I bet you were wondering "what did Mitch eat for Thanksgiving dinner?" Good question. Since turkey, mash potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie with cool whip topping, maybe some side of fruit, devil eggs with a paprika topping, side salad, and course the vegetable appetizer that my mom puts out 3-4 hours before the actual dinner wasn't available to me I had to improvise. As I told you earlier I was going to have a traditional Finnish meal or close to it. After finding an appropriate restaurant I wanted to make my experience very Finnish. So I started off with a drink that I guess was very Finnish, or so said the waitress, it was a berry flavored sparkling wine/cider with fruit inside and some vodka. It was a warm drink and very delicious, also quite spendy$$$. As for the meal I had smoked reindeer over a bed of pasta in a cheese and onion sauce. It also had some greens topping the dish. It was different to say the least. The smokeyness came out a lot and the meat was lean but some what tough. Quite the combo though with the pasta, usually reindeer is complimented in a stew traditionally, but with a budget in mind I couldn't afford the Rudolph cut so I settled for Blitzin..
Just another thing I can check off my list, I had reindeer on Thanksgiving day in Finland. Check. You know I couldn't have ever imagined experiencing a situation like that, but life is full of surprises. Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone it's now a countdown to Italy! I can't wait. The warm weather, the food, the history! So excited. So until then I will just be hanging out trying to learn some Finnish (goodluck Mitch).
Moy moy
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