Ex-Pats and Turkey
Toggles:
Hey Keven do ex-pats in Germany (and Europe, in general) do Thankgiving over there?
Oh, my, yes.
Europeans have a very dim opinion of American cooking - unfairly so as real home cooking in the US is outstanding - but most folks regard Thanksgiving food as pretty good stuff.
Pumpkins are on sale for decorating and then making good soups from right now. Chestnuts are very cheap here and so you find all the chestnut recipes which were part of traditional Thanksgiving earlier in America.
Germans have mixed feelings about corn. Polenta is OK, but cornbread is hard to find here and most folks won't even try it. Schweinefütter is a common term.
Turkey meat for cold cuts is quite popular here and rather good (from what I've heard, still don't eat meat) but European ovens are not sized for a whole bird, so you'll find most folks cook game birds or a very small turkey.
Most Ex-Pats I know are fully integrated, but the ones who are only here for the duration do tend to keep up the Canadian and American holidays and they do have big sit-down Thanksgiving dinners with friends. Went to one two years ago before the death of a good friend shortly thereafter. Was a good time. The cranberry sauce did not come out of a can which was the best part of all.
Just seems a bit early to be thinking about Thanksgiving in the US, tho' Canada has a much better spacing.
I'm going to be showing my classes a Halloween film, as every fall. Any suggestions from this nice group of harmless housewives?
And no, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is still over the top. Did Mona Dearly last year.
