One year ago we invited English class friends, church friends, and missionaries to the church for a Thanksgiving dinner and Family Home Evening/ Katei No Yube. I prepared a huge pot of cooked chicken in gravy, rice, cut fruit, with people bringing other misc. food. We had about 20 people. We went around the tables and had everyone say something they were thankful for. It was a great night and a good memory.
This
year we had a couple of miracles. Last July, Chie sent us Reynolds Oven
Turkey Cooking Bags, and a few other American products. We are friends
with her parents in Tokyo. I didn't think I would ever use the cooking
bags but held on to them. Her mother likes to send us a surprise box
every few months, and sent us a 14 lbs. turkey. It miraculously fit into
our small microwave/convection oven! She bought it at Costco in
Tokyo. It was like $36. She also sent a Costco package of instant
potatoes. The week before Thanksgiving I cooked the turkey, deboned it, and
stuck it in my little freezer. Someone gave us a pumpkin-like
squash. I cooked it, scraped it out, and mashed it with spices, eggs, and
milk, to make a pumpkin (pie) cake. I made wassail with apple juice,
orange juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. We invited the missionaries, 4
elders and 2 sisters, and had turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, cut apples,
cut pineapples, wassail, and pumpkin cake, with a dollop of ice cream. It
was a lot of work, but we all enjoyed it. We watched a short a short
video on giving thanks, about three minutes long. We are thankful for so many things: family, extended family, friends, coworkers,
a safe community to live in, good water and food, a house to live in, and
knowing why we’re here in this life and where we are going after this
life. We are thankful for all of you and
your good examples in our lives. Thank you,
thank you. We love you all.
(If
you want to watch the video go to: https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2009-11-39-in-the-spirit-of-thanksgiving?lang=eng
)
The 14 lb.turkey cost about $36
The Reynolds Oven Bag was very helpful. It keeps splatters off the oven.
After cooking the turkey, I deboned it. We even saved the wishbone.
From left to right: wassail, mashed potatoes, turkey in gravy.
Chocolate chip cookie, pumpkin cake, ice cream. Yum.
Our thankful group.
Our grandchildren helped to make the (hand) turkey decoration last year. It is the gift that keeps on giving. We will enjoy it many more years.
And yet another amazing view of our volcano. We never grow tired of it.
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