Sycamore: Pie-making Extraordinaire?

elSicomoro · 11-28-2002, 04:10 PM

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.

elSicomoro · 11-28-2002, 05:37 PM

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...

elSicomoro · 11-28-2002, 06:14 PM

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*

wolf · 11-28-2002, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
I could also use a better potato peeler...
More to come...

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

elSicomoro · 11-28-2002, 07:06 PM

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.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-28-2002, 08:33 PM

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.

elSicomoro · 11-28-2002, 08:33 PM

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.

elSicomoro · 12-08-2002, 12:12 AM

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.

Griff · 12-08-2002, 10:42 AM

Gonna have to try that.

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

jaguar · 12-08-2002, 06:15 PM

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

MaggieL · 12-08-2002, 06:25 PM

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

elSicomoro · 12-08-2002, 09:33 PM

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

12-08-2002, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
The pie was NOT used in any manner similar to American Pie.

That's what you think.

elSicomoro · 12-08-2002, 11:10 PM

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

Cam · 12-08-2002, 11:15 PM

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

11-28-2002, 04:10 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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.

11-28-2002, 08:33 PM	#6
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	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. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

12-08-2002, 10:42 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Gonna have to try that. Griffs whipping out an apple pie today, the secret ingredients you ask? sharp cheddar cheese and molasses mmmm... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-08-2002, 06:15 PM	#10
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Only cooking advise i can give on pies is don't stop to post halfway though =) __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

12-08-2002, 06:25 PM	#11
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Did I miss the Jason Biggs joke, or has there actually not been one yet? __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

11-28-2002, 05:37 PM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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...

11-28-2002, 06:14 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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

11-28-2002, 07:06 PM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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.

12-08-2002, 12:12 AM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	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.

12-08-2002, 09:33 PM	#12
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	The pie was NOT used in any manner similar to American Pie.

12-08-2002, 11:10 PM	#14
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It doesn't work as well with a sweet potato pie.

12-08-2002, 11:15 PM	#15
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	slowly backs away from sycamore wondering how he knows this __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

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