It was weird to celebrate Thanksgiving in another country. Back home everyone had the day off and was visiting with family and friends and it just felt like another day here, except I was going to attempt to make some kind of dinner related to Thanksgiving dinner. There are no turkeys here in Russia, so I knew I'd be making a roast chicken. And as much as I wanted to make the bird with all the trimmings they just don't have those ingredients here and if they did I wouldn't know because it is very hard to decode the Cyrillic alphabet!
Here is how I made the roast chicken. I preheated the oven to a 7. Yes, 7. I have no idea what that temperature correlates to in Celsius or Fahrenheit. I'm just guessing somewhere around 400 degrees because the the numbers only go up to a 9 and I'm guessing 9 is around 500 Fahrenheit??? So we'll go with about an hour and 30 minutes in the oven. For the potatoes and carrots I had no roasting pan, so I had to boil those vegetables first and then saute them with butter, salt, and pepper. We did find some frozen crescent rolls but nothing even close to a pumpkin or pecan pie. Instead some kind of cake roll from the bakery had to do. Overall, even though I couldn't make all my favorite side dishes or a turkey, the dinner turned out better then I had expected. I was just happy the chicken was cooked through and the vegetables hadn't turned to mush! Oh, and there was gravy. Not the best I ever put on the table but it was still pretty good. Have to have gravy!
While the meal wasn't my finest, it was wonderful to be here with Brian and Emily. I'm so glad that the three of us were able to spend the day together and it will be a memorable Thanksgiving, one we'll laugh about in the years to come. Brian helped make the day special for me and I think I helped make it special for him. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
Here is how I made the roast chicken. I preheated the oven to a 7. Yes, 7. I have no idea what that temperature correlates to in Celsius or Fahrenheit. I'm just guessing somewhere around 400 degrees because the the numbers only go up to a 9 and I'm guessing 9 is around 500 Fahrenheit??? So we'll go with about an hour and 30 minutes in the oven. For the potatoes and carrots I had no roasting pan, so I had to boil those vegetables first and then saute them with butter, salt, and pepper. We did find some frozen crescent rolls but nothing even close to a pumpkin or pecan pie. Instead some kind of cake roll from the bakery had to do. Overall, even though I couldn't make all my favorite side dishes or a turkey, the dinner turned out better then I had expected. I was just happy the chicken was cooked through and the vegetables hadn't turned to mush! Oh, and there was gravy. Not the best I ever put on the table but it was still pretty good. Have to have gravy!
While the meal wasn't my finest, it was wonderful to be here with Brian and Emily. I'm so glad that the three of us were able to spend the day together and it will be a memorable Thanksgiving, one we'll laugh about in the years to come. Brian helped make the day special for me and I think I helped make it special for him. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!
The table.
Emily's scoping out the goods.
Now it's my turn for a photo.
"No thanks dad, I'll just keep sucking on this teething ring."
So impressed you were able to whip such a delicious looking feast up with some pretty big challenges! A 7?!? Looks awesome! Happy you had a great Turkey Day!
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