Yesterday was Thanksgiving!!! Don’t worry my fellow Americans, I did indeed
get to have turkey. The day started off
at school, where my students enthusiastically told me “Happy
Thanksgiving!” During English class, I
answered questions they had about our day of Thanks and how it came to be. I started off the class by asking, “What can
some of you tell me about Thanksgiving that you’ve seen from T.V?” They all pretty much immediately responded
with, “You eat turkey!” I had to laugh
as they used their hands to show how big they think the turkey is that we eat. The gestures would make you think that we eat
a small cow, which was quite exaggerated.
I explained the Pilgrims coming over
to the United States and the students all had a fun time talking with me about
it. They asked why Spain didn’t
celebrate Thanksgiving and were pretty amused by my elated description of my
favorite Thanksgiving food, Stuffing. I
make my grandmother’s recipe and this year it turned out pretty well! I found all the spices I needed and enjoyed
making it very much.
Many American’s who I had been
talking too were worried about finding the proper ingredients to make the
delicious food we’ve grown accustom too.
Those who had been living in Madrid for a couple of years, shared
insight on how to have a proper thanksgiving and also a store called “Taste of
America.” This store is full of imported
items from America and had canned pumpkin, bread crumbs, Duncan Hines baked
goods and PEANUT BUTTER!!! Everything
was completely overpriced and I won’t be able to make it a regular part of my
grocery shopping, but for the holidays it was nice to know.
Speaking of which, Christmas is coming up around the
corner! How did this happen so
fast? I’m looking forward to it and
seeing my family……as of right now, there are 22 days, 18 hours and 39 minutes
until they are in Spain with me….no I don’t have a countdown on my phone that I
check regularly………
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