I Really Wish…

That I could convey flavors via blog.

My pie crust was difficult to work with, but it was among the flakiest and best I have had.  Overall, it was one of the best apple pies I have ever tasted.  Deb called it “a culinary orgasm.” Apparently I am on the right track.

The leftover granny smiths are now plain applesauce for the baby and the kids, and incorporated into cranberry pie as an experiment.  That looks perfect, but we actually left it intact until tomorrow.

I also made my first pumpkin bread ever, from an actual pumpkin, which produced enough to make two, so I did.  One of them is more than half gone, and that’s without the kids helping.  It is hands down the best pumpkin bread I have ever tasted, in a family where making them is common, and totally eclipses the pie.  Except, hey, it’s pie, and “daddy made me apple pie!” Someone is in love with pie, and has been since she first encountered it.  Even if it’s not blueberry.

Last thing for the night was to make a cranberry and apple sauce inspired by what I invented last night to go with pork, but this time cooked a bit more like making traditional homemade cranberry sauce, and including the zest of a small orange as well as the cranberries, two small apples, and flavor from a couple cloves and a couple inches of cinnamon stick in it for much of the cooking time.  It’ll probably gel significantly, less like a chunky apple sauce or chutney, but we’ll see.  The kids devoured the variant I made last night, along with some of the tastiest pork chops I’ve ever made, leftover baked macaroni and cheese, and peas.

I need to catch up on writing about this stuff at the food blog.  I have a ton of tantalizing pictures.

Posted by on 11/21 at 11:50 PM

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