An English Thanksgiving

Undoubtedly the best Thanksgiving ever. It started with a 6-0 victory over Warwick. Colney Lane (the pitch where we play) consistently gives us gusty conditions followed by incredible skies at sunset. I love my team. I can't wait for tour in Rimini, Italy in April!


I decided to organize a potluck Thanksgiving dinner, with the help of my fellow American girls in Orwell Close. Rose (from Arizona) found an oven off campus and ambitiously took on Tallulah, a 17 lb beast of a bird. I prepared apple crisp the night before, macaroni and cheese the morning of, and stove top apple sausage stuffing.

It was the largest scale T-day meal I have ever had. And the most diverse. We 21 attendees, representing 6 countries. Other dishes included: sweet potato mash, nut loaf, Greek salad, broccoli salad, orange cranberry sauce, roast turnip and carrots, mashed potatoes, the best gravy ever, couscous salad, rolls, steamed spinach, vegetarian stuffing, mixed berry cobbler, mince pies, chocolate turkeys, and Christmas puds. Needless to say, everything was delicious and tasted like Thanksgiving. The most impressive part was that everything but the turkey was cooked without an oven.

From left to right: Ingrid from Norway, Kat from Colorado/Oregon, James, Jamie, Alex, Bianca (all British), Tim from Australia, and Rachael from Southern California.

We went around the table and gave thanks. The consensus was that we were all thankful to be with one another, and to experience the diversity of holiday traditions. It's nice to be part of a international community of students. We live in the oldest, smallest residence on campus, and we all feel lucky to be the chosen few.

After so much food I felt like the one in the middle.

See's chocolate turkeys and mince pies.

♥