I have to admit I was kind of bummed to not be able to home for my first Thanksgiving in our new home, but overall having Thanksgiving in another country was cool and pretty interesting. It was interesting simply for the fact that finding the stuff to make tradition Thanksgiving treat can be difficult. A bunch of the Americans from the program decided to have a pot luck dinner to celebrate and of course we invited some French friends and other assistants from other parts of the world to witness what an American Thanksgiving is all about. I specify American Thanksgiving because as I recently learned that Canada has their own Thanksgiving that is about a month before the US. Fun Fact.
I took the someone easy way out and brought wine for making vin chaud (hot spiced wine) and I brought a new found favorite French dish, Piemontaise, which is pretty much just French potato salad and uses the usual potatoes, eggs, mayo, etc, as well as ham and a decent amount of pickles and vinegar.
We had the pot luck over at Rachel's new place. She got so lucky and found a great house right in the city center (just a few blocks from where I lived) and she gets to live with French roommates. Totally jealous. She was nice enough to bake the Turkey and she also made these awesome roasted carrots with honey and orange zest or something. So Yummy.
It was just a good night filled with good food, fun and friends.
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