American Celebration in Hungary

I succumbed to the temptation to try something I saw on the internet--a vegetable turkey.  Can you make it out?

Yesterday we enjoyed what has become sort of a tradition for us here in Hungary--an American Thanksgiving with our Hungarian neighbors.  We ate turkey breast (my oven is too small for a whole turkey), dressing, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes (sent from America by our daughter-in-law Nadine), cranberries (brought from America by Karl and Dyrie Francis) two American-style salads, apple pie and pumpkin dessert.  (The pumpkin was also sent from America.) Our neighbors brought stuffed cabbage, a chicken and wild mushroom dish, Hungarian mini bread sticks, and cake.  We were well-fed!  The Hungarians liked the cranberries.  One neighbor said she was wondering how the "beets" (the canned cranberries cut into slices) were cut into such uniform shapes, but when she tasted the cranberries, she really liked them.  Another neighbor asked what was in the dressing.  When I listed sage as one of the ingredients, he said that he pulled sage out of his garden like other weeds, but it tasted good in the dressing!
The best part of the evening was when everyone shared three big things and three small things for which they were thankful.  We found it difficult limiting it to just six items apiece.  God is good to us and has blessed us all abundantly.
Now that the rush of the Christmas season has begun, the challenge for all of us is to maintain our attitude of gratefulness for all that God has given to us.

Joining us this year were Éva, István, Obed, Mike, Misi, Márika and Anna