Dawn > wrote in
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> I'm baking pumpkin pies at the moment for our Thanksgiving dinner,
> which is tomorrow. (we always do it early for convenience) My crust is
> going to burn and I've accepted that, there's nothing I can do about
> it now. The problem is...I'm completely out of aluminum foil. So I
> have nothing to put around the edge of the crust to prevent burning.
> Is there anything else that can be done about this? You know, just in
> case I'm a bonehead and forget to buy aluminum foil again...

Before you bake pies the next time, you could buy a couple of those "pie
rings" that are specifically made for laying on top of the crust edge and
preventing over-browning. They're _permanent_, and work wonders.

Wayne