Happy Thanksgiving!

The first time I spent Thanksgiving away from home, I was in France, and I went to a restaurant with 7 other American students, and one Swede.

This Thanksgiving, I have to work.  But 7 of the FET's and 10 or so Taiwanese teachers got together on Saturday to celebrate Thanksgiving.  I got to Peggy's Saturday morning, and helped her and Mandy get things cleaned, cooked, and set up.  Everybody brought something, Angel brought the turkey, and we all attempted to cook our favorite American dishes.

Peggy, Evan, and Tara, in the kitchen.

 I made mom's cheesy potatoes.  Sometimes it's impossible to find ingredients, for example, I couldn't find hashed brown potatoes or cream of chicken soup.  So I used frozen hash brown patties, and made my own cream of chicken soup.  I think it turned out okay.  The Taiwanese teachers brought their own dishes: beef, kung pao chicken, etc.  Everything was delicious.  We taught the Taiwanese the tradition of eat, sleep a little, eat some more.  I think everybody went home with a little bit of everything.

This was just a small sample of the food, every inch of counter space had a dish on it.

Evan, Chris, Peggy, and Mandy

Pit! 

We played Pit for a little while, and as people left one by one, slipped into the traditional turkey coma, ha ha. I didn't take too many pictures, too busy eating and having a good time :)