Thanksgiving in Basel

Thanksgiving, it's not about presents or fireworks.  It's a day for families and friends to gather and give thanks for all the blessings that we have (usually over a table piled high with scrumptious food).

It was a bit hard for us to celebrate a "typical" U.S. Thanksgiving in Basel considering grocery stores don't stock stuffing (let alone a bag of bread crumbs), pumpkin mix, fried onion toppers (for the green bean casserole) cranberries and the price of turkey is egregious (which you have to order directly from the meat department).  Argh.  Anyhoo, we went to the big grocery store in Germany where we were able to get a nice little ham instead.  Matt made a delicious glaze for the ham (had to go to 2 grocery stores to find maple syrup) as well as homemade onion toppers for the green beans, which were quite tasty and perhaps even a bit healthier, if that's possible.  Since we couldn't make stuffing, I made a wild rice salad with a lot of goodness added to it (a bit of sweetness, acid and crunch).  Yum.  We had plenty of other food as well - green salad, mashed potatoes and German pretzel rolls.  To finish, we had an apple crisp for dessert.  All in all, we didn't get as "stuffed" as per usual, but our big spread turned out really really well!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  And the Christmas Markets have already begun, so stay tuned!