Thanksgiving, British Style

So, as far as we can tell, the British don't celebrate thanksgiving. Originally, we thought about getting together with our 2 american friends and cooking a traditional meal. But, factoring in the alarming price of food in London, the fact that our kitchen is about the size of a matchbox, and the fact that it just takes way too much effort in general, we decided to go out to eat instead.

Quite a few american-themed restaurants were offering "traditional thanksgiving" dinners this week, but they were averaging around £35 per person for the meal alone. For those of you not up on the ridiculous $ to £ exchange rate, that's over $70 per person. Now, I do love turkey, but I don't think I $70 love turkey, especially since they weren't going to have my favorite part of a thanksgiving day meal- the from-the-can cranberry sauce.

So, eliminating going out to eat as well, we decided to just give up on the idea in general and go get some traditional british food for our traditional thanksgiving day dinner. I had fish and chips, Bobby had shephard's pie, and our american friends had equally traditional british fare (aka taking meat and putting it into a pie or pudding).

So that was our Thanksgiving, and probably a new tradition for the duration of our stay in the UK.