Panamanians don’t generally celebrate thanksgiving, but due to the amount of US tourist and residents there are a number of places throughout the country where turkey and all the fixings were served yesterday.

Accion de Gracias or Thanksgiving is not a traditional Panamanian holiday. However, with the US having presence in Panama for nearly 100 years, and with the growing number of US businesspeople and retirees in the country, Panama does offer a number of great options for US citizens and Panamanians to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Many restaurants throughout Panama City offered a turkey dinner on their menus throughout the day yesterday. Bennigans served up turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Some of the smaller restaurants in areas such as El Cangrejo also offered a Thanksgiving menu.

In communities where there is a large expat presence, there were organized Thanksgiving potlucks. These dinners took place in numerous towns such as El Valle, Coronado, Las Tablas and Panama City. At many of these parties there was a combination of expats and Panamanians, with the two cultures blending their food and music giving attendees the best of both worlds.

Though pumpkin pie is hard to come by in Panama, at least tourists and expats had a chance to celebrate this holiday with friends, family and some great food. Now all the Canadian expats have to do is convince restaurants to serve turkey for Canadian Thanksgiving!

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Filed under: Food, Living & Retirement, News on November 28th, 2008