Preparations

Ok so here's the thing. When you live on a limited budget in any country, not to mention a foreign one, you must learn to improvise when you don't have the necessary equipment to preform certain tasks. Exhibit A: I have made a makeshift rolling pin, out of nothing less than tin foil and an empty wine bottle! Worked perfectly.

The other thing that one must learn is things don't always come in the

same sizes as we are accustom to. Exhibit B: Evaporate (not condensed milk, and yes mom they are very different things) only comes in 6oz

cans, which don't say "oz" it say 170g. I measure it just to make sure that I was using the correct amount.

Also important to note that if you cannot find what you are looking for you can usually make it out of what you have. The Internet is

wonderful and I found that if you double the amount of evaporated milk that you are going to need, use regular milk and simmer it until half of it is gone then you have just made evaporate milk! GENIUS!!

So here are some pictures of my Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie. Perhaps not the most elegant Pumpkin pie ever but I am sure that it will still taste amazing!