So. At some point, about two weeks ago, I lost my mind. I had this brilliant idea to host a thanksgiving dinner. I mentioned it first to Jack, and we thought it would be fun, maybe a small group, he'd cook the turkey, I could do the sides. We thought we'd invite Nathan and Kelly and I would invite a few of my other friends around here. Well--what started as a group of about 6 blossomed into a group of about 14. AND WE PULLED IT OFF!!!
I have no clue how we did it. But I can say that I have now officially cooked my first real thanksgiving dinner.
Jack had both thursday and friday off this week, so he came down wednesday night. Thursday evening, we celebrated thanksgiving together by going grocery shopping for saturday, and then eating pizza at the main trainstation. woohoo. Then Friday morning, we woke up early and trekked out to Ikea, where I purchased a futon--so now, my guests will have a comfy place to crash, and I will have a sofa in the meantime. It should be nice--but I have yet to put it all together, because I don't have a hammer, and I need to hammer little plastic pegs into it to hold it all together. However, the matress for it is nice, and honestly, I could have probably just gotten the mattress, but having a couch will eventually be nice.
Anyhow, Jack is a wonderful, wonderful friend for not only suffering through going to ikea with me (it's an overwhelming place) but also for helping me carry all of the stuff i bought, and attempting to put the futon together...we didn't get too far, but we tried. Note to self: find a hammer! (or a rock...)
Jack is also a wonderful, wonderful friend for cooking the turkey! We roasted a whole 4 kilo turkey! He'd never done it before, and watching him clean it out was hilarious...he said as he was doing it "Now I think I want to be a vegetarian..." Haha. However, for his first stab at turkey cooking, he seemed to do a fairly nice job--the bird looked beautiful, and it was fully cooked, and according to everyone else it was moist and tasty. He didn't do any fancy seasoning though--he just slathered it with butter. But everyone who ate meat seemed to like it.
In addition to Jack's turkey, I made a ton of mashed potatoes, roasted carrots (I also have to give Kudos to Nathan for peeling tons of potatoes and carrots...), green beans with toasted almonds, peas with butter sauce, a mixed greens salad, a huge pan of apple crisp, and, my pride and joy, HOMEMADE STUFFING FROM SCRATCH!!! And it came out well!! I had no clue what I was doing, but I found a recipie online and modified it to be vegetarian, and it came out fantastic! Everyone loved it!! Bret, an American from Atlanta, even said "This is FANTASTIC!!! And i'm from the SOUTH!" He couldn't believe somethign vegetarian could taste so good. So I was quite proud of that. In addition, Vivian, who is from Boston, brought homemade cran-raspberry sauce, Yani, from australia, brought Anzac biscuits, and Bret and Jared brought a whole case of beer. It was a wonderful, wonderful feast, and I think everyone had a great time. The guests were: Jack, Vivian, Bret, and myself from the U.S.A, Yani from Australia, Alisha from Canada, Jared from the U.K., Nathan from Northern Ireland, Mathias, Roy, Annette, and Florian from Germany. Sadly, Zouhair from Morrocco and Kelly from the U.S.A were unable to make it.
Anyhow, after such a wonderful but exhausting evening, everyone went home except for Nathan and Jack, who left Sunday morning. Sunday I was absolutely exhausted and mostly rested, after taking the boys to the trainstation. Today I had an exam in one of my classes, and also the Christmas Market in Potsdam opened! I went, and it was really cool! I am excited to be able to go to this all the time for the next month--it's really fun and cheerful--better than I expected. Plus, there are so many varieties of gluehwein and lebkuchen to try!
In two weeks I am going to Heidelberg with Jack--according to Jack, they have an AMAZING Christmas Market, I can't wait!
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