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stoutfellowI finally got around to making apple pie for Thanksgiving today. A few notes:
1) I think I should go over to the Chef Shoppe sometime soon and get an apple corer, a rolling pin, and maybe a sifter. (I remember Mom had a crank-handle sifter with two rotating sieves inside. I don't know just how it worked, but it would give me joy to have one.)
2) I sliced my left thumb while peeling apples - a slit the size and shape of a paper cut. After an hour or two bandaged, it seems to have healed.
3) This was the first time I've made both crusts, upper and lower, from scratch; usually I've gone with store-bought Pet-Ritz crusts for the lower crust. I'm rather pleased in one respect: my lower crust held together, when sliced, much better than Pet-Ritz crusts tend to, but that may just be because it was a bit thicker. (Rolling pin....)
4) Overall, though, I'm a little disappointed in the pie. I'm not sure whether the crust is a little too salty or the filling isn't sweet enough, but it isn't quite as tasty as the ones I've made before. (This is my third apple pie.) I need to figure this out, because I volunteered to bring an apple pie to the department holiday pot-luck this year.
1) I think I should go over to the Chef Shoppe sometime soon and get an apple corer, a rolling pin, and maybe a sifter. (I remember Mom had a crank-handle sifter with two rotating sieves inside. I don't know just how it worked, but it would give me joy to have one.)
2) I sliced my left thumb while peeling apples - a slit the size and shape of a paper cut. After an hour or two bandaged, it seems to have healed.
3) This was the first time I've made both crusts, upper and lower, from scratch; usually I've gone with store-bought Pet-Ritz crusts for the lower crust. I'm rather pleased in one respect: my lower crust held together, when sliced, much better than Pet-Ritz crusts tend to, but that may just be because it was a bit thicker. (Rolling pin....)
4) Overall, though, I'm a little disappointed in the pie. I'm not sure whether the crust is a little too salty or the filling isn't sweet enough, but it isn't quite as tasty as the ones I've made before. (This is my third apple pie.) I need to figure this out, because I volunteered to bring an apple pie to the department holiday pot-luck this year.
