Happy Thanksgiving!
We just finished up our Thanksgiving and had a really nice evening at our landlord's! They went to so much work to make a traditional Thanksgiving feast for us (with a few Kiwi touches) and did a great job! We finally met Chas and Diane's kids, Brad and Amy (who are a couple years older than us), and we all had a nice time drinking wine on the balcony as the sun set over the harbor then had a big dinner that was finished off by our pumpkin pie.
They went to so much work to celebrate this very American holiday with us... a "Happy Thanksgiving" sign, a turkey (roasted on the grill) with all the trimmings, and the good china. :) We filled them in on traditional celebrating at home and they loved the idea of a holiday where you're only required to eat and hang out with friends and family (with no presents required)!
Andy and I spend all yesterday evening, well into the early morning, making pumpkin and apple pies from SCRATCH! Canned pumpkin is unheard of here, so we had to roast and puree our own and Andy peeled, sliced and prepared apple filling by hand. It was a first for both of us, and we were really sad when the apple pie burnt on the bottom, but the pumpkin was a HUGE success. (Turns out the apple was really good too when we ate it for breakfast today ;), minus the bottom crust). New Zealanders don't eat pumpkin pie, only roast pumpkin, so this was quite a novelty... and they were fans! Good thing we made two, because we ended up leaving one there for them to finish off and share with their friends.
(The pumpkins here are small and pale green on the outside... we used some butternuts too.)
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