Please pass the tabouleh

The kiwis made the pumpkin pie an interesting shade of green

Just like the fourth of July, Thanksgiving is strictly an American holiday. When you are overseas you get to whip that holiday out when no one else can and that makes it very special. The American company that we are over here with has had a Thanksgiving buffet on the beach for the last 10+years. There are over 100 people that attend and only a few are Americans. We have Iranians, Pakistanis, Malays, Egyptians, Lebanese, Germans, Brits, Aussies, South Africans, Japanese and Chinese. Of course there are the Canadians that try to hone in on our Thanksgiving because theirs was during Ramadan and we let them because it is Thanksgiving and we have to be nice.

This is the second time that we have gone and it has become my favorite company event of the year. Tonight we had turkey, tabouleh, sweet potatoes, hummus and pumpkin pie with kiwis. Just like grandma makes, right? It didn't really matter what we ate it didn't matter where we were from, we were all very thankful for all of our blessings.

By the way, hummus tastes really good with gravy.