Thanksgiving in Holland

(posted by John)

I know it's January, but while we were back in MN for the Christmas Holiday, we realized we forgot to tell you about our first Thanksgiving in Holland.  As I'm sure you will learn through future posts, a typical Dutch kitchen is quite a bit different from a US kitchen.  In our house the refridgerator is a bit small, but the oven is much smaller.  So much so that it would be difficult to fit a 10lb turkey in the oven, let alone a typical American size turkey.  Add to that the fact that a turkey is not easy to find in the Netherlands, and we had assumed we would start a new Thanksgiving tradition, maybe Thanksgiving salmon?  But our new friends the Pemantell's would have none of that.  They invited us over to their house for a traditional American Thanksgiving.  They have a nice American sized oven and know where to find a Turkey!  Preparation for the event produced my favorite picture of our stay thus far; Jen riding home from the market with a turkey strapped to the back of her bike!  I think that is a good sign that we are enjoying ourselves thus far!

John