Thanksgiving #2 in Kenya

Last year for Thanksgiving my training class was still in PST and we put together an American food feast as best we could and rounded out the day with turkey day themed crafts and a skit. So, the only way to top last years thanksgiving was to have TWO thanksgivings, and the lucky girl that I am, that is exactly what I had! I spent Thanksgiving day in Kisumu with other PCVs where we cooked a turkey. Well, actually, cooked is an understatement. What we really did was bought a live turkey in the market, slaughtered it, cleaned it and then we cooked it. We also made all the usual Thanksgiving accompaniments including: mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, gravy and apple pie for dessert. Can someone say delicious? What's really funny is that I had a more traditional Thanksgiving than my parents who ate prime rib. Here are some photos from my Kisumu Thanksgiving... (Warning: Some pictures are slightly graphic)




Now to Thanksgiving #2. My second Thanksgiving was back at my site. There is an NGO near me called LALMBA and there are two Americans volunteering there and they were nice enough to have all the ex-pats in the area over for Thanksgiving on Saturday. So it was the 3 PCVs in the area, the two LALMBA volunteers and two Americans who work for the NGO WISER that is near Muhuru Bay. Same story with the turkey for this Thanksgiving, we bought it live and took it all the way to the table. But, unlike in Kisumu, there wasn't a functioning oven so we improvised and came up with a jiko setup to cook the turkey. It was a lot of fun to get all the ex-pats in the region together and since Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, it was nice to celebrate all over again. Here are some pictures from this Thanksgiving!
Proof of our amazing Thanksgiving feast
Matt from LALMBA carving the turkey that he killed with his bare hands
The jiko cooking improvisation that cooked our turkey to perfection!
Charlie, Chris and I. The three PC volunteers in their non-PC head wear.