This Thanksgiving was a little different than the past few years... no days off school, no Parade on in the background while making tons of food, missing my family, especially on the holiday. However, we did have Thanksgiving decorations (talking about what we were thankful for), a gathering of friends, plenty of delicious food, and a little international flavor in our group.
Bingham usually has a campus-wide celebration in which we invite all nationalities to join in our giving of thanks and tasty food. Due to the growth of the event, that gathering was unfortunately cancelled, so my roomies and I decided to throw our own Thanksgiving dinner.
Ethiopia sadly does not have turkeys in the country (and the imported ones are way too expensive), but we learned with the right seasonings, chicken can come pretty close!! We ended up with quite a spread: chicken, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, jello salad (with cranberry flavors), salad, corn, apple pie (1 big one and 10 individual ones) and pumpkin bread.
This was the first event we have hosted in our apartment and we were thankful it turned out so well :) We invited about 10 people- the majority Americans, with one Brit to add that international flavor. It was a great time with friends and remembering what we are thankful for!
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