Turky and eel make me ill!

This weekend was Thanksgiving heaven. On Friday night, the people from the town office came to kate's apt and we threw a full-out Thanksgiving dinner for them, which was no easy feat. I was hoping that all of our cooking wouldn't go to waste, but they LOVED it!! We made stuffing, yams, corn, mashed potatoes, ordered a turkey and cranberry sauce online and cooked it all. I cooked a turkey in my Japanese microwave which apparently converts to an oven. It took all of the power out of my apato, so I turned off everything, including the lights and let the turkey cook over a span of about 3 hours. I would come in to my apato every 20 min or so and check it by flashlight. I can't believe I cooked a turkey by flashlight, AND it turned out awesome and not burned. That was number one goal: to not burn the turkey. I stayed in Kate's apato while the turkey cooked, instead of sitting in my apato in the dark for three hours without heat. We told the story of Thanksgiving, and went around the table and said what we were thankful for, and...it was def a bonding night for the 9 of us. I brought out the pumpkin cake thing (pancake mix, walnuts and pumpkins) I baked in my rice cooker (I tried to make caramel and ended up burning the pan). Anyhow, they brought tons of liquor and Japanese snacks, like eel and weird green bean stuff and fried seafood, to the party, that they wanted us to try. I just couldnt touch it until after I had eaten dessert and held on to the taste of Thansgiving feast just a little longer :) Turkey and eel just don't get along in my mouth. They want us to throw another party in December and kept asking about it, we told them Thanksgiving is only ONCE a year and that's what makes it special ;)