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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pumpkin pie
Hi all,
I'm well know amongst friends and family for my Pumpkin Chiffon pies. This year I thought to try a couple of new ideas and I'd like to get feedback please. 1. I thought the pie could be improved with fresh ginger instead of powdered. The recipe calls for a 1/2 teaspoon of dried. How much minced fresh ginger would you suggest to sub for the dried? Has anyone done this and if so, how'd it turn out? Was it an improvement over the powdered ginger? 2. My recipe whips egg whites to fold in with the pumpkin etc. I read a recipe on Epicurious which uses whipped whipping cream instead of egg whites. Sounds like this might be a possible improvement. Any thoughts on this??? TIA Neil |
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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pumpkinpie
> fresh ginger instead of powdered
I'd think about this one. Fresh ginger is wonderful in its place but (a) the grated pieces are larger than the ground powder so some people may bite into ginger pieces and (b) fresh has more "bite" than powdered, more suited IMNSHO to savory dishes than sweet. But if you decide you want to try it anyway, the conventional ratio is 3x as much fresh as dried. > whipped whipping cream instead of egg whites. Extremely possible. Beaten egg whites are lighter=tasting while whipped cream is richer-tasting and a little heavier. You're familiar with your recipe so you'll need to decide whether the heavier feel would affect everyone's enjoyment or not. BTW, when IS Thanksgiving up there? -- Sylvia Steiger RN, homeschooling mom since Nov 1995 http://www.SteigerFamily.com Cheyenne WY, USDA zone 5a, Sunset zone 1a Home of the Wyoming Wind Festival, January 1-December 31 Remove "removethis" from address to reply |
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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pumpkin pie
Thanksgiving in Canada is on the 2nd Monday of October. This year
it's October 13th. We don't make as much of a fuss about it as done in November in the US but it's always a big, yummy meal. On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 04:08:12 GMT, Sylvia > wrote: > > fresh ginger instead of powdered > >I'd think about this one. Fresh ginger is wonderful in its place but >(a) the grated pieces are larger than the ground powder so some people >may bite into ginger pieces and (b) fresh has more "bite" than powdered, >more suited IMNSHO to savory dishes than sweet. But if you decide you >want to try it anyway, the conventional ratio is 3x as much fresh as dried. > > > whipped whipping cream instead of egg whites. > >Extremely possible. Beaten egg whites are lighter=tasting while whipped >cream is richer-tasting and a little heavier. You're familiar with your >recipe so you'll need to decide whether the heavier feel would affect >everyone's enjoyment or not. > >BTW, when IS Thanksgiving up there? |
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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pumpkin pie
I have an incredible recipe for a Gingerbread cake that has an
amazingly huge amount of fresh ginger in it. It's unbelievable! This is what got me to thinking that using fresh could improve the finished Pumpkin pie. On Wed, 08 Oct 2003 04:08:12 GMT, Sylvia > wrote: > > fresh ginger instead of powdered > >I'd think about this one. Fresh ginger is wonderful in its place but >(a) the grated pieces are larger than the ground powder so some people >may bite into ginger pieces and (b) fresh has more "bite" than powdered, >more suited IMNSHO to savory dishes than sweet. But if you decide you >want to try it anyway, the conventional ratio is 3x as much fresh as dried. > > > whipped whipping cream instead of egg whites. > >Extremely possible. Beaten egg whites are lighter=tasting while whipped >cream is richer-tasting and a little heavier. You're familiar with your >recipe so you'll need to decide whether the heavier feel would affect >everyone's enjoyment or not. > >BTW, when IS Thanksgiving up there? |
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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pum...
Hi Helen, Thanks for your comment. Tried and true recipes are great but change is good too. I'm hoping to improve upon my favorite not abondon it. I may do a test run on it this week just so I don't get any surprises. Regards, Neil On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:34:35 -0700 (PDT), (Helen C.) wrote: (toolguy) wrote: > ><I'm well know amongst friends and family for my Pumpkin Chiffon pies. >This year I thought to try a couple of new ideas and I'd like to get >feedback please.> ><snip> >//////////// > >If your family and friends like your Pumpkin Chiffon pies, I don't know >if you'd be wanting to mess with a good thing. Is there anything else >that you've had a notion to try that you could serve along with your >wonderful pies? > >Just a thought.... >Sincerely, Helen |
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gobble gobble.... it's turkey time in Canada 2 questions on Pumpkinpie
toolguy wrote:
> > Hi all, > > I'm well know amongst friends and family for my Pumpkin Chiffon pies. > This year I thought to try a couple of new ideas and I'd like to get > feedback please. > > 1. I thought the pie could be improved with fresh ginger instead of > powdered. The recipe calls for a 1/2 teaspoon of dried. How much > minced fresh ginger would you suggest to sub for the dried? Has > anyone done this and if so, how'd it turn out? Was it an improvement > over the powdered ginger? > > 2. My recipe whips egg whites to fold in with the pumpkin etc. I read > a recipe on Epicurious which uses whipped whipping cream instead of > egg whites. Sounds like this might be a possible improvement. Any > thoughts on this??? > > TIA > > Neil > My idea, don't fool with perfection! I, too, am famed for pumpkin chiffon pies. -- Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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