this blog.