It’s traditional at this time of year (if you’re American)
for families to get together and give thanks for the good things in their
lives. Rather than bleat on about Strictly (although will give thanks that
Richard and Erin finally left – liked him, tolerated him, tired of him!) I
thought I would take this moment to give my own thanks for things I am grateful
for. So, in no particular order, I am incredibly thankful for my lovely husband
and loopy children, Jasper Fforde books, fluffy slippers, dodgy celebrity
reality shows (yay, I’m a Sleb is back), chocolate covered popcorn, sleeping
more than 4 hours at a stretch (thank you!!) and finally Christmas.. only just
over a month to go – yeeha!!
So this week, in celebration of all things Thanksgiving, I
am going to attempt Pumpkin Pie – I think this could break me… although the
Whoopie Pies almost did. Good golly – they went sooooo wrong, not slightly
wrong but let me show you in picture form:
Which ones do you think are mine? Yup – mine are the flatter
than pancakes, nowhere near enough cream, stuck to the plate disasters to your right! I don’t
even know where I went wrong which is the sad thing – I followed the recipe but
as soon as I started to put them on the baking tray, I was clear something had
gone horribly wrong. Believe it or not, and am thinking more ‘not’, they tasted
ok and I think if they’d turned out right, I would be a big fan. I am going to
blame my cold which prevented me making them on Sunday like normal and having
to rush job them on Tuesday night. Maybe some time, far away in the future, I
might reattempt but will walk away for now!
Which ones do you think are mine? Yup – mine are the flatter
than pancakes, nowhere near enough cream, stuck to the plate disasters to your right! I don’t
even know where I went wrong which is the sad thing – I followed the recipe but
as soon as I started to put them on the baking tray, I was clear something had
gone horribly wrong. Believe it or not, and am thinking more ‘not’, they tasted
ok and I think if they’d turned out right, I would be a big fan. I am going to
blame my cold which prevented me making them on Sunday like normal and having
to rush job them on Tuesday night. Maybe some time, far away in the future, I
might reattempt but will walk away for now!
So, pumpkin pie eh!! My recipe calls for tinned pumpkin –
really can’t see that getting stocked in the UK so am going to have to roast
and puree one. Given that Halloween was three weeks ago, am a bit worried I
might not find one but can always use butternut squash if all else fails? I
have never had it so hopefully all my tasters will be just as virginal and not
know if it’s going hideously wrong!
I would like to take this moment to say well done to Theresa Nelson
from Versailles (in America rather than the French city) who
won this year’s bake off at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest. It is also the home of
the biggest ever pumpkin pie which was baked in 2010 and weighed in at an
absolutely massive 3698 kilos – check out that bad boy! Much kudos to the team
and thank you to the official site of the New Bremen Pumpkinfest for the
picture!
In a Thanksgiving stylee and
about as cheesy as it gets:
Some hae meat and canna
eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.
Robert Burns
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