"im thankful for edinburgh"

My family this year.
From the left: Jillian (Connecticut), Kristin (Minnesota), Jennifer (Minnesota), Alayna (New Jersey), and me.

Yesterday was certainly an accomplishment.
My flatmates and I cooked a true Thanksgiving dinner for 15 people.
Complete with decorations, handprint turkeys, and we even forced our foreign guests to go around the table and say something they were thankful for. They didn't quite understand what kinds of things they were supposed to list, so they all said they were thankful for the invitation to dinner :) I guess that counts.

On the menu:

11lb turkey (named Dwight)
homemade stuffing with chestnuts
green bean casserole
mashed potatoes
sweet potatoes in olive oil
broccoli/onion/cheese sauce medley
white baps (Scottish rolls)
cranberry sauce
turkey gravy
homemade pumpkin pies
chocolate mousse pie
red & white wine
and coffee & tea to top it off

No thermometer or baster for the turkey, 1 mixing bowl - yes, ONE, 2 tiny ovens barely big enough for the bird, 3 delicious pies, 4 forks, 5 different American traditions, and 6 hungry Germans. And it actually tasted pretty good!

I'm still in shock that we actually pulled that off. It was truly an accomplishment for all of us.
We decided that we passed the test - we can now all be moms.

see pictures and get more juicy details here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2023545&l=cff4d&id=177501993

Now let the Christmas season begin...