So this was quite a while ago, but at the time of Thanksgiving, Julia and I decided that we should make our own Thanksgiving supper for her host family. I mean why not, we could do it - I always helped mom and grandma and watched them do it too since I was a little girl. Sure No problem we could do this! well....... I supose we may have over estimated ourselves just a tad!! ha ha ha The fact that we may not even be able to attain the right ingredients just never crossed my mind I guess, so when I saw the "turkey" that we were to use, needless to say I was a bit shocked!! The "turkey" was actually just two huge leg bones - not sure how they thought we were going to stuff a turkey that didn't have a damn hole to stuff!! ha ha then there was the actual stuffing itself, the meat we used would be comparable to hambuger I supose - that is the closest thing I can think of, cuz I really don't know what it was.. they called it sausage - tasted good all the same! We didn't have a recipe for the stuffing so we just took some bagette, this meat stuff and celery and manufactured something that didn't even look in the slighest bit edible but seriuosly it was!! Naturally Julia and I snacked the entire time we made supper so by the time it came to eat we really were not that hunger but we of course had to take something of everything - which I honestly was a bit frightened of, but I found myself quite impressed with our cooking - or at least the taste was fairly good, to me and Julia anyway (then again maybe we were biast!?) So I did the mash potatoes and the cooked carots, we had turnip from a box - not too shabby I guess.. Had alot of cranberry sauce with our stuffing - it was a tad dry.. he he But no one got sick so that was all we were aiming for in the end!! That no one had to visit the hospital! lol no it went alright...well other than you can see for yourself with my pictures too. However at the same time, truthfully I am a little embarrassed and scared to show these pictures as I know my mother and grandmother will see them - and I am damn sure I have put them to shame!! .... if they were there they prolly would have split a gut watching our meagle attempts at cooking ha ha ha they also probably would have a mild heart attack when we just about lit the kitchen on fire...!! All the stoves and heating here is gas, and Julia couldn't get the stove turned on, she tried for like 5 minutes, so then I was ha ha ha I can do this, no problem - oh dear god, why I felt the need to do that ( you all know my past with BBQ's and a gas stove is not alot different!) But honestly - not entirely my fault! really..., Julia had left the gas on the entire time, so when I finally decided to use a match it kinda went boom and we caught a dish towel on fire, - man I didn't know what the hell to do!! At first we just screamed and stood there, until Julia yelled - DO SOMETHING!! so I grabbed it (probably not the smartest thing I could have done, but it was right beside our stuffing and I didn't want that to get ruined) and ran to the sink, dowsed it in water and then we tried to cover it up until later when Pascal (Julia's host mom) had had a bunch more wine... he he he, actually she took it better than expected - however there was a group of people nearby so maybe that was why... but hey thank god for them then - she scares me a little. well here are our pictures of our sad sad little thanksgiving.
Here is Mr. "Turkey"... yes that is apparently how they come here...tasted different too, but good all the same!
Here are my lovely Potatoes, Carrots and 'the stuffing' (it is famous with Julia and I now)... Sorry I actually do not have any after pictures, but I just let you know that although I though I could make Mom's awesome mashed potata's - it just didn't quite seem to work out that way.
- oh well she better teach me next year!
Me with the food!
Pascal!! - Julia's Host Mom with the turkey! (before the "accident" lol - nah she wasn't too mad)
Random pic of me and jules... we put big t-shirts on as we were afraid of spilling on ourselves and aprons don't exist here. - yes, we are more fashionable than that now... ha ha ha
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