Zest of one orange in the crust
2 cups squashed up roasted pumpkin
1 1/2 cups of half & half
4 oblong chicken eggs
1/8 t each of allspice, nutmeg, clove & cayenne
(Nota bene: as you add the cayenne, briefly imagine one daughter saying that she just likes pumpkin pie regular, and another daughter asking why do things have to get different, and then put in)
1 t of ground ginger.
Then in the whipped cream: ground fresh ginger, crystalized ginger cut up real small, the zest of another orange, powdered shug, and a passing afterthought of vanilla. (Things are getting less precise by this point.)
Serve with Belgian ale or a squinch of whiskey or do what you think best.
I think this would be real good fried.
ReplyDeleteI am reeling from just learning that James Wood is my age. And not only did he start helping award the Booker when he was just 24, but he taught with Saul Bellow when he was like 25, and i have done shit.
Sounds like you could use some pie.
ReplyDeleteJames Wood is probably a real dick and terrible in bed and probably gets blinding chronic headaches.
I picture him as surprisingly handsome, but he doesn't know it, very attentive, and a Captain of Health. He's also probably ambidextrous, bisexual, and used to date Bjork and Prince William. Knows all the really good cheap wines and likes to relax with his oboe. Etc.
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