Guys seldom listen

[Garnet Rose]

A bit of background...I have winter coloring, so I rarely wear oranges or yellows because they make me look sickly. Consequently, the underskirt I cut out and sewed together today is a beautiful changeable peacock blue/green silk shantung. From the scraps, I decided to make something for the hubby while I was at it. He came home from work in the middle of my sewing. :sewing I called out, "You're close to having a puff tie. Wanna see?" He walked in and remarked "That doesn't look very pumpkin." I asked, "Why should it be pumpkin?" "You said you're close to having a pumpkin pie. Wanna see?" Had to get busy and bake one for him. :rofl

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Any excuse is a good excuse to get pumpkin pie!!! I love pumpkin pie. BTW, we want to see a picture of him in his excuse for a pumpkin pie. :lool

[Lizzie Marie]

I'm thinking that is sounding like "selective hearing" all men suffer from it, as do children.... :re and I also want to see his "pumpkin" tie when you are done

[Kid Sopris]

I was slooshing about , (hiccup) I thought I heard someone offering Pumpkin Rye

[Ida Hands]

Isn't Jack Skellington the Pumpkin Guy? http://members.cox.net/mtn-lioness/JSKEL.jpg

[Nellie Blue]

This is starting to sound like one of those SASS Wire Saloon threads...or am I just delirious from a long day at work?.... :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

[Lady LaSalle]

Nope, Nellie-----------you've just entered the Twilight Zone!!! :18

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh yes...LOL my Hubbie hears in "food" too!....LOL

I hope you both enjoyed your pumpkin pie and that your Hubbie was pleased with his puff tie....LOL

[Garnet Rose]

Nope, Nellie-----------you've just entered the Twilight Zone!!! :18Or, as my husband would hear it, the pie-light zone!

[Garnet Rose]

Since pie baking interrupted my sewing, I still have to add all the hardware to the tie. When I get it done, I'll try to get hubby to stand still for a picture. (Maybe if I tell him he doesn't get another piece of pie until he does.)

[Garnet Rose]

Here's the hubby in the pumpkin tie. For some reason he balked at modeling the matching skirt ;-) Even a shortnin' bread bribe couldn't change his mind.

[Garnet Rose]

Ha! Not mine, he has given up on me cooking everysince HE got me in to the sport. He knows better than to expect a pumpkin pie from me.

Poor Iron Feather

Come to think of it it's been a while since I've sewn him anything either.

Poor Poor Iron Feather
Poor Poor Iron Feather ... 'course if I looked as good as you do when posed on the bar, I wouldn't have to be such a good cook. (On the other hand, if I weren't such a good cook, I might still look as good as you do on the bar... hmmm) I know! I'll give you my pumpkin pie recipe and then you'll look as good as I do on the bar!

[Wallaby Jack]

I thimk I need one o' them pun'kin ties......... I'm gittin' hungry....


:fm

[Garnet Rose]

PMS, Amazing how taste (pun intended) varies from person to person. It's surprising that some people can't stand what other folks don't want to live without. Good thing pumpkin pie is delicious, even without the crust. Lots of vitamin A, too. (But don't mention that part to the hubby) :noe

[Clancy]

Garnet, great job on the tie....

My husband loves pumpkin pie, but i dont like it at all......yewk, but down here we eat pumpkin soup, yummy, but husband wont even try it....

Guess it comes down to what your brought up with

[Lizzie Marie]

Oh Clancy I LOVE pumpkin soup....had it the first time in Toodyay, Western Australia.....yummy!!!!

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Garnet Rose,
I expect your husband heard you right, just wanted punkin pie and a calculated reply got it for him. I been known to do something like that a time or many.
I like punkin pie, but really love good sweet potater pie. My grandmother used to make the best pie, no written recipe, it was all in her head and was buried with her. Anybody got a good recipe?
CF

[Kitty Phann]

PMS, How about pumpkin cheesecake! I love it but don't like pumpkin pie. Must be the texture.

Garnet Rose nice tie!

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Huh?????????????
When I hit 50, the control for my selective hearing broke. I never know when it's off or on! :noe That's what I tell my Susie, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.............Buck :re :grin :spit evilb: :rolleyes:

[Garnet Rose]

Garnet Rose,
I expect your husband heard you right, just wanted punkin pie and a calculated reply got it for him. I been known to do something like that a time or many.
I like punkin pie, but really love good sweet potater pie. My grandmother used to make the best pie, no written recipe, it was all in her head and was buried with her. Anybody got a good recipe?
CFCF, I suspect you're right... and of course, I rewarded that behavior, so it's not likely to be the last time he does it. What a vicious circle ;-)

Betty Crocker has a good recipe (see below), but if'n that's too fancy for ya, a pumpkin pie recipe works for sweet potato, just substitute mashed/pureed sweet potatoes for the pumpkin.

