Dear David,
-Spotted D*** : I think that the Canadians eat this. But I don't think I have ever had it.
Amazon sells it:
http://www.amazon.com/Heinz-Spotted-.../dp/B000II27QE
-Bakewell Tart : I looked this up on Wikipedia. It looks like good, except those almond-based crusts are not not common here.
-Baked Apples : we eat these. I'm trying to think of anyone who stuffs them with meat.... Sounds strange to me.
We do stuff cabbage or tomatoes or green peppers with meat for a
savory dish.
-Suet : I don't think we cook with this. We use different fats. That sounds gross to us.
-Steamed puddings -- not so much, I think. Does Bread Pudding count? Or Boston Baked Brown Bread? Flan?
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Yeah, the pie thing gets big in the winter months, esp. Thanksgiving and Christmas.
And although people in the US do eat
savory pie, for this holiday and in this thread we are talking about
sweet pies.
I don't cook -- combination of meds and bipolar interfere with safety in the kitchen but I can find a recipe.
Here is a
pumpkin pie recipe from Paula Deen, a popular Television cook right now:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/reci..._25056,00.html
Quote:
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 cups canned pumpkin, mashed
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg plus 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, optional
1 piece pre-made pie dough
Whipped cream, for topping
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My mother would find ways to simplify that list of ingredients and cut out some steps, but this looks about right for pumpkin pie.
I don't like pumpkin pie. I love sweet potato pie -- they are similar. Do you eat sweet potatoes?
Our crumb toppings sound about the same as what you describe. Here's one:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1837...239205,00.html
Quote:
Mix 1/2 cup sugar,
1/3 cup flour,
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon and
1/4 cup melted butter in small bowl until crumbyl
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-Cobblers -- those are fruit pies with a drop biscuit crust on top and no crust on the bottom. When I was a teenager and lived in a rural area I used to make these with summer fruit we had picked or picked and frozen for winter.
Savory Pies in our repertoire include
-Quiche (I used to cook this a lot in my twenties because it is easy.)
-Shepherd's pie (I remember this from school cafeterias.)
-Pot Pie (Throw leftovers between two pieces of crust. We usually buy these frozen.)
-Calzones (We would get these in an restaurant.)
-Can we count Pizza Pie?
-Pizza is huge here and even those of us who can't cook can figure out ways to make it. We can buy it everywhere or telephone and have it delivered. Even small towns in the middle of nowhere with small populations have pizza places. My mother used to make a meatless pizza every Friday.
Probably you have pizza too.
-meat pies like the Jamaican meat pie....also
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empanadas from the Spanish,. . . . These are savory of course.
Be well.
Mari