Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for many reasons. It combines food, family, and friends in a special way that only happens once a year. And I’m sure many of you are familiar with Friendsgiving as well, which is usually a potluck type of gathering with friends before the official family Thanksgiving meal. I think Friendsgiving is the cutest occurrence of the year. There’s no pressure to make the full meal by yourself, and you’ll get a nice variety of dishes in different styles since they’re not all coming from the same household.
It’s my young adult goal to host a Friendsgiving, which my roommate, Eva, did over the past weekend. Eva is in the kitchen the most out of any of my roommates, or probably out of every college student I know. She doesn’t just make basic pasta dishes and breakfast food, which I am guilty of, it’s always a well thought out and elaborate dish. One day I even caught her making her own apple cider.
I must say it’s pretty nice living with a roommate who likes to chef it up quite often. Whenever she’s experimenting or has some extra food, she never hesitates to share. For the Friendsgiving that she hosted, she volunteered for a lot more dishes than I think most people would have, but of course they all came out great. I figure if I’m the host, I shouldn’t even have to make a dish, but that doesn’t fly with Eva. She made the turkey, stuffing, and a very impressive pecan pie.
You’d never know it from the looks of it, but this was Eva’s first time baking a pecan pie! She even included a lattice crust, which she did admit was the most challenging step and also took the longest amount of time. I’m not sure I’d be able to perfect this pie on my first attempt, but Eva did inspire me to have my own Friendsgiving. Possibly next year. I’ll try my best to top her pecan pie, but for now, I’ll continue to enjoy the remaining slices of that pie.
Try out this recipe from Williams-Sonoma to make the perfect pecan pie and impress your friends with a lattice crust.
Happy Thanksgiving!