A Swiss Thanksgiving

The weather channel did not dissapoint and we did have a "White Thanksgiving."

Eat your heart out Heather and Mark!  This is our view from the side yard.  The girls were thrilled, but less so when they found out that school continues here despite 3 inches of snow.  We had quite an unusual Thanksgiving.  There is a certain advantage to having no basic cookware, dishes, etc.  The Thanksgiving meal cannot be a big production, so there was more time to relax.  How does one put together a meal in Switzerland with very few supplies you ask?  First, you need a computer...

All the directions on packages are in German, so every good Frau needs "Google Translate" by her side.  We had the traditional Thanksgiving Lasagna, straight from Aldi.  The microwaves here actually have a grill function too, so you can nuke and brown at the same time.  Washclothes make perfectly good oven mitts, and a cutting board doubles as a trivet. I Found a sample piece of our granite countertop in the attic, and that is a very good trivet also.  I mixed a salad in an old cookie container, and presented it all elegantly on crumbling plastic plates.  Note the mobile pole lamp on the extension cord to provide ambience in any room you desire.  Martha Stewart, eat your heart out!

We had broccoli nuked and presented in an old measuring cup (didn't I used to use that to clean out the fish tank, gross!) We have to keep styrofoam plates under the plastic plates so they don't drip.  Why not just use the styrofoam plates, you ask?  Because they melt...

Yes, we are still using that plate. 

Nicole's classmate came to school and gave all the ex-pats a turkey from Germany.  Nicole came into the house declaring "we can have turkey for Thanksgiving!" while she presented me with a sticky, dripping, mostly frozen 6 lb turkey.  She was very dissapointed when I told her that it had to be defrosted first.  I'll tackle that project when our things arrive from the States. 

Speaking of things from the States, the current plan is that the sea shipment will be here Monday, 8 am.  I have been obscessing over the layout of the furniture, and making to scale drawings with German and American words so we can communicate with the movers.  My father would be so proud. 

It was wonderful seeing everyone on Skype yesterday.  Have a great holiday weekend.