This year we had 35 people (including 10 kids, 5 under 3 years) in our tiny house. Unfortunately in the melee, I somehow managed to erase all the pictures I took off the camera and the computer. It's never the best occasion for the cook or the hostess to take very good photos anyway- most were a blur.
With the help of my neighbor's oven we had three (small- 7lb.) turkeys ready by 5. Everyone else brought a dish or drinks and we provided the birds, dressing (some people call it stuffing or filling) and accoutrements. It was a real smorgasbord- au gratin potatoes, 2 kinds of cranberry sauce, smoked salmon quiche, pumpkin pie from scratch, tiramisu, curried lentils- plenty of everything.
We had a really interesting crowd this year, and I think everyone had a good time. For five of our Dutch friends it was their first ever Thanksgiving, and all gave enthusaistic responses. As soon as the turkeys came out and were cut up people were digging in, I would do one more next time with so many people as there weren't any leftovers (though the 3 carcasses made awesome stock). Our friends Allen and Vicki stayed with us the long weekend and really ended up helping out a lot. This is a picture of them in Amsterdam where we went to meet them on Thursday. It is always nice to get into the city, and we (actually Allen and Vicki)treated ourselves to an awesome lunch at the cafe de Beiaard which has their own in house brewery and great food. James slept through the whole meal after we had pushed him through the Rijksmuseum; he didn't even wake up when an extremely loud group of football fans sat next to us and started singing . Allen and Vicki were great houseguests; they are now off for two months touring Africa, hopefully we gave them a good send off.
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