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A letter from our "Foreign Correspondent"-Jake Newsome
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Our "foreign correspondent" Jake Newsome has been really busy this Thanksgiving cooking for all his new friends in Germany and introducing them to the unique American holiday of Thanksgiving. Jake and several of his American fellow students who are on a study abroad in the medieval city of Marburg, Germany cooked a real Thanksgiving feast (from scratch and / or with ingredients "imported" from the U.S!) for their friends from Germany, England, China, Taiwan, Cameroon, Gabon, Northern Ireland, and Poland and are enjoying a fairy-tale winter complete with snow and castles. Jake is sending his greetings and the beautiful pictures below. For those of you of the culinary persuasion, here is the menu they served:
Turkey – Putenfleisch
Homemade stuffing - (No German translation)
Real mashed potatoes - Kartoffelbrei
Brown Gravy - braunes Bratensoβe
Sweet potatoes -S?βkartoffeln
Green Bean Casserole - Bohnenauflauf
From scratch Sweet rolls- Br?tchen
Cornbread Muffins –Maisbr?tchen
From scratch Pumpkin Pie - K?rbis “Pie”
Real banana pudding - Pudding mit Banane und Keks
Southern Sweet Tea - s?βer Eistee aus dem amerikanischen S?d