Since Thanksgiving is not a holiday in Spanish-speaking countries they of course give it a really really long Spanish name, "El Día de Accíon de Gracias." Thanksgiving is Tabitha's favorite holiday and we were not going to let it slip by without having a proper celebration.
The challenge with having a proper Thanksgiving in a country that doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving (or regularly eat turkey) is finding a turkey. The week before the big feast, which we celebrated on Saturday, we went to the market...
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| remember the market? |
and had to ask (en español) to get a turkey for the following week. (Necisito un pavo para proxima sabado). Also, turkeys in Spain are much smaller than turkeys in the US. We were first asked how big of a turkey we wanted: 3 kilos? That is a 6.5 lb turkey?!?! We finaly got a 4.5 kilo (10 lb) bird.
On the day we made delicious homemade stuffing and stuffed and cooked the turkey.
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| before |
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We invited people from the lab to join in our celebration and eat our delicious turkey, the first Thanksgiving for everyone else involved, including people from Spain, Germany, and Mexico.
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| Dave and Adam carving up the food |
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| Content after a big meal |
Finally, Max attacked Dave until he got a little bit of turkey too.
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| "Woof, I pinned you! Woof. Give me turkey, woof!" |
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