G as in Good H as in Happy

Trivial Recipe Comments

Finishing up pumpkin pie makings from the holidays, I propose fearlessly that the secret to making a pumpkin pie extraordinary, rather than just OK, is adding to the filling before baking:

• a full teaspoon or more of very minutely-chopped peeled fresh ginger; and
• a heavy-handed dash of powdered cayenne pepper.

If the result is a little bit too picante for some tastes (don't try it with a small child!), garnish liberally with sweetened heavy cream, whipped or poured. Your guests will thank you.

Now we know, next year, no need to produce a pallid pie and wish it had more flourish, gustatorily speaking.

Update on Reliable Print Publication

Update on a distant island in the MSM:

Martha's batting 2 out of 2 for June, the shredded veggie burger with yoghurt-lime sauce was a test-recipe for breakfast here at The Chez, and it's Another G. T. Don't'cha love magazines that actually serve the reader? Don't claim to know more than they do?  Don't slur anyone? Just add value to life?

Us, too.

Report concluded: Don't bother with the shrimp&cod burgers. But do try the strawberry cake with peaches instead. Lots of peaches. :)

Dilys' Dangerous Succulence

January 13, 2005

Sometimes when you're paranoid, it's for good reason, perhaps remembering a narrow escape from the Limber Mammals' menu.

Via Cronaca.