Friday, November 4, 2011

Pumpkin Pie - Hot or Cold?

I am thankful for pumpkin pie!  It is one of my top three pies for sure.  It must be served COLD!  Why do I stress that? 

When I married, I married into a warm pumpkin pie family.  I'll never forget that first Thanksgiving at my mother-in-law's.  I had been looking so forward to a nice cold piece of pumpkin pie with a dab of whipped cream on the top.  The perfect ending to a perfect meal!  I bit into my pie, totally unsuspecting the hot mush that enter my mouth.  I almost spat it out over the whole table.  Who in their right mind would serve pumpkin pie warm?  I didn't think that. I said it out loud.  They all looked at me like I was crazy.  We always have it that way I heard their disembodied voices say.  I excused myself and stuck my warm pie into the freezer and then after regaining my senses, apologized.

Since that Thanksgiving we now have a warm pie and a cold pie.  I have converted some of the in-laws to my side, but some still are holding out.  I will continue to preach the importance of a nice cold piece of pie and someday all pumpkin pies will be chilled before they are served, so help me God!

1 comment:

  1. Cold is the only way to go. Glad you started to lay the groundwork @ the Thanksgiving get-togethers before I became family.

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