We celebrated Thanksgiving this year in San with all of the new San volunteers. I spent all day in the kitchen with Alyssa and Lindsey, prepping and cooking the traditional Thanksgiving fare, or at least as traditional as we could make it here in Mali. We were able to make stuffing from dried bread crumbs and maggi cubes, pumpkin pie from a squash very similar to pumpkin called dje in Bambara, and corn bread and mashed potatoes from the fresh produce we got in market. We were also able to make salad, baked squash, fruit salad, and cake! Luckily, we had a house full of people to help with the chopping and the innumerable trips to market. When it was finally time to sit down to a family style dinner, with every one dressed up and sharing what they were thankful for, Ameriki didn’t feel quite so far away.
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