This year for Thanksgiving we were invited to spend it with a Maori/ Samoan family in our Stake. This was how we cooked 2 pork butts, 2 chickens, potatoes and some squash. Some of the Rupp family got up early and started a bonfire in the ground. Our family got there around 9 am and helped them put it in the ground. 

At noonish we went back to the Rupp's home and unburied our food. That lump is our food.

Unearthing, note the steam coming out of the ground.

The Unearthing. Those are wet burlap sacks thrown over the food.

YUMMY!! Everything is still covered with wet cloth but it's out and it's done!! Time to eat!!!