This year Thanksgiving was a bit different. First of all, we had to order the turkey well in advance. The assistant at the local butcher kept telling us that no, we could not order a small turkey until the other assistant said: oh, you mean a bibi-turkey. I said I did not know what that meant, and they explained "a small turkey that does not weigh more than 3 kilograms." "Yes, that's exactly what we want!" "Yes, like we said: a bibi-turkey." It finally dawned on us that the assistants meant a "baby turkey". So that's what we got.... weighing almost 6 kilograms!
Next we had to wait till Saturday because Thursday was a workday in Germany. We had invited 12 people; and to make up for what we thought would be a small "baby turkey", we decided to order a platter of Turkish vegetarian food for good measure. When Bill wanted to pick up the food, Mehmet, the owner of Merhaba, the local Turkish restaurant, insisted that he drive Bill and the platters home. He just had to see the turkey with his own eyes which got very big at the sight of our large baked bird. Then when I saw him unpack six platters (instead of one) my eyes got even bigger.
Fortunately, Senta and Hanni brought cups, plates, glasses, even a chair - they knew that serving a meal for twelve would not quite work in an apartment that's set up for only two (even when only eight could show up in the end).
The Thanksgiving meal was delicious, last not least because of Mehmet's goodies. Needless to say that the feast was a great success. And so were the doggie bags to take home.
See the happy faces at the end of the feast! Too bad I forgot to take a pic of all the food before we started.
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