want a little pie with that flour?
and the clean-up..this is from Pie attempt #1...see the mischievous shortening in the background!
the bad pies:
Friday, October 17, 2008
Baking with Abi: The Apple Pie story
This story might get a bit confusing, because it involves 2 different apple pies (well, 3 really). When my mom was visiting last week, we went Apple-Picking. Then the next morning, we spend 4 HOURS making 2 apple pies completely from scratch (and cleaning up afterwards). Since I only do this once or twice a year, I'm no expert. And we all found out this fact when we took our first bite...it was totally rancid! It turns out that vegetable shortening CAN go bad!! I even looked up on the internet..I just had no idea. Neither did I know that you should put it in the fridge to stay. Well, lesson learned. Then today we had our 2nd attempt. I used a Pie Crust mix from the store. Still had to roll it out and peel and chop all the apples. But the result was much, much better. Even delicious.
want a little pie with that flour?
and the clean-up..this is from Pie attempt #1...see the mischievous shortening in the background!
the bad pies:
want a little pie with that flour?and the clean-up..this is from Pie attempt #1...see the mischievous shortening in the background!
the bad pies:
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The important thing with the last picture is that they LOOK good. Keep them out for a few days and when people come over and comment on how good they look just say something like, "Ah, yes! Those are for a very special occassion." Then you get the compliment but don't have to let them tase it.
:-)
That kiddo of your's just keeps getting cuter and cuter!!!!
Thanks for the reminder about our finiteness and the encouragement that that brought!!!
As to visiting Boston, i'm afraid that isn't going to happen this Fall as I had hoped. I can only afford one trip far away this season, and it is to visit my best friend in Oklahoma - her husband is currently on military deployment ;(
However, I still want to come out to the East Coast soon - possibly Spring Break?? I just have to be good with my money, what with grad classes, paying back undergrad school loans, and planning on returning to Rwanda this summer! (which I'm super stoked about!!!!)
Don't feel bad, I did the same exact thing! All that hard work for nothing, grrrrr....
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