Thanksgiving

Going away to Spain for vacation last month provided not only a well-deserved rest from work and daily routine, but also gave us a new perspective on life as we live it. We realized that even in "cultured" Europe people could be impolite and unfriendly, cities polluted, and life more expensive. Return home brought relief and a new appreciation for the lifestyle we have. So for this Thanksgiving Day we showed our gratefulness by sacrificing a turkey. Although Thanksgiving is plainly North American tradition, it couldn't go without a mix of cultures and recipes. Our sacrificial turkey was subjected to special eastern European and Canadian seasoning, followed by hours of slow roasting and served with fantastic Balkan-style pastry called "mlinci" and north American-style cranberry sauce. To top it all up, there was some of Maggie's apple pie left from the previous blog.