Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with plenty of food! This year I went home to Mississippi where we had a Chinese American Thanksgiving celebrated with an international mix of people. We went easy and bought a bunch of the food which worked out pretty well. All of the traditional American Thanksgiving food was bought from Kroger, the local grocery store chain. For the Chinese side we bought a roast duck from an asian grocery store and the rest my mom cooked.

Our Thanksgiving was an international mix of people because my cousin PS, an international student from Taiwan, is here in the states studying for a TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Master's degree at Ole Miss. Since the international students don't usually go home for Thanksgiving she invited some of the friends she has made to our place for Thanksgiving dinner. We had 3 Taiwanese, 1 Chinese, 2 Japanese, 2 Kenyans, and a Brazilian over. It was interesting getting to know each of them and their stories. In particular, it was great getting to learn more about Kenya from the Kenyans as I plan to travel there sometime next year to visit my sister who is there with the Peace Corps.

This was our menu:
Main Course:
Oven Roasted Turkey
烤鴨 (Roasted Duck)
筍尖悶肉 (Pork bamboo with Chili Oil)
上海蠔油白菜 (Bok Choy in Oyster Sauce)

Sides:
Cornbread Dressing
Green Bean Casserole
Mashed Potatoes
Cranberry Celebration
Giblet Gravy
Dinner Rolls
Veggie Tray with Jalapeño Ranch Dip
紅燒牛肉 (Braised Beef)
滷蛋 (Stewed Egg)
豆干 (Stewed Dried Tofu)
青蔥香腸 (Chinese Sausage with Scallions)

Desserts:
Apple Pie
Fruit Tray
蛋捲 (Cookie Egg Roll)


Happy Thanksgiving Holidays Everyone!