Daily Archive: November 28, 2003

Le Menu Three 4.5 kilo turkeys basted to perfection and stuffed with, well, stuffing enough mashed potatoes to feed a small army more stuffing cuz you just can’t have too much green bean casserole something with sweet potatoes made by a Texan for extra authenticity steamed broccoli cranberry sauce, you know you love it black olives, a family dinner party staple GOOD GRAVY! the ultimate dessert: pumpkin pie with whipped cream raspberry crumble pie the softest moistest bestest chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had in my life muffin-shaped individual portion cherry jello Anders just started carving up the two turkeys...

We took a picture at the wreathmaking workshop last night of all the participants grouped together, holding their newly created Christmas wreaths up with their smiling faces peering through the middle. 🙂 This is the 3rd year that we’ve had this workshop on Thanksgiving evening here in Sweden, and it is always so much fun. Rosa, the proprietor of the shop, doesn’t mind when we going digging around in the back to find pine cones spray painted gold or strange little nuts and dried flowers to use in our table decorations. She feeds us pastries, pepparkakor and cinnamon buns and...