The best Thanksgiving party in the UK!
Last night we celebrated thanksgiving in style. Mosaic Sheffield hosted a party. Most of us didn’t know what we were celebrating but we had two Americans who hopefully did! Any excuse for party!
Our friend Em spent all day preparing food while we were all at work. We had a turkey the size of a small child, jalapeno mashed potato, candied yams, Bean casserole, nice carrots, cranberry relish (Amy from Washington’s Grandma’s recipe), cornbread, stuffing, sausage meat, Oreo cookies, Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, ice cream, brownies and sweet potato pie. Mmm!
I think for a bunch of mainly British people, we did a good job!
We took some pictures -
 Em’s thanksgiving pumpkins
 Carving the turkey
My plate of food!
Lots of eating!
The “What I’m thankful for” board..
What a lovely evening! I got to chat to new people, eat lots of food and think about how much I have to be thankful for - fantastic friends, an exciting, diverse growing community, a brilliant husband, a great family, a wonderful city to live in..the list is endless.
I hope everyone who celebrates thanksgiving had a fun time.
November 24th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
Glad you enjoyed your first Thanksgiving.
Looks like you did it right. That’s about what our table looked like yesterday.
November 26th, 2006 at 1:35 am
Happy belated Thanksgiving!
November 27th, 2006 at 2:12 am
I love the carved pumpkins…they look BEAUTIFUL!!!
Hey Rachel! Remember me? It’s good to “see” you again!
November 27th, 2006 at 2:17 am
oh and…i love it that you guys had oreos for thanksgiving dessert! that’s great!
November 27th, 2006 at 5:02 pm
I love the Thanksgiving board. I am going to do that next year.
November 27th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
Looks a lot like my plate! Although…that turkey looked a lot better than the one I ate!
What a wonderful community you guys have!
November 29th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
The turkey was GREAT! Often turkey can be quite dry and Emily told us about a ‘trick’ she leart from Nigella Lawson (famous cook in England) which is to cook it upside down. Worked a treat for me…tasted fabulous!
November 30th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
Looks good from where I’m sitting!
While talking to my very own English hottie over the phone last week-end, I realised something. The most common misconception I’ve found among my splendid British friends is that Turkey Day is another form of Independence Day (The 4th of July). Far from it, as the lieutenant said when he aimed for the target and hit the gunnery instructor. The pilgrims were giving thanks, not to have escaped the King, but for being alive at all! I’m sure your American friends cleared that up for you though.
I think it’s just the nicest thing I’ve heard, by the way, you all throwing a party for Americans so they don’t miss home and their holidays quite so much. A big hug for you and Rachel! You’re wonderful people.