It wouldn't be a thanksgiving post unless I mixed in some pictures of "Americandy"
The American candy/snack store my bf discovered in town.
Because Thanksgiving is not a holiday here (obviously)
people don't get Friday off of work..
So instead of cooking Thursday,
I cooked Friday.
Fret not.
I bought some imported canned pumpkin.
and made my favorite Paula Deen Pumpkin cake recipe,
as well as..
Turkey,
stuffing,
candied yams,
cranberry sauce,
Brussels sprouts,
mashed potato's,
gravy,
and mac n cheese.
They were super confused about the candied yams and mac n cheese..
since mac n cheese is not considered a side dish here..
and they were like "where is all the veg?"
and i was like..
"pretty sure there is celery in the stuffing. duh."
The real highlight though was Americandy (yes that's what it is called..i didn't make it up..unfortunately)
Holy poptart and sugar cereal heaven..
sugary cereal is outlawed here in grocery stores
Apparently it makes children all cracked out?
who knew?
After I was done having a full body sweat from the overwhelming american scents
I went to the check out with my cheese puffs and flaming hot cheetos
and in my best american accents was like
"this place is freaking awesome!"
and the scottish guy was all
"ya people think it's totally weird"
What is weird about a giant butterfinger priced at 8pounds ($12.00)?
a wall of poptarts.
ReplyDeletethat is what heaven looks like.
I would probably pee myself if I found a store like that in S.A. - so.unfair.
ReplyDeleteYour Thanksgiving looks like it was a major success - no veg = perfect thanksgiving meal.
xoxo
Jenna
omg americandy. hahaa genius.
ReplyDeleteooo, this makes me want a pop tart for breakfast!
ReplyDeleteHoly freaking pop tarts!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahah I always giggled about the American section in Germany. Always had sugary foods and lots and lots of macaroni and cheese.
ReplyDeleteGreat find on the canned pumpkin! It was no where to be found for me last year.
I am glad you enjoyed your holiday!!
Best wishes,
Kym
That americandy store looks incredible. I wish I found something like that while I was living in London! Looks like you introduced your Irishman to a wonderful Thanksgiving.
ReplyDelete"Freakkiinggg awesoommmee" =P
ReplyDeleteReally now, the food you made looks so wonderful! You're quite fancy if I may so myself :)
Glad you found all that wonderful American food :) Love your pictures! Your turkey looks so yummy!
ReplyDeletebahahah. i love you.
ReplyDeleteand i really want lucky charms. gimme my lucky charms
sounds like you are surviving and thriving just fine over there:-) I remember paying about $20 for a fun size candy bar in Africa, out of sheer hormone-driven desperation. American pride! xoxo
ReplyDeleteAHHHHHHH!! that wall of pop tarts is like no other! even living in america, i'm a bit jealous. oh well, at least i can get a butterfinger for a buck and a half.
ReplyDeleteCupcakesOMG!
first of all, paula deen makes pumpkin cake. shut the front door. i need to try it asap.
ReplyDeletesecond, I am insanely jealous that you live so close to so many wonderful foods. I might just be drooling over those lucky charms and poptarts. clearly Scandinavia is not the place to be.
finally, mac & cheese is what I will be bringing to all the holiday potluck parties in the next few weeks. Way to be ;)
i've never understood why every american flag doesn't have shelves of lucky charms right below it. it just makes sense that way.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you still got a delicious Thanksgiving meal! And if you ask me... there were plenty of healthy items in that list of food! Too much healthy food just isn't fun.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea sugary cereal is outlawed over there! Could you imagine them trying to do that here in the U.S.? Hahaha, that would go over well.
the candied yam and mac and cheese confusion is hilarious. candied yams can look a little untrustworthy at first (I mean, they're orange...) but the whole brown sugar and butter thing is pretty darn convincing. yummm.
ReplyDeletei mean, what's thanksgiving without fattening american foods? glad you had a good time teaching those europeans what being thankful is all about :)
ReplyDeletealso, i love your thankful list. i'm a little slow on the uptake, but it's perfect. plus the colored numbers are fun to look at.
holt moly look at all those poptarts!! we don't even have that big of a selection!!
ReplyDeleteglad you had a little thanksgiving celebration!
Holy wall of pop tarts batman. This places is awesome. It has more Americanness than the American grocery stores.
ReplyDeleteit's like the holy effing grail!
ReplyDeleteUmmm...yams, cranberries, Brussels sprouts and potatoes=vegetables.
ReplyDeleteAlso, why is there an American flag over the Lucky Charms. Don't we American's consider that Irish cereal? It does have a leprechaun on the box, right? : )
"Apparently it makes children all cracked out?" haha! If it makes them cracked out then obvi I'm on the list, never dare to part me from sugar! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm so so happy that you were able to get your full of American goodies (no matter the cost) for thanksgiving! Makes me happy. :)
ReplyDeleteHa! I love this. The night before Thanksgiving my friends and I sat around me dining room table and killed a bag of Cheetos and a container of Muddy Buddies, American style.
ReplyDeleteDamn it. I was all ready to trade you some American goodies for the AMAZINGNESS that is a Double Decker candy bar.
ReplyDeleteDamn that Scottish man for opening that store, now I have no bartering chips...
There has to be SOMETHING you want that isn't there we could exchange ;)
holy effing poptarts, batman. get the pumpkin and toaster-oven it per my previous recommendation.
ReplyDeleteif you suddenly disappear, i'm going to assume you've passed out in diabetic shock in aisle 3 of Americandy.
Hahaha! I was living in Australia last year for Thanksgiving and had such a hard time finding what I was looking for! If only they would of had an Americandy store in Sydney! I ended up spending $10 on pumpkin puree to make my dessert...so lame.
