I took on cooking as a new hobby

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:23 am

I've never made a pie before, but here was my first attempt. Not too bad for my first time. My wife is still in shock. :mrgreen:

kskj · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:37 am

I have never been very good at baking. Well i can slice up some chocolate chip cookies and throw them in the oven. :lol:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:38 am

that junk will make you sick
better let me dispose of that for you

perfect egg custard and we'll talk

cgass · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:39 am

Looks pretty good. All from scratch?

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:49 am

cgass wrote:

Looks pretty good. All from scratch?

Thanks!

It's mostly from scratch. The only thing that wasn’t from scratch was the raw pumpkin that came in a can. I added the nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, etc to the raw pumpkin mix. I made my own sweet-condensed milk.

cgass · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:52 am

dieselenthusiast wrote:

cgass wrote:

Looks pretty good. All from scratch?

Thanks!

It's mostly from scratch. The only thing that wasn’t from scratch was the raw pumpkin that came in a can. I added the nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, etc to the raw pumpkin mix. I made my own sweet-condensed milk.

That's pretty impressive. I can't bake to save my life. Let us know how it tastes

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:54 am

making your own pie crusts is a PITA.. but.. bought crusts SUCK in comparison

perfect making your own crusts, and the stuff in it will be 10x better looks like ya on the right track to some killer pies!

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:51 pm

I made pizza the other day, thinking about sushi tonight.

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:43 pm

Pie looks good, now if you want a better for you pie:
The best tasting pie crust uses Lard instead of artery clogging Transfat (Crisco).
For those who won't use lard, butter, chicken fat, or lamb fat will work.
For all the vegiheads who don't eat meat products, they can use the Transfat. :twisted:

Transfat was originally developed to make a bio candle wax, then the Light bulb made the use of candles less of a strain on bees wax stocks and petroleum wax stocks. Transfat is made by bubbling hydrogen through vegetable oil under high pressure. After the light bulb, Transfat makers wanted to have a market so the big lie was started about transfat being better for you than butter and lard.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:50 pm

warp2diesel wrote:

The best tasting pie crust uses Lard instead of artery clogging Transfat (Crisco).

Yeah, lard does make it taste good. I used Spectrum's Organic all vegetable shortening that's non-hydrogenated.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:23 pm

cgass wrote:

Let us know how it tastes

The pumpkin pie was very good and the crust turned out nice. I would give it an 8 out of 10. I may tweak the recipe a little bit.

The strawberry pie was also good, but defiantly not the best I‘ve had. First, I baked the pie crust by itself, and that turned out great. I then cooked the mashed strawberry sauce and poured it over fresh strawberries. Before going into the refrigerator to harden up, I topped it off with more fresh strawberries. The next time, I’m going to cut back on the amount of mashed strawberry sauce and use more fresh berries. I would probably give this a 7 out 10. There’s definitely room for improvement.

I was probably the most impressed with how the crust turned out. Surprisingly, the pie crust never got soggy with either pie. It remained nice and flakey. I‘d give the crust a 9 out of 10. I may explore other pie recipes and different types of flour before putting my signature on it. :mrgreen:

cgass · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:48 pm

Once you perfect it maybe you could pass it along :wink:

tommudd · **Posted:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:25 pm

The best pie I make is apple, or at least I think it is, :lol:

have an old recipe that my Grandmother used, use her crust recipe as well. Oh and I bake it in a brown paper bag :wink:

In my family it didn't matter if you were male or female you learned how to cook, butcher chickens, beef and hogs, raise and can veggies etc.

Oh and has anyone ever had Green Tomato Pie,
mmmm good
not at all what you think it would taste like
thinking about it I may have to bake one this week

KJ 119 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:34 am

tommudd wrote:

Oh and has anyone ever had Green Tomato Pie,
mmmm good

Yum!

That's the cool thing about pies, you throw whatever's "in season" at the time in there.
Whether that's fruit, veggies, or seafood/game is totally up to you.
One thing's for sure, it'll be yummy.

TAHOE · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:08 am

My dad's first job @ 15 yrs old was in a bakery, man he could whip up some killer cinnamin roles. At 81, he still makes some good cookies using the sour dough bread started as a base.
My 11 yr old daughter has become our little Rachel Ray, she has a knack for baking, cooking not so much, but she can bake some very good desserts.
Bake a man a pie, he will eat for a day, teach a man to bake, he will eat forever :mrgreen:

nice job for the first time!

warp2diesel · **Posted:** Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:51 pm

dieselenthusiast wrote:

warp2diesel wrote:

The best tasting pie crust uses Lard instead of artery clogging Transfat (Crisco).

Yeah, lard does make it taste good. I used Spectrum's Organic all vegetable shortening that's non-hydrogenated.

Sounds great, please don't tell P.E.T.A. :ROTFL:

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