We decided Tuesday afternoon to make dinner for both of our classes and that we would do the grocery shopping the next day. I sat down and made a list of our classmates and those who would be bringing their girlfriends or wives along with them--in all, we were shopping for 28 people. My one year of experience in preparations from last year was all we had to go on.
It was a full spread and a full house. The dinner was held in Matt's corridor (all 10 of his corridor mates were also invited). We baked four turkeys weighing in at a total of 35 lbs, eight casseroles of stuffing, green beans, and cheesy carrots, 5 kilos of potatoes and four large yams. There was orange-lingonberry sauce with local berries picked last fall, homemade gravy and freshly harvested pumpkin for a homemade pie. It took two kitchens and four ovens to prepare the food, all of which I must say turned out really well, not even taking our inexperience into consideration.
Our guests came from all around the world: Brazil, Mexico, India, China, Malaysia, France, Germany, Canada, Finland, Mexico, Thailand, Peru, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Sweden and the US. It was a great holiday to share with so many friends from all over and a lot of fun preparing.
Happy Turkey Day! :D
Valeria's corn-bread-gesso-thing turkey.
Karl carves up turkey #1...
Matt shows off his knife.
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