Ron and I collaborated on the worst pumpkin pie ever made.<\/p>
I baked the pumpkin this morning.\u00a0 It ended up swimming in an inch of water, and I made a mess trying to drain it: colander, Foley mill, a couple of bowls.<\/p>
Finally got the pumpkin, enough for two pies even with all the manhandling, to a workable state.\u00a0 I left Ron with the project of mixing and seasoning the filling while I went thrifting for a plant stand (no luck but I fetched his new overalls from the tailor and got a splendid apres shower robe for $2.50).<\/p>
Ron used a 1\/2 Tbl. for a full Tbl. measure and half as many eggs as called for in the recipe.<\/p>
We had no cinnamon or ground cloves.\u00a0 I tried grinding whole cloves and cinnamon sticks in a coffee bean mill.<\/p>
This might have worked except that we foolishly dumped in the full amounts called for in the recipe rather than gradually adding the spices and sampling.<\/p>
The result was a toxic, almost inedible blend of molasses, white sugar, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg with the “kick” of a mild but nevertheless insistent chili.<\/p>
The pie is tolerable with lots of whipped cream, about a 1:1 ratio.\u00a0 We ate so much cinnamon that we should have immunity for the rest of the season.<\/p>
There are two more pumpkins in the cellar.\u00a0 We know what to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ron and I collaborated on the worst pumpkin pie ever made.I baked the pumpkin this morning.\u00a0 It ended up swimming in an inch of water, and I made a mess trying to drain it: colander, Foley mill, a couple of … Continue reading