Pie? (sniff)

My girlfriend spent last night baking delicious pies...

..smelling up the house with apple cinnamon and pumpkin pies.

All to take to her brother's new place for Thanksgiving, and I am going to my mom's.

She said she'd bring me home a piece of each one...

...still...

... pie :(

and they smelled so good....

Not even a finger lick..

My mom will have some nice desserts, though I am sure.

:dunce:

Heyo

on edit: Pie :)

you have a girlfriend who makes pie!

Pie.......

I will be making my pies this morning. And they're all for me! Bwaahaahaahaa!!!! (maniacal laughter)

No doubt, your family would be impressed. I cook, but don't bake. That's a pretty impressive talent to have.:-)

.... I helped.. :) I helped cut up the apples, and she did such a wonderful job on the pies, and they came out so well. Bless her..bless her so much. Talk about something to be thankful for!

Anyway, word came down this morning that she bought extra stuff for one pumpkin pie that she did not make yet, and that we will make possibly this weekend. :)

:bounce:

The two that she made last night, are, indeed going to her brother's new place, though. They are having a lot of people coming, it's sort of a housewarming/Thanksgiving at the same time.

But my mom usually has the rockin' desserts, so I will be good to go.

:dunce:

Heyo

That totally rocks and is indeed something to be thankful for! I know a lot of people who cook, but baking is much tougher! I think that you deserve more than one piece as a reward for all your help, but if she's making another one, just for you, then that's great! Have a great time at your Mom's and enjoy dessert!:9

It turned out to be apply pie, my mom's pound cake (mmm), and a "swartzwalder kirsh torte" (black forrest cherry pie)

And dinner was fantastic. I just got home.

There were these german people there, friends of the family, (my family is German) and they only speak German so I was speaking with them and so much came back to me. My great-grandparents spoke German only, and I was totally fluent in both languages, but they died many years ago and so I lost most of my German from lack of use. But talking with this couple, it really started flooding back!

I also got some delicious food on a take home plate... all is well.. :)

My beloved better half (the brains of the operation) is not home yet from her family hoo-hah. I wanted her to see me all dressed up, 'cause I got dressed to the 9s to go over to my moms, complete with the fake Rolex I bought on Canal street it NYC from a guy on the street that I never wear. (25 bucks! You really can hardly tell. Even the second hand moves smoothly like they are supposed to. I am not the Rolex type, but I have a watch fetish, I love them. :D)

But she's not here, so this tie is coming OFF.

:bounce:

How was ya'lls holiday? I sincerely hope that a wonderful time was had by all!

:dunce:

Heyo

Your mother sounds like an amazing cook and the torte sounds out of this world!:9

It is so cool that you remembered enough German to converse with your family friends. We Americans tend to expect everybody else to speak English and rarely bother to learn another language because chances are that they do. This is something that you should keep with. My mother is Polish. It's her first language, but she never passed it on to us, more's the pity. When my grandmother was living, I could understand her when she spoke to me in Polish, but I could only answer her in English, which she also spoke. But she died the year after I got out of college, so I've lost this ability, probably for good.:-(

She was also the cook in the family. I wish so much that I'd taken an interest in cooking, back then, since I could have learned so much from her. I loved the Polish dishes that she made from scratch, without using recipes. My mother never bothered to learn and has no real interest in cooking. If you're interested, you might ask your mother to write down certain recipes. I would imagine that your GF could replicate the desserts really well!:-)

It sounds like you looked terrific! I dressed up a little, as well. You could have driven around the block until your GF came in, so she could have seen you in all your finery, including your great watch!:D

I also had a great time and a good dinner. The stuffing (my favorite) wasn't up to my mother's, but I can make that myself. I actually didn't make it home until after midnight! We stayed to play board games and my partner for Trivial Pursuit is a newly-elected Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, so the pressure was on, LOL! We had all our wedges, but were beaten only because of the roll of the dice. It was fun, despite the arguing, LOL!.:bounce:

It sounds like we both had a great Thanksgiving, as did my dogs, who I was able to bring with me! Here's to great cooks, and you are lucky enough to have two fantastic ones in your life!:toast:

Looks like we both have a lot to be thankful for!

I'd like to propose a toast to that fact!

:toast:

Trivial Pursuit.. sounds like fun.. I wish my family would play that... (I'd even let them win every now and then. :evilgrin:)

I am curious, is the Polish language more of a Germanic type language? Or is it more of a Russian/Slavic rooted language? I really love the sound of Russian language, something is really neat about it.. I would love to learn to speak Russian...hmm.. I know "Da" :dunce:

Polish cooking, huh? Man I love them pierogies(sp?).

Those things are so good.. I did have a chance to have some homemade ones once.... :9 mmm mmm good.

But since I don't have access to homemade ones, sometimes I buy the frozen ones, which are no substitute I am sure, but are still very good. What I do is I put the frozen pierogies(sp?), usually potato and cheese flavor or regular potato flavor, in a pot of boiling water, and then boil them till they float... then in a separate skillet, I chop some onions and saute them in some butter, then I drop the cooked pierogies in and sear them in the butter and onions to brown them just a tad bit... then I serve them up with, the coup de gras, a nice big dollop of sour cream.. and some salt and pepper.

MMMM!

:dunce:

Heyo

Suggest Trivial Pursuit the next time that your family gets together. Or some kind of game that they all might enjoy. It's time well spent.:-)

The Polish language is very close to Russian. I am fluent in neither, but have spent time in Russia, and know many words of both and they have many in common. I'm told that my late grandfather (who I never met) was fluent in Polish, Russian and Slovak, so believe that the languages are similar.:-)

I love pierogies, as well. That was my favorite thing that my grandmother (Babci) made. She required no recipe, just a big table to roll out the dough. I used to ask my mother to make them, but she never learned and never tried. So I guess, if I want them, I'm going to have to learn to make them for myself. I have a recipe, from a cookbook, but I just wish that I had my Babci's.:-(

I also have bought the frozen kind, but they all are potato. My Babci made the filling with kapusta (sauerkraut), so that's what I prefer. My aunt has made them, both potato and sauerkraut. She learned how to make them from her mother-in-law, who is Russian, and told me that the potato filling is the Russian variety. The box says that the they make the sauerkraut variety, but the only time I found anything like this, it was mainly potato. My favorite of the frozen kind is sour cream and chives, but this is also potato. But it sounds like the way that you're preparing them is the best and most traditional way possible. They sound very good! I make them much the same way, except I saute fresh mushrooms with the onions. And I have, sometimes, included sauerkraut.:shrug:

I guess I'm just going to have to learn to make them, myself. My mother has Polish cookbooks that she's never used. I just wish that my Babci was around to teach me. My mother has only attempted golambki, cabbage rolls stuffed with meat and rice, not my favorite, and the smell is unbearable.:-(

There also is a Polish restaurant not far from here and I always order the sauerkraut and mushroom pierogies. My mother's friend, whose husband was German, said that they also include a lot of German dishes on the menu, so I believe that both heritages have a lot in common when it comes to cooking. Sauerkraut? I guess so, LOL! You've inspired me to give this a try. I'll let you know if I manage it.:hi:

on edit: added a word I left out.

not unlike how the real one went, he platform was pies for everyone. "I like pie" was her slogan. the other kids platform was KFC fo all-he lost.

pie:9