BABYDANE
Member Since:
Jun. 2002
Cooking Level:
Intermediate
Cooking Interests:
Baking, Asian, Mexican, Indian, Italian, Nouvelle, Mediterranean, Healthy, Vegetarian, Dessert, Kids, Quick & Easy, Gourmet
Hobbies:
Scrapbooking, Knitting, Quilting, Sewing, Gardening, Hiking/Camping, Camping, Reading Books
Nov. 21, 2009 10:25 am
Updated: Nov. 25, 2009 1:44 pm
Today I'm getting ready for our Thanksgiving #1, which will be tomorrow with my mom. I'm baking the pies today, and found an awesome recipe for the crust on AR. The filling is my own, just a basic apple pie filling, with Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples, sugar, cinnamon,…
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Apple Pie
I'm a wife and mom of 3 young redheads. I'm going back to school after a long time and have one more science class to go before I can apply to nursing school.
My favorite things to cook
I love to cook it all! I've loved cooking and baking since I was 6 years old, which is how old I was when my mom let me make my first dish on my own-it was a crazy cake, and I still remember that day! I make alot of theme meals, such as Asian (it can be Chinese, Japanese, or Korean), Greek, Indian, or, of course, American.
My favorite family cooking traditions
I spent my early childhood up until my teens growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the regional cooking there influences me to this day. Even though I was born in California and have lived there for over 25 years now, I still crave whoopie pies, shoe fly pie, drop sugar cookies, (to mention the sweet stuff), plus chicken pot pie, (which is really a stew), pork and saurkraut, and red beet eggs. I remember mostly home-cooked meals, and to me, because this is how I grew up, coming from a box is NOT scratch!
My cooking triumphs
Pulling off a beautiful Thanksgiving dinner one year for 20. I had help from all sides, but for me, that's part of the victory, since I usually refuse any offers of help in the kitchen.
My cooking tragedies
Forgetting to put the sugar in the first pumpkin pie I made for Thanksgiving, at age 16. Then, again, just this last year! :-)