Thanksgiving Dinner - Anderson Party of 2!
Ah, Thanksgiving! It is one of my most favorite holidays of the entire year! Despite the fact that we are also attending a Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday, we still wanted to give thanks just the two of us. And...what kind of Americans would we be if we didn't celebrate it on the actual day!!?!
Planning what we wanted was easy - turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, etc. It was actually finding these items that was the difficult part! Turkey over here is customarily eaten on Christmas, so the local grocery stores carried little, if any kind of turkey. I still haven't found any stores that carry turkey deli meat! Anyway, after venturing to a couple different grocery stores, searching all of the fresh meat aisles - Dave stumbled upon a pre-stuffed turkey breast! It was the very last one and.....we got a Dave deal because it was on sale! Next were the potatoes - probably one of the easiest things to find in any store. We knew we wouldn't have enough turkey juice to make gravy, so we - sorry Mom - settled for the packet of gravy mix. Not bad I have to say, but definitely not Mom's! The green beans were a snap however, it was the condensed cream of mushroom soup that caused me the most trouble! There has to be a million kinds of mushroom soup here, just not condensed. I searched.....and searched....and searched. And finally....searched some more! Then.....on the bottom shelf, next to some weird looking can of beans - there it was!! I was then on the hunt for the French's fried onions for the topping of the casserole! This was even more daunting than finding condensed cream of mushroom soup! Finally, Dave - ready to go by this time - asked a store employee. The guy's face was priceless! He said - "American are you?" with his thick British accent! Dave said "yes," to which the store employee replied, "Oh, so you're celebrating the American Thanksgiving?" To which I immediately replied in my head - what other American Thanksgiving is there?! (Pics to follow)
Planning what we wanted was easy - turkey, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, etc. It was actually finding these items that was the difficult part! Turkey over here is customarily eaten on Christmas, so the local grocery stores carried little, if any kind of turkey. I still haven't found any stores that carry turkey deli meat! Anyway, after venturing to a couple different grocery stores, searching all of the fresh meat aisles - Dave stumbled upon a pre-stuffed turkey breast! It was the very last one and.....we got a Dave deal because it was on sale! Next were the potatoes - probably one of the easiest things to find in any store. We knew we wouldn't have enough turkey juice to make gravy, so we - sorry Mom - settled for the packet of gravy mix. Not bad I have to say, but definitely not Mom's! The green beans were a snap however, it was the condensed cream of mushroom soup that caused me the most trouble! There has to be a million kinds of mushroom soup here, just not condensed. I searched.....and searched....and searched. And finally....searched some more! Then.....on the bottom shelf, next to some weird looking can of beans - there it was!! I was then on the hunt for the French's fried onions for the topping of the casserole! This was even more daunting than finding condensed cream of mushroom soup! Finally, Dave - ready to go by this time - asked a store employee. The guy's face was priceless! He said - "American are you?" with his thick British accent! Dave said "yes," to which the store employee replied, "Oh, so you're celebrating the American Thanksgiving?" To which I immediately replied in my head - what other American Thanksgiving is there?! (Pics to follow)
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