In the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving we saved money, established a menu, and submitted lists of ingredients including quantities of each recipe. Given that our resources here were slightly limited, we had to spend a considerable amount of time finding substitutes for popular thanksgiving foods, hence the use of yams instead of sweet potatoes (which were still delicious). A lot of preparation was put in by everyone, as some people organized how cleaning would work, while others volunteered to cook, and still more made the decorations. I decided to help cook, though I did mostly preparation work and made some oreo truffles (thanks to my sister-in-law Elizabeth who once made them for us).
the truffles
The weekend of Thanksgiving was hectic! On Thursday night we had a fun party planned for the group, but not before we did some cooking and baking. My friend Jordan and I baked two apple pies which were delicious and decorative.
The rest of the weekend was spent cooking, cooking, and more cooking. In the end we prepared two turkeys (which were spit roasted), four quiches, mashed potatoes, yams, stuffing, guacamole, corn salad, garden salad, stir fry, deviled eggs, acorn squash dip, potato leek soup, cranberry sauce, and gravy. For dessert we had lemon fluff, oreo truffles, apple pie, apple tarts, carrot cake, and fruit salad. The meal was delicious and fortunately we had tons of leftovers!
Afterwards we all tiredly wandered off to bed, our stomachs full with food and fulfillment. We had spent weeks invested in creating a wonderful experience, and through extensive work, we made our our ideas materialize. Every single person took part in helping realize our goal, which was an amazing feeling.
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