Ringraziamento (Thanksgiving.)

WE DID IT!

We prepared enough food for 21 hungry italians. Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, carrots, deviled eggs, green beans, and three apple pies. Everyone loved it. My Rotary counselor even said, "We need to have thanksgiving more often!". My host dad, who is a very picky eater, ate everything and enjoyed it all.

The favorite- the turkey, of course. We got a 7 kilo turkey. It was the biggest that anyone here had ever seen. Even at the check-out line the cashiers were all trying to get pictures with it. Kelsey's mom sent a turkey bag, so we used that and cooked it for around 3 and a half hours. Nobody believed us when we told them that the turkey would take that long to cook. Kelsey's host dad, Salvatore, could not understand because none of the meat he has made has ever taken that long. After about two hours he was going to make us take it out, but we convinced him to let us do it. Since we were the ones with turkey expeirence. When the turkey was finally ready, it was time to carve it. Earlier that day we had Tim watch a youtube video on how to carve a turkey over and over again. So, when Salvatore started to hack away at it, Tim was a little disappointed. Her dad did a great job, even though it was defnitely not the proper way to carve it. He got every piece of meat off the turkey, and we actually had leftovers. The turkey turned out wonderfully, and everyone enjoyed it very much.

Dinner started at around 8:00pm (early for Italians), and people went home at around midnight. The process of making the food started ar around 10:00am that morning (after pancakes and maple syrup), and it didn't stop until the turkey was done at 8:00pm. It was a very long and tiring day, but it was all worth it to have everyone together trying new things. Today, the day after thanksgiving, I was so tired from all of the hard work. But,