Sycamore: Pie-making Extraordinaire?
 

A few days ago, I said that I might make a sweet potato pie. Rho and Warch seemed to think this was funny...but I will have the last laugh...hopefully. :)

Earlier this afternoon, I gathered the ingredients and have begun making said pie. Now let's not bullshit here...I can cook. It runs in my family. But I've never made a pie before, so this should be interesting.

Progress will be noted as it occurs. Currently, I am boiling yams.

The yams are now boiled, peeled, and blended. Truth be told, we could use a real blender. We have one of those Cuisinart hand blenders...it's working for now. I could also use a better potato peeler...this is the first time I've ever used it, and it sucks.

More to come...

All ingredients have been added and mixed into the batter...whipped up nice and smooth--no clumps. The crust has been set into the pan and the batter rolled in. We are now an hour away from success or failure.

*crosses fingers*

Get an OXO. They ROCK. Of course, you could just use a really good sharp knife.

Just took the pie out of the oven...forgot to brush the crust with ice water, so it's slightly burnt. Dipped a knife in it...came out clean. That's a done pie!

We should find out how it tastes in an hour.

Or get a Cutco peeler; they rock even better than the Oxos do, being guaranteed forever and all. I've got one; I don't peel veggies much for the sake of their vitamins, which are concentrated just beneath the peel -- but sometimes I make carrot coins with it, just chipping little rounds of carrot perpendicularly off the end with the peeler blade.

And now the moment of truth...will this pie fly or die?

The verdict is...A SUCCESS! Delicious! I FUCKING RULE!!! Whooohooo!

My only real complaint is that I think there's a bit too much nutmeg in it (1 1/2 tsp), so it starts off kinda strong...but then it goes down gently, leaving a pleasant aftertaste.

So, it's only fair that I pass along the recipe that I used. My recommendation: cut back on the nutmeg--1 tsp should do. I'm going to make sure I write an e-mail to Ms. Collette Ferguson, thanking her for her mother-in-law's recipe.

Tonight, I ate the last of the pie. It was still as fantastic as the minute I took it out of the oven.

And the best part is...I have enough batter and another shell to make another one, which I'll do tomorrow. :)

Gonna have to try that.

Griffs whipping out an apple pie today, the secret ingredients you ask? sharp cheddar cheese and molasses mmmm...

Only cooking advise i can give on pies is don't stop to post halfway though =)

Did I miss the Jason Biggs joke, or has there actually not been one yet?

The pie was NOT used in any manner similar to American Pie.

That's what <b>you</b> think.

It doesn't work as well with a sweet potato pie.

**slowly backs away from sycamore wondering how he knows this** ;)