Wherein serene rests her feet and just babbles at people for a while

[serene]

The pies are in the oven. I have an odd affection for the combined smells of pie and singed waxed paper.

Went and did laundry today. While in Berkeley doing laundry, someotherguy and I made a Walgreens trip for stuff we still needed, thought of more stuff we still needed, and bought a magnetic dart board! Also, we stopped at Pegasus and got my Writer's Market and Poet's Market (I could have walked across the street last week and gotten them sooner and perhaps cheaper, but I get a little thrill out of *not* shopping at Barnes & Noble.) I've been writing lately, and I also have old stuff that I've never sent around and still like, so there ya go.

Also while in Berkeley, stopped at the kitsch store (its real name is the Berkeley Mart) and bought a ton of extra flatware. Ten or twelve forks or spoons for four dollars a bundle. Got two bundles of each. Not bad.

someotherguy put together the barstools and started the cold-brewed espresso, 'cause he's a helluva guy.

Put together most of the spinach dip.

Ordered pizza. I love Pizza The Hut's pan pizza, but it's too greasy for me, and I don't like thin crust. Their (new-ish?) hand-tossed crust is the perfect compromise. (I wanted Round Table, but they don't deliver here.)

Got the ingreediments together for the stuffings. Forgot and used butter to saute the veggies instead of vegan margarine, so the non-turkey stuffing will be vegetarian, but not vegan.

Talked to Munchkin The Elder for thirty or forty minutes while I cooked. It was nice.

Made hummus, which I hadn't originally planned, but I had all the stuff, and thought of it early enough to do the soaking/cooking on the garbanzos, so I went for it. Am also sprouting garbanzos in the cupboard for the salad.

Got lots left to do, and plenty of time to do it. Yay.

Comments

[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

hey you. my pie crust is in the fridge getting ready to be rolled. the apples are marinating. mMMMmm


i need you to send me an address, even though i knew it once.

thank you! :)

i should be leaving here around 11 in the a.m.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Yum!

The jellied cranberry sauce didn't. Rats. Oh, well, there's lots of whole-berry.

I'll send it to you asap. Can't wait to see you!

[krasota.livejournal.com]

singed waxed paper?

*confused*

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

The pie recipe requires that the pan be lined with waxed paper. It always smells like the paper is burning or something, but it never does burn.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

Whenever I've seen that in a recipe, I've always assumed the person who transcribed the recipe confused parchment paper with waxed paper. I've seen waxed paper catch fire in the oven before.

So, you actually *leave* the waxed paper in? Why? I've never had a problem getting pie out of a pan and I don't see what the purpose would be.

waxed paper and pie

[sogwife.livejournal.com]

This particular pie is crustless - see the recipe here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/serenejournal/298981.html?#cutid1) - the waxed paper is necessary to the job of final presentation, wherein the pie is flipped out of the pan, onto it's topping, turning the topping into a bottom crust.

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

In this pie, the "filling" (what would normally go inside the crust in a pumpkin pie) is on the *bottom* because the pie is inverted (the "crust" is made of pecans and cake mix).

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

I'm still not happy with my hummus recipe. I don't suppose your prescription is online anywhere? Thanks!