Turkey Day

I had a really wonderful and interesting Thanksgiving this year (actually it was a Slapsgiving celebration - which you can find out more about from the show How I Met Your Mother). It was a perfect day filled with good friends, delicious food (even pumpkin/butternut squash and pecan/walnut pies and amazing stuffing), and lots of fun!

I'll put some pics up here so you can see how we celebrated. Yes, the live turkey is the one we ate, and it was DELICIOUS (bit thanks to Nik for killing, gutting, and cooking our bird)! We bought it in the village (for some reason before running the rest of our errands) and were started at the whole morning. The mamas in the market thought it was hysterical and couldnt stop laughing, but it did give us a good opportunity to share American culture (PC Goal 2: check). We actually had to take it on a matatu to the site where we were celebrating. I'm sure that made a lot of people's days.

Our Turkey. I named him Slappy in honor of the day.

The aftermath. Just be thankful I didnt post the video.

The boys plucking the feathers. Even me, I picked a few :)

No day is complete without arts and crafts! We made hand turkeys cause it fit the Thanksgiving AND Slapsgiving themes. Plus, I needed something to do with my hands and there weren't any puzzles.

My first experience of mulled wine. Very tasty! We even decorated our glasses/jars.

The bird was boiled first and then moved outside for roasting since we didnt have an oven.

Hovering around the cook waiting for a snack... just like home. Although here the snack was roast liver and roast heart. So nice.

The one on the left is my Macadamia nut torte (not quite like Mom's but pretty tasty) and then our two Butternut Squash pies and seriously delicious walnut pie. I had one bit of it left in my bowl when it was time for the slap which I was saving for a last perfect bite and someone cleaned my dish while I was up. Tragic. I almost cried.

Check out this stuffing! I want to eat it again.

The group of volunteers we celebrated with. Really, it couldn't have been better. Just look at the spread... and all of that without an oven or stove.

Men of the hour and myself. Dan, the other guy at my site, is on the right. Jeff is on the left. Yours truly in the center. ;)

80s dance party to end the night? YES PLEASE!!