Not Quite a "Butterball"

Thanksgiving is always a little different when you live in Kazakhstan (or any other foreign country) and this one was no different. We did have a great time though, just the three of us! It is amazing how much time one spends cooking for thanksgiving. We ordered and picked up two turkeys from a contact in the village and one look at them and you would think that they were chickens on steroids. Despite it's size, it sure was rather tasty!

Sara, Ken and I spent time on Friday shopping at the bazaar for all the needed ingredients, took a trip out to the village that afternoon to pick up the turkeys and cooked pretty much the entire day on Saturday. Our meal also included corn pudding, broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, and three kinds of pie...one for each of us - pecan, pumpkin and apple. Of course...we did share and we definitely ate too much!

The rest of our time was spent playing games and enjoying some holiday traditions which Sara mentions more in her blog. It was a great time together spent with friends!