DaBookLady's Recipe Life: September 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Fun and Pumpkin Pie Easy to Make!!

Ok I have not been posting lately, my life seems to have been put in a whirlwind and seems like I just cannot get caught up. :( So before I post a Halloween Recipe lets have some fun thanks to Chatty Crone.

Moo Shoe Pork

Answer Below

Thank you Chatty Crone

An Easy Pumpkin Pie:
INGREDIENTS

3/4cup sugar1 1/2teaspoons pumpkin pie spice1/2teaspoon salt1can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)1 1/4cups evaporated milk or half and half2eggs, beaten1Pillsbury® Pet-Ritz® frozen deep-dish pie crustDIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 425°F. In large bowl, mix filling ingredients. Pour into pie crust. 2 Bake 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F; bake 40 to 50 minutes longer or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 2 hours. Serve or refrigerate until serving time. Store in refrigerator.

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*Avacados
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*The average American consumes about 30 pounds of hamburger a year.
*The popsicle was invented by 11-years-old Frank Epperson in 1905. Epperson (1894-?) lived in San Francisco, California. Epperson had left a fruit drink out overnight (with a stirrer in it), and it froze, making a new treat.
*Purchase at least one pound of uncooked turkey per person when purchasing a whole turkey. You'll have enough for the feast and leftovers, too.
*Consuming chocolate was once considered a sin during the 16th and 17th century.
*The only "real" food that U.S. Astronauts are allowed to take into space is pecan nuts.
*You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itself.
* Apples are made of 25% air, that is why they float.
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* Carrots were originally purple in colour, changing in the 17th Century to orange with newer varieties.
* Cherries are a member of the rose family.
* Corn always has an even number of ears.
* Orange does not rhyme with any other word.
* Pears are a fruit that ripens from the inside out.
* Strawberries are the only fruit which has its seeds on its outer skin.
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*Catsup was sold as medicine, in the 1830's.
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