America the Beautiful

This was my weekend to teach Guilia a little bit about America so we started off the afternoon by cooking hamburgers and fries for lunch.  I was a little nervous since we were cooking the burgers in a frying pan on the stove instead of out on a grill but they turned out just fine!  Although lunch was good, the best part of the day was definitely the dessert.  My mom helped me think of some ideas and I ended up deciding to make smores!   You can find chocolate anywhere here in Copenhagen but it took all week to find a bag of marshmallows and some graham crackers!  This was Guilia’s first time eating a marshmallow and I am pretty sure she immediately fell in love because every time I looked over she was sneaking another one out of the bag!  As we roasted marshmallows on the stove, I tried to explain that this would normally take place outdoors by an evening campfire.  Being used to eating everything with a fork and knife, I think Guilia was a little nervous about the idea of picking up a sticky smore with her hands but she ended up being “fascinated” with the dessert!  I turned around to check on her while I was cleaning up the kitchen and she was already busy making seconds!  All her friends in Italy have now heard of and seen pictures of this crazy American dessert!  Such a success!