Yes, one costume is the same as last year, and yes, they have grown (compare here).
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Obligatory Autumn Catch-Up
Or maybe I'll just post a photo of a leaf with galls, Aster and Dianthus with one of their cousins, the tarts I made for a Fall Festival and a ninja and a pumpkin with a moldy carved spaghetti squash.
Somehow, there are no pictures of soccer season, a very long rag-weed allergy season, bed bugs, clogged dryer vents, the 1,000 plants where I expected 300, or even the third grade choir concert.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Goopy Pie
Examination of my list of pies baked (previous post) and flipping through recipes for pies led me to the conclusion that I have entirely missed the category of "goopy pies" so far this year.
Ever the amiable sort, The Mister agreed that I should bake him such a pie, one with caramel or fudge, or some such goop. Looking through Magpie, we settled on S'Mores Pie with a granola crust and homemade marshmallows.
Between his birthday, when we shared warm chocolate cake with the kids of the church community, and when I baked his pie on Saturday, we had a chance for bonus goopy pie.
The food bank had a sculpture contest with a food truck festival to promote the new food and resource center. As we were drumming up support for the crab, we ordered Millionaire's Pie from a grilled cheese food truck, without knowing what Millionaire's Pie entails. During Year of Pie I order whatever new pie comes my way.
As soon as we bit into the pie, The Mister commented exactly what I was thinking, "Bloat* in pie form." It was something.
The actual s'more pie was very good. I was impressed with the homemade marshmallows (candy thermometers and gelatin are rarely things I use and they involved both) and the chocolate filling tasty, but I am unsure if it would be an improvement over chocolate cream with a whipped cream or meringue top.
*Bloat is anything called a salad that include mini-marshmallows, cool whip, marshmallow creme, pudding, or some combination of the above. I was well into adulthood before I realized this term is not in widespread use.
Ever the amiable sort, The Mister agreed that I should bake him such a pie, one with caramel or fudge, or some such goop. Looking through Magpie, we settled on S'Mores Pie with a granola crust and homemade marshmallows.
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| Cake on birthday |
The food bank had a sculpture contest with a food truck festival to promote the new food and resource center. As we were drumming up support for the crab, we ordered Millionaire's Pie from a grilled cheese food truck, without knowing what Millionaire's Pie entails. During Year of Pie I order whatever new pie comes my way.
As soon as we bit into the pie, The Mister commented exactly what I was thinking, "Bloat* in pie form." It was something. |
| Millionaire's Bloat Pie |
*Bloat is anything called a salad that include mini-marshmallows, cool whip, marshmallow creme, pudding, or some combination of the above. I was well into adulthood before I realized this term is not in widespread use.
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| Marshmallows roasted on gas burmer |
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| 45! (Mister's age, not the President) |
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