We also just celebrated our fisrt Thanksgiving outside of America and it was interesting to say the least. We invited some bulgarian friends, but for one reason or another, they weren't able to come. So, it was just us, and I think I liked it more that way. I was very nervous about having to cook for lots of people. Not sure if I have mentioned it, but my kitchen is not what I would classify as fully equipped. I'm pretty sure our camping stove was bigger than the stove I have now, and my oven is more like an easy bake oven. I can make it work for our little family of 5, but more than that and it becomes a real challenge as to how I am going to get everything cooked. The kids were watching the Macy's parade while I cooked and it was fun to hear them get excited about the different balloons. I was very glad I could find it streamed live on the internet! It is one tradition I pray we are able to keep. My mom also helped out by sending some invaluable items that I can't get here. Thanks mom!! She sent everything I would need to make green bean casserole, and some evaporated milk for my pumpkin pies. Without those two things it wouldn't have been Thanksgiving at all. No, we didn't have a turkey. It wasn't until last night that I learned you have to ask a butcher for a turkey, and even then you usually can't get one until much closer to Christmas. But, seeing as I am not really into turkey(unless it has been smoked by my brother-in-law, Brian) we had ham. I thought this would be much easier to find, but I was wrong. The only place we found it was in the deli, in the form of lunch meat,so that had to do. We asked for half a kilo, but forgot to ask to have it cut into thick slices, so we ended up with some really great ham, but very thin. It worked though. I made a homemade brown-sugar, honey glaze for it and it was great.
