You’ve been to the eye doctor. She said you need a new prescription, not too much stronger, but a bit. They will cost you $400. The ones you’ve got will be okay for driving and such while you wait for your new glasses arrive, which will take a week or so to arrive.
It’s my first American Thanksgiving spent out of the US. I’m in Quebec with my Canadian husband and I want to share with him the fine American tradition of gorging way beyond what is necessary for any person in one day. Oh, this glorious day! The one day of the year that is primarily dedicated to stuffing our faces! And maybe, once we can no longer move, from being so stuffed, we settle in to watch some good old American football. That is, until it’s time for seconds.
But first things, first. The food must be prepared.
My favorite thing to cook on Thanksgiving is pumpkin pie.
I have everything I need laid out before me to make this pie. “Homemade.” I proudly say. Never mind that opening a can of premixed pumpkin pie filling isn’t exactly from scratch. I was, at least, determined to make the crust from raw materials. I bravely resisted buying frozen pie crusts. Besides, anything that didn’t come completely precooked counted as homemade to me.
It wasn’t until I mixed the dough for the crust and laid it out on my prep space that I realize to my horror, I am lacking a rolling pin. However am I going to roll the dough? What SHALL I do? I need something cylindrical in shape and sturdy enough to put pressure on it when rolling out the dough. I don’t have a rolling pin, but I DO have a wine bottle.
Let’s patente that.
Clean the outside of the bottle. ( It can be an empty one or a full one.)
Make sure the bottle is dry. Sprinkle a little flour on the laid out dough. Use the wine bottle as you would a rolling pin. It’s sturdy enough to apply a little pressure, but don’t overdo it. DO NOT PRESS SO HARD YOU BREAK THE BOTTLE, FOR CRYING OUT LOUD.
After you flatten the dough to your liking, place the dough in a greased pie pan. Finish your pie preparation as you normally would before you realized that your world was about to come crashing down around you with the idea of a Thanksgiving without pumpkin pie, for lack of a simple rolling pin.
Gently wash and dry the wine bottle. Put it back in its place.
Catastrophe averted.
Feel accomplished when you eat your pie.
Patenteuse : 