I have been having some technical problems (probably user error), but my blog seems to be working now, so I will try to get caught up.
For Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to have a combination of
American and Italian food. And it had to
be easy, because it is not a holiday here, so we had to be at work all day.
Turkey was a must, and though I couldn't find, nor did I have time to cook a
whole bird, I found a piece of breast that was basically cut like a roast. I put that in the crock pot with carrots and
onions. I found a recipe for a
traditional Ligurian (that’s a nearby province) dish with green beans, potatoes, and
pasta, all seasoned with basil pesto. I
also made regular sweet potatoes, which can be hard to find here. I usually get them at the international
market. Add some wine and fresh bread, and you
have a perfect Italian/American Thanksgiving. Notice only one wine glass. We were able to Skype with my big family gathering, and we announced that I was pregnant.
For dessert, I thought about pie, but I don’t have a pie
pan, no ready-made pie crusts, no canned pumpkin, no pecans, and no Karo syrup,
so pumpkin pie or pecan pie would have been rather difficult. Brainstorming in the dessert aisle, I saw the
cannoli shells and crème mix. I added
some fresh steamed pumpkin to the crème (yes, fresh pumpkin is plentiful, but
canned is nonexistent), and made pumpkin cannoli.
Ben stuffing his face with cannoli and cream
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