We are happy to miss Black Friday, but we were not so excited about the prospect of missing Thanksgiving. Fortunately for us the couple we are staying with were happy to help us put together a Thanksgiving dinner so that we would not feel too homesick. We did not have all of the normal ingredients available because it is spring instead of fall, but we were able to find substitutes that work well.
For dinner we had mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, stuffing, candied kumara and pumpkin (squash), rolls, cranberry sauce made from cranberries that came off of a cranberry bush and look a lot like blueberries and duck. For dessert we had blackberry, nectarine, pumpkin (squash) and kumara pies with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream made from milk provided by Frisky, the house cow.
Even though a few of the ingredients were new for us, the result was the same. Everyone overate and fell into a deep food coma after dinner and there will be plenty of leftovers for tomorrow. We hope everyone at home has a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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