Pumpkin pie

[lilranch2001]

Personally I dont know of many pies I dont like

 

[lilranch2001]

wait, mince meat and raisin is "throw away" for me

 

[Tinhack]

Just the term "mince meat" is enough to make me puke. :thumbdown: Although there's no meat in mince meat, I get this image of ground hash and Spam in a pie pan. :yuck:

I used to make all the pies during my married years. Pumpkin and Pecan were my favorites at holidays. The local store can make them as good as I ever did. Why bother. I buy now.

 

[Ford850]

Just the term "mince meat" is enough to make me puke. :thumbdown: Although there's no meat in mince meat, I get this image of ground hash and Spam in a pie pan. :yuck:

I used to make all the pies during my married years. Pumpkin and Pecan were my favorites at holidays. The local store can make them as good as I ever did. Why bother. I buy now.

Uh, what? Minced meat is the first ingredient of real mincemeat. We always used beef but mutton was also traditional.
It is pretty nasty looking when you see the dark mixture along with the pockets of tallow that forms in the jars after cooling from the canning process.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Sharn Jean hails from East Texas, the home of the annual "Yamboree". They make a yam (sweet potato) pie down there that I think is much better than pumpkin pie, and I like pumpkin pie. For the brave hearts out there, here is the recipe:

East Texas Yam Pie

2 cups cooked, mashed yams

2 eggs

1cup sugar

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup evaporated milk

Mix all ingredients well and pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour


FOUR PIE CRUSTS

1 egg

1 tbsp vinegar

3 cups flour

1 - 1/3 cup shortening

5 tbsp water

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

Mix flour and shortening well, then add other ingredients.

Mix well with egg. Do not roll out. Press by hand into pie pan.

Pinch up edges well.

 

[lilranch2001]

I will be over for Thanksgiving 2Lane!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I will be over for Thanksgiving 2Lane!

I'll be lucky if I get any this year...it's going to be a lonely Thanksgiving I'm afraid.

 

[lilranch2001]

Been so long since I have gotten "any" that I almost forget what it means!

:laughing:

 

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My daughter cuts up squash (baking pumpkin or red kabocha) into quarters, scoops the seeds out, and then roasts it in the oven until it's soft (and somewhat singed). Often adds a carrot or yam, also roasted, and makes the pies from there.
Best pumpkin pies I've ever had, roasting reduces the water content so you've got a true custard to the pies and they're not "juicy" like most are.

 

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When they're in season we hunt minces for their meat and naugas for their hides...!