With Halloween over, one of our quests the past two weeks has been to keep the “gobble, gobble” in Thanksgiving for our local army of American missionaries. We know the sun will still rise and set that day if there’s no tryptophan overload on their dinner plates, but we have been compelled to do what we can to preserve that tradition for one more year.
Snipes are more common here! We marched straight to the freezer section of every large grocery store and said, “Unde este curcanul?” only to be met with a blank stare. Jacque followed a lead and found a 10-lb bird, the largest they had, and quickly made the purchase, ignoring the price. She turned it into a delicious dinner for 6 missionaries on Sunday. One problem solved. First, there was the search for turkeys.
Snipes are more common here! We marched straight to the freezer section of every large grocery store and said, “Unde este curcanul?” only to be met with a blank stare. Jacque followed a lead and found a 10-lb bird, the largest they had, and quickly made the purchase, ignoring the price. She turned it into a delicious dinner for 6 missionaries on Sunday. One problem solved. First, there was the search for turkeys.
Scott has been driven to find a way to cook them up for the large crowd without taking days in our mini ovens. Having some experience with deep frying, that seemed like the way to go. His Chevron colleagues will be proud to know that his calculator has been busy with heat transfer and heating value calculations – seriously, you never know when that knowledge will come in handy. An expensive pan (early Christmas present) and burner have been secured. The burner test today with butane was successful. We are now quite confident we have a workable plan. We will update you on the final result.
In the meantime we are also doing our day jobs and loving the adventure.
In the meantime we are also doing our day jobs and loving the adventure.