On Thu 27 Nov 2008 10:37:14a, TammyM told us...

> Before I start my bitch/rant, I want to say that I am so grateful that
> my family will be together in my house with me doing the cooking. We
> will put the extra leaf in the table, haul out mom and dad's wedding day
> china and have a great time because we are together. My grandmother
> passed away earlier this year and I am deeply sad that she is no longer
> with us, but immensely grateful for the many long years we had with the
> old girl. She was a pip.
>
> Now.
>
> The first sign that things are going to be rocky today was when I
> realized that I had no eggs for the pies. Mom to the rescue at 5am. Oh
> by the way, Mom, I'll also need for you to return my pie plates if we're
> gonna have pie! I then went to make the pastry for the pies. The
> little plastic locking thingie on the Cuisinart broke off and the
> !(#$*(!)*$#!$# thing won't work without it. <sigh> OK, get out the
> pastry blender and do it by hand. I haven't made pie pastry in DECADES
> without a food processor and I'd forgotten what a comparative PITA it is
> to do it by hand! I barely had enough flour but squeaked by.
>
> OK, pastry made, wrapped in plastic and placed in the fridge. Awhile
> later, I roll it out. DAMN. It's way too tender and crumbly. There
> was a time when I would have pitched the lot in the bin and gone out and
> bought a pie, but I've matured some since then <VBG> I managed to get
> both pie pastries rolled out and fluted. Not up to my usual standard,
> but hey, it should taste good. I go to make the filling. I had 2 of
> the small cans of pumpkin. I remind myself as I read the recipe to
> double all the ingredients. Filling made and placed in pastry, then
> into oven. OH BLOODY HELL, I only put 2 eggs in. SH*T! I haul the
> pies out of the oven **and pour the filling back into the mixing bowl**.
> Quite a mess. Added the eggs, poured the filling back into the shells
> and in the oven they go. Now they DEFINITELY don't have the beautiful
> appearance of my usual pies but what the hell. I am not going to say
> "what else can go wrong" because that's just begging for more trouble!
>
> The bird is sitting on the counter and will go into the oven shortly.
> It's a mighty big bird. I hope the fam are hungry!
>
> TammyM, counting her blessings

We could call today “TF” (Tammy’s Folly) )

The absolutely worst thing I ever had happen was the year I totally forgot
to turn on the oven with the turkey inside. We ate 5 hours late, in fact,
late into the night.

--
Wayne Boatwright
(correct the spelling of "geemail" to reply)
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Date: Thursday, 11(XI)/27(XXVII)/08(MMVIII)
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Today is: Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)
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The cream rises to the top. So does the scum...
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