Sweet Potato Pie with Cornmeal Pastry
Enjoy a classic pie made southern style with cornmeal pastry and topped with lots of whipped cream!

Cornmeal Pastry (See Below)
2 eggs
2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
3/4 cup sugar
1 2/3 cups evaporated milk
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel (See Below)
Sweetened whipped cream, if desired


1. Heat oven to 425°F. Make Cornmeal Pastry. Beat eggs slightly in medium bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except Streusel Topping and whipped cream. Pour into pastry-lined pie plate. Bake 15 minutes. Make Streusel Topping.
2. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Bake 35 minutes longer. Sprinkle Streusel Topping over pie. Bake about 10 minutes longer or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack, about 2 hours. Serve with whipped cream.




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Cornmeal Pastry



2/3 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
1/3 cup cornmeal
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
2 to 3 tablespoons cold water

1. Mix flour, cornmeal and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost cleans side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons water can be added if necessary).
Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap flattened round of pastry in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.

Roll pastry, using floured rolling pin, into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down 9x1 1/2-inch deep-dish pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim and flute pastry edge.




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Cinnamon-Pecan Streusel



1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon butter or margarine, softened
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Mix all ingredients.

Prep: 30 min
Start To Finish: 4 hr 15 min


Makes 8 servings

[Garnet Rose]

Huh?????????????
When I hit 50, the control for my selective hearing broke. I never know when it's off or on! :noe That's what I tell my Susie, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it.............Buck :re :grin :spit evilb: :rolleyes:
Buck, just keep stickin to that story. My FIL annoys my MIL by turning his hearing aid off. We're never sure what or whether he's heard... Now that's true selective hearing!

[Clancy]

Lizzie,

If i have spare room in my suitaces i will bring you some over to EOT..

[Garnet Rose]

Garnet, great job on the tie....

My husband loves pumpkin pie, but i dont like it at all......yewk, but down here we eat pumpkin soup, yummy, but husband wont even try it....

Guess it comes down to what your brought up with
Clancy and Kitty, thanks for the compliments! I was pleasantly surprised at how easy the puff tie was to make. It's a little stiff in the shantung, so I think I'll try a more fluid fabric next time and see how that goes.

Pumpkin soup sounds good. At the Salish Lodge in Washington state they serve a squash soup that's yummy; I suspect the pumpkin tastes similar.

[Wallaby Jack]

Nope, they ain't similar 'tall.......
...'less they use too much of tha same spices in each of 'em :18

I LOVES punkin soup :)


:fm

[Ammodude]

I would prefer this, yum.

Banana Pudding
Created by Maya Angelou
INGREDIENTS:
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
Pinch of salt
3 cups milk
8 eggs, separated
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
3 cups vanilla wafers
4 ripe bananas, thinly sliced
1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large saucepan, combine 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch salt; stir until blended. Mix in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and boiling. Boil 1 minute, then remove from heat.

In a small bowl, whisk egg yolks, then whisk in about 1/2 cup of hot custard until blended. Pour yolk mixture back into saucepan of custard; cook over medium heat, stirring, 2 minutes. Stir in butter and vanilla until blended.

Place vanilla wafers on bottom of a shallow 2-quart casserole dish. Top with layers of banana slices and custard. Repeat layering, ending with custard.

In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar at low speed until frothy. Add cream of tartar; increase speed to medium and gradually beat in remaining sugar. Beat until egg whites hold stiff peaks.

Spoon meringue over hot custard immediately, making sure that meringue touches baking dish on all sides (this prevents it from shrinking). Transfer to oven and bake until golden, about 20 minutes. Remove pudding from oven and cool 1 hour. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.


Oh yeah, did I mention that I cook?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Okay, this thread is going to cause me to gain weight! :mad
Pumpkin Pie and Banana Pudding are my two favorite deserts!!!!

[Carolina Chipmunk]

You shouldn't of posted the bananna pudding recipe :re ...my mom and I will have to go get the stuff for it and make CF some...that is his favorite dessert. Oh well, good thing I love to cook!

(That's it! I'm hungry! I haven't eaten anything all day and I am about to die from the hunger pains this thread just gave me!) :)

[Ammodude]

If you are hungry then you MUST be well now.

[Nellie Blue]

Fannie, that's too much work...my kind of cooking is this recipe...

