Recipe taken from
The American Frugal Housewife by Mrs Child ~1883
For common family pumpkin pies, three eggs do very well to a quart of milk. Stew your pumpkin, and strain it through a sieve or colander. Take out the seeds, and pare the pumpkin before you stew it; but do not scrape the inside; the part nearest the seed is the sweetest part of the squash. Stir in the stewed pumpkin, till it is as thick as you can stir it round rapidly and easily. If you want to make your pie richer, make it thinner and add another egg. One egg to a quart of milk makes very decent pies. Sweeten it to your taste, with molasses or sugar; some pumpkins require more sweetening than others. Two teas-spoonsful of salt; two great spoonful’s of sifted cinnamon; one great spoonful of ginger. Ginger will answer very well alone for spice, if you use enough of it. The outside of a lemon grated in is nice. The more eggs, the better the pie; some put an egg to a gill of milk. They should bake from forty to fifty minutes, and even ten minutes longer if very deep.
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Isn't that recipe SO GREAT...I JUST LOVE HOW IT IS WRITTEN :) I've not actually tried this recipe..but, being a baker..I can tell you, there is absolutely no reason why it wouldn't work and make quite a tasty pie at that. I most definitely plan on making a pie using this recipe as soon as our pie pumpkins are ready. If you should happen to try it before I do...Please be sure and let me know how it comes out. :)
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Good afternoon. It would seem that on this 90 degree..hazy, hot and horribly humid day..that I have Fall on the mind. I just can not help it...I'm just so excited about my upcoming Open House that ....I'm constantly...planning and thinking and creating....all things Fall.
Other than Winter...Fall is my absolute favorite time of year especially here in Vermont when we are at our most beautiful.
SO....I am ignoring the fact that it is absolutely horrid outside and I'm tucked away in my nice cool studio (sans Air Cond.....YUCK) and creating wee fall creatures.
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I wanted to share a little something with you..because I feel I need to....because I know that I've not been quite myself lately...and I wanted you to know why. Firstly, ....all is fine now..Thank you God..but.. The first week of June I found a lump in my left breast and let me tell you..this last month and a half has been absolute hell. I've done my very best too keep things normal and remain positive but my God..it was hard. I had numerous Doctors visits....a mammogram..then two ultra sounds..then a trip to the breast surgeon..who wanted to take a piece of it out for testing ... I asked for an MRI instead..and even though the MRI was awful (being claustrophobic)...it was the less invasive way to go...AND...thank God....all turned out fine with my left breast..the lump is a cyst that I do, in fact, need to have removed ..BUT..it's JUST a cyst!!! But then... while doing the MRI..they found a mass in my right breast that needed further testing....SO..back in for another ultra sound I went..which was today...and THANK YOU GOD...they feel it's a lymph node and most likely I will just have to have it checked in six months. WHEW....I cried with relief on the way home! God this has been terrifying.
SO...now you know why I've not been my usual perky....suzy homemaker self....have no fear....she'll be back after she's had a good nights rest!!!
Wishing you all a wonderful day and be careful if you are enduring this heat wave.
hugs, doreen
