By popular demand I’m posting a little food porn. The Thanksgiving feast is pending today and the food has not all arrived. However the pies are looking delicious.
I have to say that my pumpkin pie is very creamy. I played with the recipe and it uses 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves. It is one of Sparky’s favorite pies. The apple pie is son#1’s favorite. He is an apple snob. I can only blame myself for creating a monster. I try to use a variety of apples in my pie and this one is no exception. It calls for 6 apples and I used 2 Macintosh, 2 Empire, 1 Gala, and 1 Fuji. The only thing that could possible make this better would be to use Mutsu apples in place of the Gala and Fuji. My secret ingredient is ground Cardamom. I sneak in 1/4 teaspoon and it really makes the apple flavor pop!
This is the new entry into the pie rotation – a Fig-Cranberry pie. I got this recipe on Sheryl’s WP site and it is definitely a keeper. I was a little skeptical that a mere 8 ounces of dried figs would be enough. But they cooked up beautifully. The addition of the lemon juice with the cranberries made me question my sanity (only one cup of sugar to 2 cups of cranberries, I was sure it would be too tart to eat) but I followed the recipe and after pouring the filling into the pie crust, I licked the spoon. It was perfect and so good! I can’t wait to cut this pie and dig in!
The Sweet Potato Casserole is Son#1’s recipe that he modified from several he found on line. For those with an appreciation of this pretty root vegetable I give you his version:
4 cups cubed sweet potatoes 1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs 1/2 stick butter melted
1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons bourbon
1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup pecan pieces
3 tablespoons melted butter 1/3 cup flour
Peel, cube and boil the sweet potatoes in water. Drain and mash. Mix the potatoes with the white sugar, eggs, salt, melted butter, milk, vanilla and bourbon. Mix until smooth. Pour into a greased baking dish. Combine brown sugar and flour. Stir in melted butter. Add pecans. Mix until crumbly. Sprinkle topping over potato mixture. Bake for 30 min at 350°F
A double batch just before going into the oven! It smells so good even before baking!
I’d post a photo of the turkey but it is too big to pull out of the oven just for a photo op and once it is done it is a choreographed dance to get it carved and the gravy made and everything onto the table. Because I’m headed to “crunch time” I need to post this now or never!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving, Valerie! 🍁🍂🎉
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Thanks Cherie! I hope your Thanksgiving was a good one too!
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You’re welcome, dear. And it was! ❤
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❤ ❤
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Happy Thanksgiving, Muri!
❤
David
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Thank-you David! ❤ !
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Best of the holiday Valerie and bunch.
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Thanks Bonnie! I hope you were feeling up to a little feasting!
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Somehow my fruit salad and yogurt has just lost its appeal!
Food looks scrummy Val! Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
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Thanks Di! The feast was well received and everyone loved the turkey!! We have lots of pie leftover so some will be traveling with us to visit my mother…
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I hope she enjoys the pie!
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I do too though it looks like it won’t be on the menu until she is out of the hospital unless I sneak her in a piece!!
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Mum snuck in a strawberry mousse for me when I was in hospital in 1977 and the nurse collared it for an old lady who couldn’t eat anything on their menu. I went hungry as a result because I wasn’t offered anything on their menu!!!.
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I’m crying “foul!” those nurses can be tough. Seems that that is akin to stealing candy from a baby… If I do get to bring her some pie, I’ll make sure to hold onto it with both hands and feed it to her myself!
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That’s the way to go! Enjoy.
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It was a good day filled with good food and family.
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Excellent!
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The Sweet Potato Pie is this years new recipe for Christmas Lunch. Thankyou:)
Enjoy your special day, Muri .🥂
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So glad you are going to try thus recipe – it was a big hit. There’s only a 1/4 of the pan left!
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I will make a mincemeat pie later. 😀
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Ah Martha! I love mincemeat! Alas Sparky will not eat anything with raisins in it so I don’t often (like once every 5 – 7 years) make a mincemeat pie! I bet yours is delicious!
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Happy Thanksgiving Val and co!
Sweet potato is a favourite of mine, but no bourbon 😦
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Yeah, the bourbon is optional and although I’m not one to imbibe, it doesn’t change the flavor that much. I think leaving it out wouldn’t be a negative thing…
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now to find the motivation 🙂
Did you get my email?
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Yes! I’ve been so busy that I’ve only glanced at it. Still what I’ve seen is gorgeous! I’m planning on reading as I travel (only an 8 hour drive) so I can really immerse my self in the poems and photos!!
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enjoy, and safe travels … where are you off to?
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We are driving to my sister’s house in Pennsylvania to visit my mother. Sadly she was taken to the hospital this morning (she was taken by ambulance) and is not doing well. So we are very anxious to get there quickly (8 hr drive without stops -but we have to stop…).
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oh so sorry to hear that, drive safely and have enough stops to stay alert … no point in joining your mother in the hospital!
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Thank-you Kate! We will be careful.
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holding you all in prayer 🙂
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Thanks so much Kate.
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Many Thanks!
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Your family is certainly fainting of delight with you pie(s),Val
Happy thanksgiving
Love ❤
Michel
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Thanks Michel! The pies were a hit, especially the fig-cranberry pie!
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Excuse me for the typing mistakes !
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I fixed them for you!!
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Sounds yummy but reading it the day after Thanksgiving took some of the joy out of it~!!!
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Hehe! Law of diminishing returns??
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Food porn is the best! Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanks Ann. The food was delicious and the company better!
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Your pies are always beautiful!!!.
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Thank you Elizabeth! I always hope they taste better than they look! Hehe!
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Those look absolutely delectable 🥰
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Liz they were heavenly! Almost everyone had a slice of each (even the free pecan pie from son#1)!
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Everyone at your table was very lucky, that’s all I can say!!
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Yes we are lucky. I feel that I have had a charmed life.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Our meal is just the three of us, a nice time, but a far cry from the years of a minimum of two dozen celebrants, around a table that groaned under the weight of the fare.
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Yes the gatherings are shrinking but the warmth of family remains even when some are missing….
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