Banana Pudding
1 big box Instant Banana Pudding
1 big bowl cool whip
several bananas (not fresh)
box of Vanilla Waifers

Line bowl with Nilla waifers
Make the instant pudding according to the box
Mix with the cool whip
Slice up nanners
Mix with pudding/cool whip
Pour in bowl
Let set a couple of hours
EAT!!!
:noe

[Wallaby Jack]

Miss Nellie,

HOW kin one git tha payshents ta wait THAT long ????


:fm

[Nellie Blue]

Wallaby, I NEVER can!!! :lool :lool :lool Have to have a bowl right away!!! :noe

[Garnet Rose]

Here ya go, CF. I've had this recipe for more than 30 years (wasn't sure I still had it). This was my first employer's favorite pie. His name was Lee and he owned The General Country Store and Museum in Big Bear and was quite the character. He refused to accept $50 bills as payment in the store because they had Ulysses S Grant's image on them.

Old-fashioned Sweet-potato Pie

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
2 cups sweet potato, boiled, peeled and mashed
1 cup milk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
one crust plain pastry (see below)

Combine dry ingredients and mix with sweet potato.
Mix milk and eggs and combine with sweet potato mixture.
Line piepan with pastry and pour in filling.

Bake in a very hot oven (450 degrees F.) 10 minutes, then reduce temperature to 350 degrees F. and bake 45 to 55 minutes longer. Makes one nine-inch pie.

Plain Pastry for Pie


1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon shortening
2 to 3 tablespoons cold water


For Unbaked One-Crust Pie Crust:

Mix flour and salt in medium bowl. Cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until all flour is moistened and pastry almost leaves side of bowl (1 to 2 teaspoons more water can be added if necessary).

Gather pastry into a ball. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap flattened round of pastry in plastic wrap and refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is firm and cold, yet pliable. This allows the shortening to become slightly firm, which helps make the baked pastry more flaky. If refrigerated longer, let pastry soften slightly before rolling.

Roll pastry, using floured rolling pin, into circle 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate. Unfold and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side and being careful not to stretch pastry, which will cause it to shrink when baked.

Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired. Continue with directions in pie recipe.

[Kid Sopris]

I'm still Not Listening! What?, oh, she wasn't talking to me, sorry. (Where's the pumpkin rye, somebody promised) Sheesh

[Garnet Rose]

KS, No idea where you'll find your pumpkin rye, but 'bout this time of year the California and Alaska Brewery in Seattle always makes up some pumpkin beer.

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Garnet Rose,
Thanks, I'll try the old fashioned one. Guess I'm just that kind of guy.
Nellie. That Bananana puddin is good, but the other is even better.
Just back from the In-Laws, they ain't got no puter, so we been off the air. Been to the Oral Surgon for CFK, twice, Orthodontist, CFK and Periodontist (better half) since Friday morning. Homecomming at our old Church (ate to much, again). All day drive Friday and again today.
CF

[Nellie Blue]

CF...yes, the other is better...but when you don't cook, mine is easy! :rofl

[Iron Ed]

... All day drive Friday and again today.
CF
And you forgot to pick up some RNFP bullets I had for you whilest you were here too... ('course, -I- didn't remember 'em either. ;-) )

[Ida Hands]

Thanks for all the great recipes! <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZNfox000' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/23/23_13_3.gif' alt='Much Appreciated' border=0></a> I usually cook my pumpkin <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZNfox000' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_1_218.gif' alt='Jack O' Lantern' border=0></a> around this time of year. Now I have other delicious things to make too. Cool! :cool:

[Coffee Em]

This is the SEWING area! It's supposed to be safe to read these before breakfast! You're all EEEEEEVIL!

A friend of ours made pumpkin soup for a Thanksgiving potluck we hosted. He baked and served it in a hollowed-out pumpkin. Purtiest darn thing you ever saw, and tasted fabulous.

I like the pumpkin tie, G-Rose! If I ever meet your fella, and he's wearing it, I'll tell him it looks just like pumpkin.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Garnet Rose]

This is the SEWING area! It's supposed to be safe to read these before breakfast! You're all EEEEEEVIL!

A friend of ours made pumpkin soup for a Thanksgiving potluck we hosted. He baked and served it in a hollowed-out pumpkin. Purtiest darn thing you ever saw, and tasted fabulous.

I like the pumpkin tie, G-Rose! If I ever meet your fella, and he's wearing it, I'll tell him it looks just like pumpkin.

