This post is a bit overdue but I've been in Lapland on my Lapland trip (a post will soon come about that)!
Obviously they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, so I brought a bit of America to Finland on the 26th. I'm such a bad cook, I was really scared about how everything would turn out! I made Turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, tourtiere, and devilled eggs.
I made the pie's on Wednesday and woke up at 8 on Thursday to start my turkey. I had to watch a video on Youtube on how to make the turkey since I've never made one before so it took me an hour to prep it compared to the supposed to be time of 20 minutes. I then made mashed potatoes, devilled devilled eggs, and then lastly the mashed potatoes. I was cooking from 8 to about 5:30 with of course a bit of free time in between. Cooking wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but I didn't have the typical appetite I usually had at Thanksgiving.
At 7pm my friends (Veera, Neea, Julia, Vera, and Emmi) and also my host grandparents came over to celebrate Thanksgiving with me! They were so sweet, they brought me boxes of chocolate and ate the food I cooked haha. I also made little hand Turkeys similar to the one's we made in elementary school. This isn't a very good post but I had such a good time! I'm so thankful of getting to have this experience and being able to spend it with four wonderful families and friends!
Obviously they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here, so I brought a bit of America to Finland on the 26th. I'm such a bad cook, I was really scared about how everything would turn out! I made Turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie, tourtiere, and devilled eggs.
I made the pie's on Wednesday and woke up at 8 on Thursday to start my turkey. I had to watch a video on Youtube on how to make the turkey since I've never made one before so it took me an hour to prep it compared to the supposed to be time of 20 minutes. I then made mashed potatoes, devilled devilled eggs, and then lastly the mashed potatoes. I was cooking from 8 to about 5:30 with of course a bit of free time in between. Cooking wasn't as bad as I thought it would be but I didn't have the typical appetite I usually had at Thanksgiving.
At 7pm my friends (Veera, Neea, Julia, Vera, and Emmi) and also my host grandparents came over to celebrate Thanksgiving with me! They were so sweet, they brought me boxes of chocolate and ate the food I cooked haha. I also made little hand Turkeys similar to the one's we made in elementary school. This isn't a very good post but I had such a good time! I'm so thankful of getting to have this experience and being able to spend it with four wonderful families and friends!
Thanksgiving parties are fun to attend. I am so grateful that every year I got invitation from a Thanksgiving party arranged by my one of friend. Last year she had booked LA venue for party and that was such an awesome experience.
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