Pumpkin Pie Extravagnza

We have our token American friend here that is a good friend of one of my college mates. We have become friends with her and her fiance. So for Thanksgiving this year since she had the day off she was able to cook all day on the Thursday and join her for the day. I was able to get a half day and head to her house to start on the best Bloody Mary's I have had in a long time. By the time Ben got there, we were all in good holiday spirits. It was mainly Andrew's family, one of Tori's co-workers and ourselves. We had an amasing meal, with a good taste of home. She even had the cranberry sauce that holds the shape of the can when you pour it out. Disgusting stuff, but a requirement on the day of. Ben was in charge of cutting up the turkey, he did a very barbarically good job at it. We sa down for dinner and had several helpings of food until we were ready to explode or as Ben says, were ready to fall into a food coma. The ended the night tucked into their living room in front of a fire with pumpkin pie!

Saturday we had to do it all over again! Oh darn! We started cooking early that morning to get reaady for our 15+ house guests. The pies were baked, the potatoes were mashed, turkey basted to perfection with little lemon halves underneath the skin to make it look like it was stacked with some large breasts on its breasts that kept it quite moist. We had to make sure that all the food was cut up small since there were not enough knives to go around for their paper plates. We had some green bean casserole, corn bread, sweet potato pie, stuffing, gravy, turkey, mash, and fluorescent orange mac n cheese! That was the biggest hit. We had a good night, with everyone crammed in, and the wine flowing. Once the pumpkin pie was gone and the drink started to disappear, so did our guests. It was another great year, and I even helped Ben with the dishes, which is a marked improvement. We do miss our families on this day, but it was a lot of fun to do it with all of our foreign friends once again!