The expats came out in droves to celebrate Thanksgiving in Mbabane! Our friend Michelle offered to host at her place and since she lives immediately next-door to two other PAC doctors, this gave us convenient access to two ovens (granted, one had to be closed with the assistance of duct tape). My partner-in-crime in the kitchen, Jason, and I cooked three turkeys and a ‘turducken’ for about 40 people. The ‘turducken’ was all Jason – I was merely the sous chef mixing stuffing in a cooler because we didn’t have a big enough container to house all of the stuffing for the four birds! We even projected the previous weekend’s football games (Titans/Texans and Colts/Patriots) on the wall to really make it feel like Thanksgiving with the sound of football in the background. For our Thanksgiving ‘potluck’ we asked guests to bring a ‘family tradition’ dish or something specifically Thanksgiving themed. A couple of folks had recently been to the States and secured luxury items like canned cranberry and canned pumpkin, so we really didn’t go without any favorites! There isn’t much to report apart from we ate a lot! Our fun fact of the evening was how many countries were represented at our ‘first’ Thanksgiving in Swaziland…and the answer is TEN! (Swaziland, U.S.A., Canada, England, Spain, Argentina, South Africa, Mozambique, Italy, and India)
Forty people and four turkey's = a big mess...so, this is the 'before' picture of Michelle's wonderful home
My potluck contributions...non-cooler made stuffing and macaroni and cheese
Turkey carvers caught in the act (Nick and Dan)
What Thanksgiving could be complete without a couple of princesses? (Molly and Sophia)
And of course, our friends
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