Happy Thanksgiving....Gobble Gobble

As I mentioned previously, the Stanley's of Tokyo were in charge of hosting our American Thanksgiving for our friends over here. It was the very first time that we've hosted the holiday and as we all know I do not profess to be much of a cook. However, it turned out so great and we had the best time.

The celebration was postponed a few days and was held on Saturday since all of our significant others (and Kate our friend) didn't get the holiday for obvious reasons (we're in Japan for those that were still scratching your heads). We started the turkey preparation on Friday night. John, who is the cook in our house, was in charge of the bird. We started off thinking that there would only be six people including a vegetarian, so a ten pound turkey would be sufficient, but then we discovered some new friends so now we were up to seven meat eaters, so after much debate I also ran out and grabbed a French chicken...fun times. John did his research and decided that we would brine the turkey. So, we had to boil water and add all of the pricey spices and let the bird sit until morning.

On Saturday, we woke up early to make sure the turkey and chicken were lookin' good. I made up the pumpkin pie and we cut up some fruit salad, prepared the guacamole (a house favorite), and prepped the house and fixed up the crab dip. Our friends came over around noon, we ate around 1:00 (which was pretty amazing). Everyone that came brought over some of their favorite dishes. Needless to say it was just like Thanksgiving at home...way too much food, but all delicious!

The event didn't end until midnight after several rounds of Apples to Apples and Catchphrase. It was so amazing and I'm pretty sure my mom would have been proud....I cooked, woohoo.

Until Next Time.....Jenn