The week before Thanksgiving and, I am torn

[fuzzywuzzy]

OY

Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie? Which one?

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

Oh, yeah, Congratulations to Dustin Pedoria - 2007 AL Rookie of the Year!

fuzzy

[peacock2121]

ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!

[earendel]

ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!

Rec!!!!!

[fuzzywuzzy]

ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!

ahem, for 2 people?

fuzzy

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!

Cheeky naturally assumed someone else was cooking.

[peacock2121]

That works out just about right.

You can have 3 slices a day (each) - one after each meal - before any of the pies go moldy.

How else are you gonna contribute to the 'gain 5 pounds over the holidays" thing?

[peacock2121]

ALL THREE!!!!!!!!!

Cheeky naturally assumed someone else was cooking.

Cheeky always assumes that.

Cheeky doesn't make pies. You would not want me to make you a pie.

[Bob Juch]

OY

Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie? Which one?

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

Oh, yeah, Congratulations to Dustin Pedoria - 2007 AL Rookie of the Year!

fuzzy

Yes, all three! And strawberry/rhubarb too.

[minimetoo26]

I make the pumpkins, and use the Libby's mix, which is good enough to eat out of the can. Store bought is nasty. Someone usually buys one of those humongous apple pies at the warehouse club, and they are good enough, especially heated with vanilla ice cream. My s-i-l makes the pecan pies, which are also good with the vanilla. So I don't have to choose anything other than whether or not to loosen up the belt....

[peacock2121]

Do what we do - wear stretch pants. Not snaps or buttons or waistbands to worry about.

[Otto Censor]

Do what we do - wear stretch pants. Not snaps or buttons or waistbands to worry about.

That way you are more easily assumed!

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie? Which one?

I would chose Pecan, but I am the only person in my house who likes it, so I usually get Pumpkin.

[ksbirchtree]

This will be my first year of doing the pies... previous to this my mom has always done them. But she will be 90 in a few weeks and her memory is really starting to go. We have unplugged her stove, so no baking for her.

We will have apple, pumpkin, lemon meringue, and possibly chocolate meringue. Maybe also Cherry. There will be between 25 and 30 at my sister's house. I also do the dinner rolls and sweet potatoes.

Now I'm hungry!

[Appa23]

OY

Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie? Which one?

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!

Oh, yeah, Congratulations to Dustin Pedoria - 2007 AL Rookie of the Year!

fuzzy

We are doing the pies for Thanksgiving this year.

We will be providing Apple, Pumpkin, and likely Cherry.


Thankfully, nobody likes pecan pie in my family.

My dad used to eat mincemeat pie at Christmas. Gross!

Now, mincemeat cookies, on the other hand . . .

[gsabc]

Apple for me, thanks.

I have cousins who don't quite get it. Our entire family on my mother's side bakes for Thanksgiving. One year, with around 30 of us in attendance (counting the kids), we literally had more desserts than people, and that wasn't even counting the individual cookie and brownie types as separate items. Now that the elders have retired, the cousins with big houses are cycling T-day around among them each year. We are all generally asked to bring something (the host supplies the main course and other semi-healthy edibles). To avoid too many desserts again, the cousins for the last several years have been requesting specific foods from each of us.

GW bakes. Wonderfully. My dad said she was the best baker in the clan, and believe me, that was saying a lot. Our current diet is killing her, because she has to limit her baking. Everyone loves her apple pie. Dad did, I do, BD does, and a few cousins seek it out on Thanksgiving. So in the last two years, the food requests have been ...

Cheese and cracker platters
Veggie platter (crudite)
Tuna salad
and this year's oddity, an oriental salad, which is the specialty of another cousin.

GW's attitude is "nuts to that" (not literally, since the host's hubby and kids are highly allergic to nuts). Besides the requests, she's also making the apple pie and probably some other things. I can't recall if it was a request or not (the e-mail is at home), but GW is also trying her hand this year at a mincemeat pie. Never made it before, which would, of course, make it odd as a request, but given the last couple of years, it's possible.

Make one, finish it, then bake one of the others. Continue until the cycle is completed, then start over.

[fuzzywuzzy]

Apple for me, thanks.

Besides the requests, she's also making the apple pie and probably some other things. I can't recall if it was a request or not (the e-mail is at home), but GW is also trying her hand this year at a mincemeat pie. Never made it before, which would, of course, make it odd as a request, but given the last couple of years, it's possible.

Make one, finish it, then bake one of the others. Continue until the cycle is completed, then start over.

The only experience that I have with Mincemeat pies...Mom used to make them when I was a little girl, and therefore I never partook in eating of the aforementioned pie. However, my dog Snoppy LOVED mincemeat pie. One Thanksgiving he proceeded to get up on the table and eat an entire Mincemeat pie all by himself! YUCK!

There is NO accounting for taste when you are a furry four-legged food vacuum cleaner!

fuzzy Still to this day, have NEVER had mincemeat pie!

[kayrharris]

Well, I'm not cooking. We're going out. However, I will have food for later that evening and the next day. No one in the family likes pie of any kind.
I ordered (yes, ordered...I don't bake either) a Tuxedo cake:

http://www.recipelink.com/cookbooks/200 ... 628_2.html

and a Red Velvet Cheesecake:


http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/photo/108256

Both guaranteed to help pack on the extra five pounds from the holiday.

[peacock2121]

I love a lady who knows how to order.

Amy and I are finally talking about her resentments about past Thanksgivings. We will handle her complaints. I love it when people finally tell the truth - especially when they can do it without being mad.

It also means a way more simple meal - more like I am familiar with - one where I feel like I can contribute.

Thanksgiving will be wonderful.

[fuzzywuzzy]

OY

Pecan Pie, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie? Which one?

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions!


fuzzy

Well, a decision has ben reached...

I am making...

all three: Apple, Pecan, and Pumpkin pies!

fwh refers to them as the "3 buddies"

With friends like them, who needs enemies!

BTW, not only will I be cooking and the like, I will also be working out during the holidays!

fuzzy

[minimetoo26]

Well, I'm not cooking. We're going out. However, I will have food for later that evening and the next day. No one in the family likes pie of any kind.
I ordered (yes, ordered...I don't bake either) a Tuxedo cake:

http://www.recipelink.com/cookbooks/200 ... 628_2.html

and a Red Velvet Cheesecake:


http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/photo/108256

Both guaranteed to help pack on the extra five pounds from the holiday.

Oh. My. Gawd.

I'm coming to Kay's!!!! My husband has been known to show up with a Tuxedo cake when he goes to the warehouse club store (I close my eyes when I walk down that aisle. Bulk desserts---AAAAA!!!!) but I haven't Southernfied him enough that he knows to verify the frosting on the Red Velvet is cream cheese and not vanilla. But a Red Velvet CHEESECAKE!?!? *swoon* I'm all about that! I'd eat the whole thing my ownself. So lock your doors if you hear me coming....

[tlynn78]

all three: Apple, Pecan, and Pumpkin pies!

fwh refers to them as the "3 buddies"

With friends like them, who needs enemies!

With friends like them, who needs friends?


yumm.

t.