It’s Pie Time!
But first… I’m wondering if all the Canadians are amused that we’re in such a frenzy this week. It seems like Canadian Thanksgiving passed by pleasantly and festively without all the uproar of American Thanksgiving… we definitely make a big deal of things here. ANYWAY! I got out of work yesterday feeling jubilant- I have two days off in a row! All I have to do is go to the gym, get a Christmas tree, rearrange the living room furniture (to accommodate the tree), cook an entire Thanksgiving dinner (including three pies) and run a race. What a relaxing vacation! As planned, the dough for the pie crusts is in the refrigerator, and the pies will obviously be made today- Wednesday- so I can win at Thanksgiving. I would love to know where the phrase “easy as pie” came from- because making pies is NOT easy. I’ve tried to explain to my family that it’s really hard to make a good pie when you only do it once a year. Their solution to that is, I should make pies more often. Last year I made a pie for New Year’s Day, and a couple times I’ve made a pie for July 4th (although I think I somehow got out of that last time.) So, my pie-making skills remain… mediocre. I’m sure the pies will taste delicious! I’m using this recipe for the pumpkin pies, and instead of the brown sugar, one of them will be sweetened with this: This syrup is sweetened with monk fruit, and the pie really comes out very yummy, although one year my son did a blind taste test of both pumpkin pies and could immediately tell which one was sugar-free. That’s fine- more for me. (Yes- I will eat a whole pie.) You might be wondering why my family doesn’t help. OH, THEY WILL. I save the really unpleasant part for them. The third pie is an apple pie, and peeling all those apples really puts me over the edge- so that’s the task I delegate. Someone else can peel and chop those apples! I’ll do the rest. Good luck to everyone cooking today and tomorrow! IT’S PIE TIME!