HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y'ALL!

[Janet]

Best wishes Newt and Jan and all our colonial members!

 

Hope you all have a great day.

 

Janet x

[n4lly]

 

Have a nice day ya'll

Edited November 27, 2008 by n4lly

[bluezulu]

have a good un newt & jan

[John S]

Have a great Thanksgiving over there

[Newt]

According to QI the Turkeys enjoyed by the Pilgrim Fathers were Norfolk Whites brought with them from England, not the native american birds, talk about coals to Newcastle.

I doubt they had any idea what was available in the great unknown.

 

Just back to our hotel room. Ate with one of my offspring and his family and his wife's family.

 

We brought a ham, a pork loin (for tomorrow) and a pecan pie. The inlaws brought several dishes. DIL cooked a turkey. All 9 of us ate too much and enjoyed it immensly.

 

We are here (Haymarket, Virginia) until Sunday when we head home (7 hour drive) via Roanoak, Virginia where we plan to have lunch with friends.

[Tony U]

Newt, when you get the chance could you post a recipe for pecan pie. Its something I have always fancied making but don't know how to

Thanks

Tony

[Newt]

Tony - one of the key ingredients, Karo syrup (a corn syrup with a very distinctive flavour), is not available over there as far as I can tell nor can I find anything similar you could substitute.

 

It is sorta like trying to locate a substitute for Marmite/Vegemite.

 

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1 c Karo corn syrup - use light or dark according to taste

3 ea Eggs, lightly beaten

1 c Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 tbsp butter or margarine, melted

1 1/2 c Pecan halves

1 ea 9″ unbaked pie shell

 

In a large bowl, stir first 5 ingredients until well blended.

Pour into pie shell.

Cover top with pecans.

Bake in 350 degree oven 50 to 55 minutes.

Check by pressing lightly on the top. It should spring back.

Allow to cool.

[Tony U]

Newt

Thanks for that there is a specialist American grocers in London I might be able to pick the syrup up from them I have got some obscure Cajun stuff from them in the past so I am sure they can help out.

P.S

They have got it Look at: http://www.skyco.uk.com/products.asp?cat=15

 

Tony

Edited November 28, 2008 by Tony U

[Newt]

If so you should be good to go.

 

Pecan pie has been my favourite since I was a lad.

[Janet]

It is sorta like trying to locate a substitute for Marmite

 

Aaaargggghhhhh!!!!

 

There just isn't a subsitute for Marmite!

 

I must admit that I've never tried Pecan Pie, but I'm very tempted to have a go if I can get the ingredients. Thanks for the link Tony!

 

Janet