05 December 2008

El Dia de Gracias!

Lately the most popular question asked of us is whether we were able to have a Thanksgiving feast...were we? Pff, of course! We somehow ended up cooking for the entire Escobar family, 11 people. Everything was delicious and since Ecuadorians can eat, there were barely any leftovers, a first for us.
So after countless hours spent in the kitchen of the Escobar home, the family gathered at two tables and went to town on P´s delicious squash soup recipe, a 16 lb. turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, stuffing and topped it off with vanilla ice cream & apple crisp. We´re absolutely sure everything turned out great by the amount of times we heard the phrase "¡Que rico!"
M is just about at 100% with her recuperation and although we´re sad for a second round of goodbyes, we´re ready to continue this journey. We´re off to Lima, Peru on Thursday!

3 comments:

evangelia said...

we keep missing each other on here! Glad you had a Happy Thanksgiving. Call me soon! I have off Tuesday.
Miss you!
Love, Evangelia

MF1073 said...

awesome! So great you both cooked up a storm for Thanksgiving. Cant get much closer to thanks and giving than that meal. Maria--you look fabulous. I miss you both. Lots of love. Marc

Unknown said...

Glad you are feeling better Maria! Megs and I will be in NYC for New Years again but without you guys there I think we are going to pack our bags and head home before things get ugly. We hope you guys figure something cooler to do than what we are doing. Oh, and I am very excited that Pam befacebookedfriended me. Good times.