Bogota for Thanksgiving

[GrizGator]

I'll be in Bogota visiting the wife for Thanksgiving. Anyone have an idea of where I might find a turkey dinner? Maybe a hotel is having an American thanksgiving dinner given the number of Americans in Bogota? If not, does anyone know of a restaraunt who actually serves turkey? I've not seen it on the menu at the places I've been.

Thanks,
Griz

[Colombia Vacations]

Griz,

I've not run across a restaraunt serving what we call a traditional turkey dinner here in Colombia.

You may try cooking one yourself, or just help out your wife. If you look real hard, you can find a real turkey, just make sure it's not a compressed piece of who knows what that's shaped into a turkey, bring some stove top stuffing and spices and go for it.

Actually, hiring someone to come in and cook and clean up the mess would be better, but you would probably have to over see the cooking part.

[HonkyTonk]

Way back when I think Gringo Kent brought a frozen turkey to Colombia. I thought it was kinda funny back then. Now I see it as why not treat them to a traditional US Thanksgiving dinner?

I've been in many Colombian homes in my travels. I know they have cook tops, but do they have ovens; not microondas?

[elgato]

LECHONA !!!! your in colombia after all .. you will have to wait to get some of that sweet potato pie for when you are back in the good ol'US of A [img]smile.gif[/img]

by the way, HonkyTonk, yes people have both ovens and microondas .. i have a full stove and oven in my medellin apartment .. obviously it would depend on the house or apartment though and who is living there .. most of the food here is cooked on the stove so not many folks use ovens ..

[GrizGator]

As it turns out, I DID have turkey for thanksgiving! My wife found a turkey at...get this... Casa de Pavo (House of Turkey) in Bogota. Are you kidding me?

If was a nice bird. My mother-in-law cooked it. Much to my dismay, she de-boned the entire turkey (except the legs) and stuffed it the "Colombian way" (as I was told) with a combination of chicken, ham, and ground veal.

I bought some potatoes to mash and some sweet corn and rolls. My mother-in-aw simply mashed the potatoes. I doctored them up with some milk and butter. I brought some canned gravy from the U.S. They had never seen gravy before.

In all, it wasn't what I was used to. But I did appreciate all of the effort. I also loved the tres leches cake we had for dessert!