Aug. 25th, 2002
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Aug. 25th, 2002 10:22 pmPosting about food again...
krasota keeps talking about pie, and peach pie in particular. I love pie, but hadn't made one for a long time. I keep thinking it's tedious and time-consuming; I forget that with my wonderful pastry cutter, pie crust is a five-minute cinch. Perhaps I exaggerate, but it's so much easier than cutting in shortening with a fork the way my mother taught me and still does it to this day. She says if a fork works, why buy a specialized utensil? Because it gets the job done in a quarter the time and without giving me a cramp in my arm, that's why!
So what kind of pie did I make? Peach-raspberry. Three large luscious peaches, a 12 oz bag of frozen raspberries, 1/2 c. sugar, 3 Tbsp flour, the juice of half a lemon that was kicking around my fridge, a largish dash of allspice and an even larger dash of cinnamon (probably approximating 1/2 tsp), mixed together and sealed inside a lovely homemade crust.
I wanted to make homemade vanilla icecream to go with it, but didn't have the ingredients on hand, so I went to the store and bought a half-gallon tub instead. Yumalicious.
So what kind of pie did I make? Peach-raspberry. Three large luscious peaches, a 12 oz bag of frozen raspberries, 1/2 c. sugar, 3 Tbsp flour, the juice of half a lemon that was kicking around my fridge, a largish dash of allspice and an even larger dash of cinnamon (probably approximating 1/2 tsp), mixed together and sealed inside a lovely homemade crust.
I wanted to make homemade vanilla icecream to go with it, but didn't have the ingredients on hand, so I went to the store and bought a half-gallon tub instead. Yumalicious.