Most Bulgarians know about American holidays from movies and songs, so a few weeks before the fourth Thursday in November, we were asked what we were doing to celebrate Thanksgiving. So, of course, we said, 'We're having you over for a big American Thanksgiving meal!" Jess invited her co-workers and tutor and I invited mine. We cooked late into the night the Wednesday before, making homemade cider - juicing apples and boiling in the spices, preparing pumpkin soup, and cooking the cranberry nut-bread. That Thursday we made mashed potatoes (with garlic), stuffing (with bread we had cubed up and left out to dry), yellow corn, and I went out and bought 4!!! chickens from the store (along with some wine and almonds). We got roasted chickens because our oven isn't large enough for a Turkey, and to be honest, we had never prepared one before and didn't want our first attempt to be a bad first taste for all our Bulgarian friends. The food was ready just as all of our friends arrived (all at the same time) and before we ate I explained the tradition of Thanksgiving as best as I could in Bulgarian! That weekend, we gathered with the other Peace Corps Volunteers in our group and had a second large Thanksgiving meal. At this one, before the meal, each person shared what they were most thankful. What am I thankful for? "Jess, Jesus, and Obama" of course.
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