T-Minus Not Enough Days

It's a week and a half before we attempt the biggest feast of the year.

In the wrong country.

Without an oven.

The Americans have banded together - four of us - to create Thanksgiving Dinner. Already the task seems impossible. We have a multitude of barriers - can we find Thanksgiving fare like cranberries and pumpkins? Can we feed three flats worth of people? And most importantly... HOW will we cook a Thanksgiving Turkey without an oven? That's right. They don't trust University students with ovens. None of the flats is equipped with one. And at this rate, with perhaps 25+ people if *everyone* comes, we'll probably need two turkeys...

I've volunteered my services for cranberries and pumpkin pie. Luckily, with that many people, everyone can sort of pitch in and make the easy stuff (like mashed potatoes). But this may be a feat beyond our ovenless flat. We have four or five microwaves, but, ew, who wants microwaved bird?

Pre-ordering one online has been fruitless so far. I've looked on every grocery store's website and can only seem to find advance orders for uncooked turkeys.

Well... if it happens, it will be a Thanksgiving Miracle.