Thanksgiving in China

Thanksgiving was on Saturday after the traditional Thanksgiving in the USA since it is not celebrated as such by the Chinese. Those with Western ovens hosted the dinners since most kitchens do not have big ovens or maybe no ovens at all. Different kinds of eggs can be bought, as well as different kinds of butter. Notice the Chinese characters on the egg shells and butter wrapper?


This is a fresh (frozen) turkey from the USA and yes, we paid the shipping. This little 14# bird was about $64. Dad fired up the oven to 550 F and had him ready in about 2 hours.


In the meantime, we had 5 - 7 cooks in the kitchen. The lady in the back was preparing eggplant and cooked it in the wok. The young couple in front (newlyweds) made handmade dressing for the salad that was out of this world. The older couple gave all their experience into homemade gravy that can't be bought in any store.


We contributed our homemade cranberry relish and stove top stuffing.


It was a success.