Tag: Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving 2020
As with everything this year, Thanksgiving was a little different than usual. Instead of the usual 20+ guests crowd, we had 11 people total, 9 adults. Everyone had tested negative before they arrived. (The new prerequisite: don’t bring a side dish or flowers—bring a negative test result.)Cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 11 is barely cooking Thanksgiving…
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Thanksgiving 2020
Relief is probably the thought uppermost in most people’s minds–relief that this year is finally drawing to a close. Relief and hope that 2021 will be an improvement. Thanksgiving for our family is always an opportunity to remember our many blessings (and to eat lots of food). We feel fortunate that our extended families are…
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Thanksgiving 2018
We love Thanksgiving. In particular, we love hosting Thanksgiving—the more, the merrier (especially for the extroverts in the family). This year, we sat 32 people for dinner, including several new attendees! (It’s always lovely to discover new orphans to welcome to Thanksgiving as well as welcoming back returning orphans.) Here is the complete Thanksgiving menu…
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Thanksgiving 2017
We sat 41 people for dinner for Thanksgiving this year. Well, technically, 37 adults (if you include one 16 year old velociraptor) and 4 kids under 10. The menu was as follows: Thai pumpkin soup with gougeres Smoked turkey Roasted turkey with confit legs Stock-braised turkey legs Deep fried turkey Roasted pork shoulder Roast duck…
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Thanksgiving 2016
We sat 26 people down for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. Some family but also friends. Our menu was as follows: Thai pumpkin soup Smoked organic turkey Roasted organic turkey with confit legs Fried organic turkey Roasted shrimp with rosemary Roast duck Stuffing Chili-bathed sweet potatoes Dinner rolls Rice Kimchi Gravy Orange cranberry sauce Roasted carrots…
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Thanksgiving 2015
We sat 31 people to dinner for Thanksgiving this year, which is rather a lot for us and a tremendous amount of fun (and a teeny weeny amount of stress). Thank goodness for Robert, Jim’s nephew, who came early and helped tremendously with the cooking. Together, we managed to feed everyone the following menu: Thai…
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Thanksgiving 2014
It was a festive Thanksgiving holiday for us. To begin with, it was the first Thanksgiving experience for Yinan, our exchange student. I don’t know if she was amused or appalled by the amount of food served, but she discovered that she loves mashed potatoes (or, as she calls them, “smashed potatoes”). We had 25…
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Thanksgiving
We sat 25 people down for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. The extroverted half of the family was giddy with excitement. The introverted half of the family was delighted at the crowd and equally delighted when the evening ended. Here’s the menu of what was served: Thai Pumpkin Soup Fried Turkey Smoked Turkey Roasted Turkey Ham…