Comments on: Dark Days talks turkey

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:48:21 +0000

I cut the pumpkins into large chunks, scooped the seeds, and then put them in my steamer. I poked at them until they seemed done… then peeled the skin away and pureed the flesh with a stick blender.

Here’s a photo — my obsessive documentation habit comes in handy!
http://flickr.com/photos/marriedwithdinner/2050511808/in/set-72157603400928718/ (The photo set is called “pumpkin butter”, but this is the puree I made for pie. I used the leftovers to make the spread for gifts.)

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:08:55 +0000

Late to the game on this post, but how did you steam your pumpkin? I’ll be doing mine on Wed night to make pie on Thurs and must confess that I’ve never steamed anything squashy

Thanks!

By: Dark Days Challenge, Week 7 recap « Urban Hennery

Dark Days Challenge, Week 7 recap « Urban Hennery — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:09:25 +0000

[...] And back home at Married… with Dinner, yours truly belatedly outlines our 100-mile Thanksgiving feast (complete with geeky spreadsheet!), offering a recipe for everything-from-scratch pumpkin pie as an apology for slothful posting behavior. Our visiting family also scarfed down locavore versions of lasagna and salad, pork chops and risotto, and our traditional “(Not)-Spam” holiday brunch. [...]

By: Bri

Bri — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:29:59 +0000

I love it “geek is the new black…”. That’s great that you made a spreadsheet, and awesome that the average distance was well under 100 miles. I did my best as well, though a lot was out of my hands. But, just today, before I left for the bi-weekly farmers market run and Trader Joe’s, my mother in law asked me to get TJ box of clementines. Don’t you like the local ones? (I asked) Oh yeah, those are fine (she said). So, every little bit helps.
Like most things in life, I think you just don’t like BAD pumpkin pie.

By: Jennifer Hess

Jennifer Hess — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:28:06 +0000

I’m actually beginning to feel just the tiniest twinge of regret about dining out and thus not having Thanksgiving leftovers to play with this year… ah, well.

I’m not a huge fan of sweets, but our brand new food processor just arrived and we’re excited to start playing with it – I think I’m going to give your spin on that pie crust recipe a try very soon.

By: maria~

maria~ — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:32:07 +0000

That’s so awesome the you try to eat local Being situated in Illinois, it’s a challenge for me to do so just because all you can find grown within a 100 mile radius of Chicago is probably corn and I don’t even really like corn…

But anyway, I’m so not sick of turkey…yet, because even though I cooked a 12-lb. turkey, my 5 cousins and I finished it all on Thanksgiving day. Quite incredible considering there were only 2 boys. But they were (and still are, I suspect) 2 very hungry boys