Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> IMNSHO, I think I make the best pumpkin pie I've ever tasted. I use fresh
> roasted sugar pumpkin with the flesh slightly caramelized with butter after
> roasting ...

Roasting fresh pumpkin makes pie better than canned.

> OTOH, it is hard to screw up cranberry sauce. :-)

I put in a lot of effort the first time I tried, then. ;^) Disaster.
Subsequent efforts have been fine. It's easy to get right but not
impossible to screw up.