Show KING A PUMPKIN PIC here s a de cr pt on of how grand D d it boea ai ane remember the pump 1 in plus which grandmother used to iia ea grandmother opened the rump in and took out its works and peeled and sl ced and put it a the 1 ettle wl ere it was boiled until it was soft and mush but not too mushy liter sl e pread the result through the holes in a colander and when she had d shed it a portion for immediate use she was ready to begin the conar action of the pumpkin pie A I 1 ig and quare iron bake sheet was lined with flour crust which covered the bottom of the pan and reached up along the four edges until the pastry could 1001 01 er the rim then she put an egg and a sufficient amount of sweet milk in among the pumpkin and added a whole lot of black molasses and a pinch of salt and a big lot of ginger and a pinch and a half of grated nutmeg to the concoction and when these had been stirred in among the milk and the pumpkin the mass of ingredients was poured into the bake pan and the pan was closed up inside of the oven to be cremated while the children waited outside w th the water oozing from our mouths until the wonderful experiment was completed and nobody except some few of us lucky old chaps ever tasted anything like one of those pumpkin pies it was deep and spicy and sweet and satisfying it was more like a pumpkin pudding so thick it was and wholly like unto ambrosia steeped in nectar so toothsome it was and when we think of those great squares of pumpkin pie which found their way down our ravenous gullet we wonder how it Is that modern boys manage to live at all without pumpkin pie bangor news |