ReplyDeleteAmerican grocery stores should definitely have an entire pop-tart wall. Heaven in a box.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing better than finding food from your own country! You look the happiest with your cheetos hahaha :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you got a good Thanksgiving weekend :)
xoxo
i have never seen that many poptarts, not even in AMURICA!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness. Great post to read so early on my Monday morning (: You always crack me up! You really cooked up a storm! I'd die without sugar cereal...cinnamon toast crunch is in my hands right now.
ReplyDeletei just love this
ReplyDeleteif i walked in here and i was you i think i would hold up the store and tell them to all get out because its all mine
talking to a scottish co-worker via email and he said he was going out for 'take-away' food for kebabb
made 0 sense until he had to explain waht a kebabb is, AND...that take-away meant take-out. I learn so much from my UK co-workers and from your blog haha
enjoy your sugar high!! ;-)
xoxox
Those Americandy pictures made me so excited for you!!
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful, heavenly wall of poptarts. My favorite!
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of like your mecca in the desert isn't it?! : ) I don't know what I'd do without gummy bears, although my favorite ones are the German kind sooo maybe I could make it in Europe. Glad you had a great Thanksgiving, the food looks amazing! I'm sure your bf and other friends appreciated their sweet American love cooking them a big Thanksgiving meal!!!
ReplyDeletewhoa, sugar overload.
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud you made Thanksgiving dinner for them. It all looks yummy. Di they like the foods?
Emily at Amazing Grapes
I would like to point out that brussel sprouts are also a veg! So glad you got a thanksgiving and flamin hot cheetos!
ReplyDeletexx
Z
It's Thanksgiving!! Who needs all kinds of vegetable?! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't care if people there are confused or think America is a joke comprised of sugar and fat... That place is a happy, happy little storefront.
ReplyDeleteAnd they are totally missing out on Thanksgiving - and the versatility of mac & cheese as both main course AND sidedish!
When I saw those pictures I was almost fully convinced you'd gone to Heaven. So glad you have a piece of home!!
ReplyDeleteI seriously need to look into shipping you that 48 count box of poptarts.
ReplyDeletehow is mac n cheese confusing? heavenly, is more like it.
ReplyDeleteOMG. that place is scary! But, if I were in your shoes I would think i died and went to heaven too!
ReplyDeletethis makes me want to go out and buy pop tarts.
ReplyDeletehave you gotten the photos yet?? im getting nerv...
Are you kidding me?! That is literally a million pop tarts!!!!! And it was really $12 for a butterfinger?! Dang. I didn't realize our American food (trash) was SO classy and expensive. : )
ReplyDeleteuhh where was this when I was living in Europe? What a fabulous find!! & now I am craving lucky charms :)
ReplyDeleteThe picture of the American flag with the lucky charms is my all-time favorite.
ReplyDeleteA picture is worth a thousand words... ;)
Love, Leigh
Fabulous meal! "Celery in the stuffing... " Hilarious...
ReplyDeleteYour little comments crack me up. And a $12 butterfinger!? holy bajeezus!
ReplyDeleteglad you had a nice thanksgiving! :)
So nice you made a nice little Thanksgiving meal in London. I love all of the pics!
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome that you found the trifecta of american food and candy!
ReplyDeleteHoly Pop Tarts! That looks like more than we have over here even!
ReplyDeleteHoly Cow! a 12 dollar butterfinger? that's just criminal. I am saddened to hear how deprived you've been!!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom ascribed to that whole "sugared cereal is evil" thing too when I was little.. speaking of deprived.
Can't believe you made all that yourself. Props to you girl!
Our Thanksgiving vegetable was roasted green beans COVERED in parmesan cheese. I thought that was a (un)healthy compromise. And they're way too freaked out over there - I was cracked out after breakfast every morning as a kid and I turned out just fine.
ReplyDeleteomg... that looks like a little piece of heaven haha
ReplyDeleteps, if you ever want candy/cheetos for cheap (free) I'll be more than happy to hook you up ;)
They don't have POPTARTS? That breaks my heart. ;)
ReplyDeleteAlthough a $12 butterfinger really does break my heart a bit.
I never knew they had an American Food/Candy store abroad! That's cool.
love the flag over the lucky charms. warms my heart. those two are like peas in a perfect pod.
ReplyDeleteOMG....absolutely.glorious.
ReplyDeletethat store is amazing! i bet you're in heaven! haha
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I can live abroad now after realizing my American faves wouldn't be handy. O_O
ReplyDeleteALSO, those suckers! The Chum...whatever those are. Those AMAZING suckers - I cannot even find them here in the States! I only found them in Europe. How evil they put them in an American store.
Oh my goodness that store is every expat's dream! It's quite funny. Thankfully, I can shop on base at the commissary and get all the good American stuff, just fine. I would go through MAJOR withdrawals if I couldn't have my Wheat Thins or Eggos every once in a while! Glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving! And, as usual...I just love your blog!
ReplyDeletea wall of lucky charms?! I think I just saw heaven.
ReplyDeleteawwwww a wall of poptarts...what an amazing sight!
ReplyDeleteI JUST ACCIDENTALLY SCROLLED DOWN AND SAW THE SHOT OF DR. PEPPER. NOT FAIR. NOT FAIR. NOT FAIR. You spoiled pampered baby European ex pats have everything. And we long suffering South American ex pats have nada. I'm going on ex pat strike over the unequal distribution of American export booty.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like an amazing shop. I want one of those here in New Zealand so I can try stuff!
ReplyDeletei want to go to there! ireland has nothing like that!!
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