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I've never given much thought as to whether South Africans celebrate Thanksgiving. However, when I read that a team of bakers created what they're calling the the world's largest pumpkin pie last weekend, I'm beginning to think folks in Pretoria might just have their own version Thanksgiving.The 1.15 ton treat took two days to make and bake and measured some 3 feet deep. It's worth noting that the pie's other dimensions were 28 feet long and 7 feet wide. While I'm all for the South Africans trying to break a record set by a group of U.S. farmers two years ago (pictured), someone needs to tell the South Africans that pies are round. If the dimensions I read are not a typo, the mammoth pumpkin pastry qualifies as a loaf with a crust, but not a pie. A ton of the orange gourd was used to make the "pie." As of press time, there's been no reports of how many pounds of Cool Whip were used to top the purported pie.
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I recently returned from a four day trip to Utah. My man, Matt, the children and
I travel there about four times a year to visit the in-laws. Most of Matt's relatives are Mormon and they embrace just
about everything that goes with that status.
Looking through older cookbooks is always entertaining. There are almost always lots of interesting
illustrations and the recipes themselves even have entertainment value. Betty Crocker’s New Dinner for Two
cookbook has some good recipes and some ones whose popularity didn’t last beyond 1964. The book is geared
for anyone who is a "bride, a buisness girl, career wife, or a mother whose children are away from home," so
all the recipes serve one or two, with a few large-scale ones thrown in for entertaining purposes. This is the first
edition of the book, those subsequent versions were released into the 1980s.
Perfection Salad made me laugh out loud, with a combination of pickles, pimento, celery and
cabbage, suspended in lemon-flavored gelatin and served with mayonnaise. I wasn’t tempted by that one. Peanut
Crunch Slaw and Tuna and Chips Casserole were not likely to make my mouth water, either. Strawberry
Shortcake, Ham and au Gratin Potatoes and Grapefruit and Avocado Salad all sounded fine, though, and I think that
I might even be persuaded to try the Pineapple Marshmallow cream.
