American Thanksgiving!

So Virginia and I already celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in France, but now (thanks to a very special American named Hannah!) we got to celebrate American Thanksgiving in France too!

This thanksgiving was very festive, as for the American's Thanksgiving marks the start of the Christmas season! We were also cooking in a REAL kitchen (thanks to Pasan and his apartment), for WAY more people, so it really felt like home :) We cook for many hours while listening to Christmas music from Hannah's hometown radio station online (Charlotte, North Carolina!).

Our Thanksgiving feast included me, Virginia (the Canadian representatives), Hannah (the sole American), Pasan (From Dubai, but who goes to school in America), Babette (Holland and now France), Omar (Mexico), and Giacomo (Italy). It was Babette, Omar and Giacomo's first ever thanksgiving :)

Like traditional thanksgiving, we made WAY too much food, but it was all soo delicious! Everyone contributed, and here's what was one the menu!

Pasan (the cooking thank that he is) made A TON
- pumpkin pie from scratch! (pastry and all)
- turkey thighs (that was the closest to a full turkey we could find), which he glazed himself as well
- Garlic mashed potatoes (my favourite!)

Virginia made a slightly modified version of stuffing, but JUST as delicious (we didn't cook a full bird, so we couldn't exactly do traditional stuffing...)

I made steamed veggies and momma's homemade cheese sauce (which turned out pretty well if i do say so myself!)

Hannah made deviled eggs, and homemade macaroni and cheese (a thanksgiving tradition in her family)

Omar made sangria, Giacomo brought the wine, and Babette brought a delicious chocolate cake! (it was a little harder for the first timers to make part of the feast, but we didn't mind at all!)

We also bought two pre cooked chickens from the grocery store as well :) Oh and there was gravy! we can't forget the gravy!

All in all it was a VERY successful thanksgiving dinner! Everyone ate waaay too much, and of course still had room for dessert. We also came back the next day for thanksgiving lunch AND had enough to take home a full plate for dinner :)

Well done everyone!!





Virginia had to help make Pasan's pie crust pretty!


















Halfway through making all of the food!














And it's all there! Holy crap. Yes it took 7 of us 2 days (3 meals) to eat all of this food.















Giacomo, Omar, and Babette's first Thanksgiving!















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