I am Happy Thanksgiving thanks for
inviting us into your home and letting
us tell you a little bit about what we
think about when we think about
Thanksgiving to me Thanksgiving is all
about family I grew up in a family with
five kids and as a first generation
American I guess my parents had to learn
pretty quick how to put on a great
Thanksgiving feast I have a lot of fond
memories of growing up and eating with
all my siblings and having a great time
as I got older and lived in various
places Thanksgiving turned into an even
broader extended family I have adopted
families all over the country so I'll be
thinking this year about everyone down
on the ground celebrating together
Thanksgiving has always been my favorite
holiday personally I love it because
it's all about the togetherness but not
necessarily the commercialism and in
recent years I've also come to learn to
love friends giving and that's a little
bit like what we're having onboard here
friends giving although you could say
we're family two nor six of us living up
here on the International Space Station
and three of us are American and while
this is uniquely American holiday this
particular date we're gonna be sharing
it with our international friends
onboard if you can't have it with your
own family you might as well have it
with your crewmates who are like family
onboard the International Space Station
when we think of Thanksgiving we think
of friends family and food and so we've
talked a lot about our friends and
family but we're also going to be
enjoying a lot of really great food
onboard the International Space Station
vegetables of course green beans and
potatoes and of course smoked turkey and
a pouch I want to know who's gonna carve
the turkey once it comes out of that
pouch potatoes were always a huge hit in
my house and this one will require
reconstituting or I'll add a little bit
of water and it'll become delicious
macaroni and cheese cornbread dressing
this will be great we can maybe stuff it
inside the turkeys just to make it like
a real stuffing we get to the best part
dessert the one that most resembles what
we think of as a traditional
Thanksgiving dessert is this crane apple
dessert we were also coming up with some
ideas of how we might create our own
pumpkin pie maybe with a little bit of
cookies stuffed in the pouch of candied
yams and one of my personal favorites
that we have definitely we don't have on
a regular basis up here in there on the
International Space Station but sent for
special occasions is of course jellied
cranberry sauce and a can of course it's
got to stay in the shape of the can
after you open it up
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