Thanksgiving in Germany

Unlike Halloween, Thanksgiving is not really on the German radar at all. So when hubby went back to the U.S. last month, we had him bring the necessary items for an American Thanksgiving feast. Turkeys they have here...I was surprised that it was already all trussed up and even had the little "pop-up it's done" thingy on it. I had brought our Turkey Roasting pan from America, so we were all set with that.

Hubby was assigned to bring back Libby's Pumpkin, Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce, Arnold's Corn Bread Stuffing Bread cubes, and Karo Corn Syrup (for Pecan Pie).

Germans do not have frozen pie crusts at their grocer's freezer and do not sell pie pans! We had one with us and used a tart pan for the other pie.

We ended up having:

• Turkey
• Giblet gravy
• Cornbread Stuffing
• Baby Peas
• Broccoli
• Crescent Rolls
• Mashed Potatoes
• Cranberry Sauce
• Fruit Salad
• Pumpkin Pie
• Pecan Pie

I discovered at the last minute that the stuffing pan would not fit in the oven with the Turkey...so we asked our Landlord/Neighbor if we could use her oven. As we were eating earlier it was not a problem.


The only nod to Germany was that we used Nuremberger sausages in the stuffing instead of Jimmy Dean!


(unfortunately picture was taken after turkey was carved)

Where have you been all my life?

Things they need to sell in the U.S., Part 1:


I like cream puffs....
I like Bailey's....
Even better together!

Was ist das? (What is that?)

My little one told me this is quite the popular fruit in the cafeteria at school...

What the heck is it? I thought it looked like a tomatillo. So we bought them to try.

We looked it up and tomatillo is in the physalis family...this is most likely known as a "Cape Gooseberry". It is pleasantly tart.

I swore this was Vegetable Oil when I bought it

It is the color of vegetable oil...
In the bottle shape I come to expect...
It seems to be used for salads...



I wondered why the viscosity was so low...
I won't mention how many times I used it when cooking up some chicken...