Thanksgiving dinner, poutine and pumpkin pie parties

One of the reasons we had to leave Merida early on Sunday was because we all needed to get back to Campeche in order to cook our contribution to the Thanksgiving dinner we would be having in school. Each year one of the teachers buys a chicken for class and the students are responsible to bring in other additions to make a Thanksgiving dinner. After we realised it was not going to be exactly like our mothers delicous dinners we stopped freaking out about what to bring. I made some garlic bread, Andrea made mashed potatos, Amber made a salad, Alysse made a garlic dip for the chicken and Madeline made pumkin pie. It wasn't as good as what we could have been enjoying back at home, but it was our Mexican Thanksgiving, to which we were all thankful for!

Later that day we went to meet two friends we had met at the hostel in Merida who had made their way to Campeche. The hostel they were staying in is right in the Parque Principal, and has an incredible roof top view of the park and the cathedral. We were hanging out up there and met a couple from Texas who were staying at the hostel as well. We got talking with them and before we knew it the topic of poutine came up and within minutes we had decided we were going to make poutine the next night. So sure enough the next day we all showed up at the hostel with potatos and cheese, and Matt (one of the Texans) was ready with the ingredients to make gravy. It was quiet the production, and we had so much fun through so much chaos. But in the end, the poutine was amazing and was exactly what some of us needed - comfort food from home!

Thursday class was canceled because of heavy rain, so we had a free day. The rain was pouring down hard all day, so we couldn't really go out and do anything. Most of us had 'poutine hangovers' anyway - we at so many potatos between all of us! That night though after the rain had stopped Madeline and Alysse came over to my house to make pumpkin pies from the left over pumpkin Maddy had bought for the Thanksgiving dinner. After some struggles and changes of recipes we ended up making 4 delicous pumpkin pies, and shared them with the whole family. In two of the pies we added creamcheese which was delicious! And the other two were just normal pumpkin pies, equally as delicious.

We had a great week filled with amazing food! But I think we're done cooking for a little while...