Thanksgiving NZ Nov 22, 2007 Well rested from our trip to the Coromandel, we were all business now with a Thanksgiving spread to plan and prepare. We gave up on catching a wild turkey. It wouldn't really be sporting anyway since you can call them up like puppies. We settled with chicken since the turkeys to be had at New World were frozen and cost prohibitive. Our menu consisted of chicken and dressing (Thank you, Aunt Jamima) and all the trimmings (potatoes, green beans, cranberry sauce), with a little kiwi flavor thrown in (grilled asparagus, tossed salad with avocado). The finishing touches were pumpkin pie (Thank you, Libbys, Libbys, Libbys) and pecan pie made with Glucose (they don't have Karo syrup here). We invited our friends from Australia, Alissa and Keenan, over for their very first
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