Last Friday before Halloween I went over to a friend's house for pumpkin carving. At the end of the night, after the pumpkins were carved, we noticed that there were still several pumpkins left. One of them happened to be a small pie pumpkin. After some insisting on their part, I took the pumpkin home.
Today, I turned it into pie.
Which in and of itself isn't all that unusual. I have even posted about pie baking in the past (remember my Blueberry Raspberry Pie over the summer?) What causes me to question my sanity is what else I did while cutting and scooping and otherwise massacring my poor, defenseless pumpkin. Um, I made a video?
Yes, I made a video. Of me. Making a pie. And then I posted it on Youtube? Well... yeah... I guess I did.
I was going to post the full recipe, and I still might later, but for now enjoy this somewhat complete demonstration of how to make a pumpkin pie truly from scratch.
I actually tried to record more of the whole process but for some reason the video thing on my computer kept stopping. So large chunks, like when I added all of the spices, just didn't record. Lame! I figured a couple of things out though and if I ever decide I'm this bored again I think I'll be able to make a few improvements.
In case you're wondering, the pies turned out great.
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Captain’s Orders
1 week ago
5 comments:
That. Was. Awesome. Those pies looked delicious.
Well thank you ma'am! Come to LA and I'll make you one ;)
Awesome. Love it!
While I initially enjoyed the video, it now feels a little...distasteful in light of The Great Pumpkin Famine of '09.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Rain-may-put-pumpkin-pie-in-apf-1323181927.html?x=0&.v=7
The Irish Potato Famine was, well, small potatoes in comparison. And there you are, livin' large like a kitchen-centric episode of Cribs. FOR SHAME!
That's so sad! Those poor pumpkin fields!
I can't help but notice though that the article seems to be talking mostly about Nestle being affected and specifically canned pumpkin, not fresh. I have a hard time feeling any sort of sympathy for Nestle. They are not my favorite company in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott
All the more reason to encourage people to by actual food like a pumpkin from somewhere local and take the extra few minutes to make it from scratch. We're made to believe that the only way to do things is to buy a can from a store when the reality is people were making pie long before Libby's existed and can continue to do so even if the can isn't available.
And hopefully a lack of pumpkins won't cause an entire country to starve...
Thanks for sharing the article! I hadn't really heard much about this.
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