13 December 2006

Thanksgiving for Christmas!

At Thanksgiving we didn't have turkey. As a matter of fact, I've never seen any kind of turkey for sale here, be it sliced or whole. But today, in a random grocery store on a random corner of a random street, we found turkey. After dinner we wanted some ice cream and just stepped into the nearest store. In the back corner in a small freezer were 5 butterball turkeys. We were amazed and, just out of curiosity, asked the shopkeeper how much it would be. I've never actually bought a turkey before so I don't know how much one should cost in the states, however I have a feeling this one was just a little more expensive than normal. The shopkeeper told us it would be (equivalent) $15/lb meaning that the smallest turkey they had would be $150. Seriously, it was very tempting. It would feed quite a few people and if we all split it, it would definitely be worth it. But I couldn't cook one even if I wanted to. My oven is so little even a chicken is pushing it! So we left our dreams in the small freezer at the obscure grocery store and went home. But not without plain M&Ms. That's right, after 9 months of sporadic peanut M&Ms...we now have plain.

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