November 24, 2005
Thanksgiving pies...
Charlene, the only "morning person" in the family, was up betimes, working her usual magic in the kitchen. Here are our pies...
Widdershins, from the front: pear tart, shaker lemon, pecan, pumpkin, cranberry-apple, and in the middle, pumpkin with maple.
Thanks! The turkey's almost done...
Posted by: John Weidner at November 24, 2005 02:44 PMI had to look up "widdershins" - cool word!
Posted by: Ethan Hahn at November 25, 2005 01:46 PMIt goes with "deosil."
Posted by: B. Durbin at November 25, 2005 02:49 PMI don't find deosil in my dictionaries, but Google turns it up as "clockwise," in the context of witchcraft.
Is it really an old word, comparable to widdershins? Or something concocted?
Posted by: John Weidner at November 26, 2005 09:39 AMWould the cook release her secret for the caramelization of those pear halves? The best-looking tart I've seen!
Posted by: dilys at November 26, 2005 01:25 PMHere's a link to a GIF of a hasty scan of a very blurry photocopy of the recipe, which was from Gourmet.
It caramelizes like crazy...and flipping it with hot molten sugar and butter flying around always makes you feel very alive...
Posted by: John Weidner at November 26, 2005 03:39 PM
