Thanksgiving

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As is tradition Rob and I hosted 15 people for Thanksgiving Dinner in our tiny flat on the final Saturday in November. With 15 people this year we struggled for space and cutlery so we ended up renting tables, chairs and cutlery... it worked perfectly and everyone fit in happily.

Squeezed in! 

We had the normal food: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole, green beans and rolls. However there were a few lovely additions this year. I made a vegetable turkey out of Crudités following on from the success of last year's fruit turkey. While, Rob added profiteroles to the dessert cart alongside the usual apple and pumpkin pies. Following another Scott-Clark Thanksgiving tradition, Rob wrote and mastered a pub quiz after the meal where everyone provided amusing answers while one very competitive team, who will remain nameless, stormed through as very convincing winners!

It was a treat to have everyone join us and it's something we look forward to every year. Days like this really make you feel fortunate, who knew we had so many friends! Here are some photos of the day:

Preparation... this is blow-torching the infamous
marshmallow sweet potato casserole.

More prep... our turkey was so big it
took two full grown men to lift!

Sue, Will, Lizzie and Bex, post meal stupor!

Thanks for the amazing Turkey visors, Mom!
Gillian looks amazing in it. 

Bex's meal and a mutilated bird behind!
Once again we forgot to photograph the bird! 

Rob was clearly saying something important, being a very good host!

Gearing up for the pub quiz, Rob the quiz master! 

Who wants dessert!!! 

The  'veggie' turkey. 

It turned our really well! 

Rob's delicious profiteroles! 

The nut wellington for the vegetarians,
with it's own pastry turkey on top!