Long time no turkey

It's been awhile since our last post. We've both been working a lot and haven't had much of anything exciting going on.

It's been about three years since we've had turkey, so this Thanksgiving we had a Turkey party.  Having access to base made this possible.  We were able to buy a cooked 14 pound turkey to share with our friends, some of whom had never had turkey before!  (Turkey is not common here in Japan.)  We also had the regular sides, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and some sweet potato casserole.











We ended up having a big turnout, with some friends from Ryudai (Kris' old job) and some friends from Macaroni Grill. There were three rounds of guests, but unfortunately we didn't get photos of everyone.

 

The turkey was delicious and I guess everyone else liked it because there were no leftovers!  Only Masaru had to season his turkey with soy sauce because "it doesn't have any flavor"!!! .

Some of our guests brought some desserts, which also disappeared fairly quickly.

It's almost time for Christmas and in Okinawa it seems that Christmas is synonymous with fried chicken.  Even this Santa has a piece of chicken in his hand!