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Q: Do you try and go traditional for Thanksgiving & Christmas in China?
Thanksgiving in this week and we are trying to do a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Ordered a Turkey, ensured we have pumpkin pie mix and corn syrup. This will be my first attempt at traditional Thanksgiving and I fear it just won't work. Previous years we do traditional dinners with Chinese characteristics. It has all the component, but was all cooked in a rice cooker or on the stove. Very different but it had its own traditions.
I worry trying to make it too much like home, but without being home will just make it rubbish!
i just found a store here in daqing that you can order an entire roast pig, and now an entire oven baked turkey! so i will order the turkey and home for the best. the side dishes i can do myself. stuffing, mashed potatos, gravy, easy... the turkey was always the problem.
I always do Christmas dinner traditional. I am able to order pretty much everything either online or at specialty food stores, but advance planning is required because it takes a few weeks for some items. I purchased a counter top oven for 800 RMB that will fit a 9KG turkey, make homemade stuffing and mashed potatos, bake the pies the day before (apple, pumpkin, and cherry) green bean casserole etc. Then I invite my friends and we sit around and feast and play guitars or play cards. We have gift exchange (dirty Santa style).
Thanksgiving I go to one of the hotel buffets.
