Turkey, Chocolate and Egg Rolls

Grandma Mac and the Sweitzer Girls

Thanksgiving was great this year! I could sum in up in many words, but the most efficient would be: turkey, chocolate and egg rolls.

#1 Turkey
My aunt and uncle generously invited 24 people to their home outside Harrisburg, PA for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.

We sprawled across three tables... and like the miracle of loaves and fishes, we never ran out of food. ;-)

Jeremy and my third cousin, Dominic, age 4.

#2 Chocolate
The next morning (after sleeping off the soporific effects of turkey and mashed potatoes), various groupings of relatives went off on various adventures:

• Kyle spun off to help Uncle John purchase a new electric piano,
• Jeremy hermitted himself in our hotel room for a productive afternoon of studying, and
• The remaining Sweitzer/Powell/Mohrs went to Hershey Park and Chocolate World with our little cousin Christina.

#3 Egg Rolls
Chocolate World was followed by a stop in Hershey at an antique shop (its a family weakness), and then we hurried back to Harrisburg for our most favorite day-after-Thanksgiving tradition... EGG ROLLS.

This tradition was started by our late Grandpa Mac who, after eating a large Thanksgiving feast, sought to thank and reward the cooks with, well, a second feast. 

My grandparents served as missionaries in Asia for over 30 years. As their grandchild, I've experienced their history through stories, testimonies, pictures and food... in fact, my cousins, sisters and I can probably eat our weight in egg rolls and sticky rice.

This year, my cousin Nora (above) helped my Grandma Mac to wrap and fry 85+ egg rolls for our post-Thanksgiving Asian dinner. As you can see, we enjoyed it very much!