Cheers,
Coffee Em
Thanks, Coffee Em! EEEEEEVIL is what I strive for. Always glad to be a bad influence. And thanks for the compliment on the tie. I've finally got hubby convinced that it's more humane for him to have to wear a tie that matches my dress than a GR brand in the middle of his forehead :noe

[Allie Mo]

Hey Garnet Rose,

I've found the best way to make hubbie's clothes match mine is not to tell him.:w2 You see, he lets me tell him what to wear. (Sometimes he balks at dress up stuff.)

Last weekend, I was wearing grey and purple. So, I set out a grey shirt and black pants and he didn't even notice that we matched.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

Too funny Allie Mo!

[Garnet Rose]

Hey Garnet Rose,

I've found the best way to make hubbie's clothes match mine is not to tell him.:w2 You see, he lets me tell him what to wear. (Sometimes he balks at dress up stuff.)

Last weekend, I was wearing grey and purple. So, I set out a grey shirt and black pants and he didn't even notice that we matched.

Regards,

Allie Mo
Good advice, Allie Mo! Mine isn't always so cooperative. Would you believe that he's drawn the line and says "no tights!" for the masquerade ball?:whip

[Lizzie Marie]

:eek: :eek: I'm shocked he won't let you get him into tights for the masquerade....what is he thinking :18

[Coffee Em]

What a chicken! Tights not manly enough, eh? Think Douglas Fairbanks, Errol Flynn, Burt Lancaster. Heavens, think Henry VIII, who got six chicks to marry him! (Yeah, I know, it's good to be king.)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Garnet Rose]

He's probably thinkin' Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights (and that none of the others guys will be wearing them)

[Miss Ruby]

Hi Garnet Rose

This has nothing to do with your post, sorry, just thought you might like this picture too!

[Garnet Rose]

Wow, Miss Ruby! Those are lovely! Thanks!

[Allie Mo]

Good advice, Allie Mo! Mine isn't always so cooperative. Would you believe that he's drawn the line and says "no tights!" for the masquerade ball?:whip

...at least you can get him to go to the ball and convention. :bhd

At annual matches, sometimes Jess won't even dress up for the Saturday night dinner. (He cleans up after the festivities. :re ) So, there I am in my fancy dress with a "dusty ol' cowpoke."

Then there's the part about :ss by the professional photographer. I've only managed to get him to do that once.

[Garnet Rose]

Allie Mo, Yes, he's going to the convention this year and I'm milking it for all it's worth! (the convention is my reward for letting him get the gun cart he's been lusting after).

[Garnet Rose]

As far as pics go, I'm lucky in that his sister already trained him in that regard. He's gotta stand there with strategic hand placement to define my waist.

[Wallaby Jack]

Now that is a guncart worth LUSTING after........!!!

(milk it fer all it's worth ;))


Iff'n I were livin' a bit closer I'd offer my services as a "stand in" pitcher pardner..... but, alas, 'tis not ta be (at this time) :(




:fm

'tis a really nice guncart

[Allie Mo]

Hi Garnet Rose, that is a cool cart!

[Chihuahua Floyd]

Lets see, thread started with a selective hearing in men, pie and soup, new tie, morphed back to food, CM understands us better (EVILLLLLLLLLLLL), to tights on King Henery, now I got that song stuch in my head, and is currently on a REALLY cool gun cart. Where to go now. Ilovethis place, always interesting.
CF

[Garnet Rose]

CF, Tonight I'm baking pumpkin bread. The hardest part is having it smell so good while we're hungry!

[Iron Ed]

CF, Tonight I'm baking pumpkin bread. The hardest part is having it smell so good while we're hungry!
Shucks.. Smellin' it is what's makin' me hungry! :)

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

Moving this up for a very good friend
:sailor

[Garnet Rose]

:bump

BTT for Alpine Lil :drv

[Manon Antoinette]

There's barely any sewing going on here... it's all patterns for food :rofl

[Ruthless Ruthie]

I love this thread. :drool

I've never made a pumpkin pie-I don't like them but I can make a peach cobbler that will make you drool all over your boots. In fact, I've had a request to make it for a few pards at the John Wayne Shootout in September.

[Allie Mo]

You know what, Garnet Rose?

You don't post enough anymore!

[Ida Hands]

LOVE the gun cart. Yes, we need more Garnet Rose

[Clancy]

I had to bring a can of Libby's pumpkin pie filling home for my husband. He is craving pumpkin pie.... I dont like it....eeewwkkk now pumpkin soup or scones is a nother thing.

[Ida Hands]

I much prefer pumpkin pudding to pumpkin pie.

[Wallaby Jack]

........ mmmmmmmmm .... punkin soup ......


.............. mmmmmmmmm ..... mmmmmmmm .... punkin scones ... mmmmmm .......




:hny