I witnessed that very scene one summer at my grampa's, Lou! It was my step-gramma that did the deed...boy was that ever weird! But the end result was delicious!
What will be on your Thanksgiving table?
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WHOA. I hope you will report your "findings"! Lots of people on facebook seem to be doing it this way and I would love to know how it turns out. YUM!
I still have a kind of cartoony picture in my head of this....I think I'll reserve any other thoughts in honour of your dinners.
I have to say though, you all are making me drool...
I just couldn't resist ... there are also a couple pieces of bacon under the bacon between the skin and the actual meat. I figure if you're gonna bring it, don't bring it weak. LMAO! I will take another photo when it is done before going NOM NOM NOM all over it. LOL
HA! That's why I bought 4 packs at the store ... I like to have that "just in case" factor covered.
I have fourteen laying hens and two goats, one of which I milk twice a day.
I love that, RedHen! I love animals of all kinds (well, except spiders!) and I'd love to have goats and chickens some day. Animals are such good company and they so often make me laugh! Have you ever tried making fresh goat cheese? I did that once and it was amazing!
Fresh goat cheese? Ohh...yummmm....
I always thought that one day..in the future..I might find a place and make cheese and grow grapes for wine...and eat the cheese..and drink the wine...
A place where no spiders where allowed..
I always thought that one day..in the future..I might find a place and make cheese and grow grapes for wine...and eat the cheese..and drink the wine...
A place where no spiders where allowed..
My goat is a miniature (pygmy) so she doesn't really give enough for cheese.
I did make cottage cheese once, which was amazing. I'd like to get a proper dairy goat some day... this one was my "trial" goat. I love my goats & my hens. I can be having the worst day in the world and I'm immediately cheered up if I go hang out with my animals.
The best ice cream I ever had (it always goes back to food for me, doesn't it?) was a homemade peach ice cream with fresh goat milk, which yes, I helped milk.
We had smoked turkey and a baked one, collard greens and cornbread and my specialties. . .sweet potato and deep dish apple. . .from scratch! Not bad for a weldor dude. This is why my kids never leave home.
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OMG. Not bad, indeed! That is my kind of dinner, TJ. Your homemade pie crust looks a lot better than any I've ever attempted! Well done! (Weld done?)
(Weld done?) 
Of five kids in my family, one of which is a girl, I was the only one to pay attention to my mom. The apple 'almost' got burnt for me nodding off during! I grow sweet potatoes here at my home sometimes so it was only fitting to use them in a pie which is how it got started. Also make real whipped cream to go on top. Pie crust is something you get the hang of rather quickly if you understand it 'scientifically'. lol
The trick to SP pie is that it doesn't end up too thin, use scalded milk and real Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans like any good custard based dessert. Then force all that through a strainer to get the coarse pulp out of it.
All the foodie stuff you read, you will find that most of it is over-thought, and mom and grandma really did know their stuff!
I recall growing up, that I could make a sandwich standing right next to my grandmother, using the exact same things and hers always tasted better. Turns out I was just trying too hard. I raised two boys solo for the better part of 15 years and added a nephew for the last 3. I/we were determined we were going to eat well and on a sensible budget. Both my sons (and nephew now too) are pretty darn good in the kitchen. They rarely ever buy prepared snacks or food.
Last, but not least. . . that old, red/white checkered Better Homes and Gardens cookbook I got from my mom, just about everything in it is foolproof. That's essentially where the pie dough recipe stems from.
The trick to SP pie is that it doesn't end up too thin, use scalded milk and real Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans like any good custard based dessert. Then force all that through a strainer to get the coarse pulp out of it.
All the foodie stuff you read, you will find that most of it is over-thought, and mom and grandma really did know their stuff!
I recall growing up, that I could make a sandwich standing right next to my grandmother, using the exact same things and hers always tasted better. Turns out I was just trying too hard. I raised two boys solo for the better part of 15 years and added a nephew for the last 3. I/we were determined we were going to eat well and on a sensible budget. Both my sons (and nephew now too) are pretty darn good in the kitchen. They rarely ever buy prepared snacks or food.
Last, but not least. . . that old, red/white checkered Better Homes and Gardens cookbook I got from my mom, just about everything in it is foolproof. That's essentially where the pie dough recipe stems from.
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