Hello family!
Today is Thanksgiving and I was so nervous! I was cooking for Tanja and 10 of her friends eek! First off, I would like to give major kudos to anyone who cooks (*ahem mom*). Literally 6 hours at the stove and everything hurt and I was so sore. However, I will say that thanks to some seriously good instructions my cooking wasn't too bad, plus it kind of helped that I was cooking bengali food for a group of Germans, aka not experts whatsoever lol.
The morning started off with Max and I going to the market. I would like to say that their markets are 99% better than ours, like the food quality? Pretty good and definitely not fake. The downsides? It was literally impossible to find cilantro and they sell a type of parsley that tricks you because the leaves are almost identical to cilantro but it has a parsley tastes. Good thing Tanja sent me shopping with Max otherwise I would have been so lost. Also, liquid vanilla isn't a thing here nor is baking soda. Both come in these tiny individualized packets, which meant baking chocolate chip cookies was a serious endeavor. I literally was guessing measurements, yeah never good when it comes to baking. However, I must have done something right because the cookies were pretty good, not your standard chocolate chip, but when you put flour, eggs, butter, sugar, and chocolate can it even taste that bad?
All in all it worked out though! Everyone loved it, the conversation was great and I was so happy that everyone spoke English, even if they were embarrassed because I am useless with German. We had fresh chocolate chip cookies, and the best part was everyone ate with their hands! How wild is that, I say they did a good job though.
I feel so blessed to have such wonderful international friends. Like how crazy is this world that I celebrated Thanksgiving in Germany. I wonder where next year will take me, although I must say my parents are probably rooting for me spending next year's holiday at home. It was fun but I missed you all terribly. Good thing I have a lifetime of Thanksgivings to celebrate. Grateful to you all for forever and ever.
Love you lots,
Carolyn
Today is Thanksgiving and I was so nervous! I was cooking for Tanja and 10 of her friends eek! First off, I would like to give major kudos to anyone who cooks (*ahem mom*). Literally 6 hours at the stove and everything hurt and I was so sore. However, I will say that thanks to some seriously good instructions my cooking wasn't too bad, plus it kind of helped that I was cooking bengali food for a group of Germans, aka not experts whatsoever lol.
The morning started off with Max and I going to the market. I would like to say that their markets are 99% better than ours, like the food quality? Pretty good and definitely not fake. The downsides? It was literally impossible to find cilantro and they sell a type of parsley that tricks you because the leaves are almost identical to cilantro but it has a parsley tastes. Good thing Tanja sent me shopping with Max otherwise I would have been so lost. Also, liquid vanilla isn't a thing here nor is baking soda. Both come in these tiny individualized packets, which meant baking chocolate chip cookies was a serious endeavor. I literally was guessing measurements, yeah never good when it comes to baking. However, I must have done something right because the cookies were pretty good, not your standard chocolate chip, but when you put flour, eggs, butter, sugar, and chocolate can it even taste that bad?
On the menu was dal, spinach, chicken and potato curry, and spiced rice! I really wish i took more pictures of the food, but honestly I was more worried about how it all tasted and literally could not taste anything because I kid you not I was smelling it for six hours. After a while everything just tastes the same. Isn't that crazy? I smelled something for a period of time and then was incapable of tasting... Good thing Max was more than happy to make himself the official taste tester.
All in all it worked out though! Everyone loved it, the conversation was great and I was so happy that everyone spoke English, even if they were embarrassed because I am useless with German. We had fresh chocolate chip cookies, and the best part was everyone ate with their hands! How wild is that, I say they did a good job though.
I feel so blessed to have such wonderful international friends. Like how crazy is this world that I celebrated Thanksgiving in Germany. I wonder where next year will take me, although I must say my parents are probably rooting for me spending next year's holiday at home. It was fun but I missed you all terribly. Good thing I have a lifetime of Thanksgivings to celebrate. Grateful to you all for forever and ever.
Love you lots,
Carolyn
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