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I just voted, Mary! I am a major pumpkin lover!!!!     Alas, only one of my boy's has inherited the pumpkin gene. 
I do think it has to do with what one has grown up eating. My family was all about pumpkin. Dh's family never had pumpkin pie, ever! Only apple was served in their home. (And don't get me started on their beef/pork stuffing!  How sacrilegious!  They simply didn't know you have to have cornbread dressing!)
I guess I'm a diehard traditionalist!
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Not usually much of a pie person, and now I can't have pumpkin because of the dairy. I voted pecan, because I really do like that kind, but I don't think my family really has it for thanksgiving...
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Pumpkin is absolutely top of my list, mainly due to childhood memories of spending the day before TG baking numerous pies....being blessed with a mother who allowed us to have pumpkin pie for breakfast on Thanksgiving Day...there's nothing more scrumptious than indulging in such a special treat, before your tastebuds are over saturated by a day feasting! Dc went to bed inhaling the glorious scents of pumpkin and pecan pies cooling on our special dessert shelf! The delectable smells of stuffing, candied sweet potatoes and all the pies have just about done us all in today! The wondrous thing is, with teenagers in the house, and adult children who are married and out on their own, we now have numerous cooks in the family who are turning out to be much better cooks than their old mum!!! Today, youngest ds made vast improvements on the fluting style for our crusts, which he and dh made to perfection...16 yo ds made incredible pumpkin and pecan pie fillings on his very first try...19 yo ds made his first batch of candied sweet potatoes and I've never done better! It so wonderful when dc surpass our own skills and carry them with them into their various vocations in life! I echo our youngest's sentiments, expressed this afternoon, while chopping, rolling and stirring were in full swing..."I just love the day before for Thanksgiving, with all its preparations!" Hope everyone here has a blessed and grace-filled day with much, much, much to be thankful for!!!
p.s. It's taken me 35 years of married life to discover that chopped pecans actually make a nicer pie than pecan halves...it may not look quite as fancy, but is much easier to cut and also easier to eat. I'm even having second thoughts about my vote for pumpkin!
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stacykay wrote:
| I just voted, Mary! I am a major pumpkin lover!!!! Alas, only one of my boy's has inherited the pumpkin gene. |
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and I see that pumpkin is now in the lead again...
Speaking of pumpkin genes, a few years ago we were talking about how everyone in the family loved pumpkin pie so much except the youngest. We were saying he must not be a "----" (our last name). He was about 6 at the time and had disappeared while we were talking. A little later he reappeared at my side and was looking really sad. I asked what was wrong and with quivering lips he said, "If I'm not a "----", why do you have me?" - Boy did I feel bad.  Had to do some back peddling on that one. 
So just an update on our Thanksgiving pie experience. We got together with some of my mom's extended family for the first time in many years. I forgot the pie emphasis. We had 9 different pies for 20 people - almost half a pie per person 
~Pumpkin
~Pecan
~Bourbon Chocolate Pecan
~Blackberry
~Huckleberry Apple
~Banana Cream
~Lemon Meringue
~Pastel Vasco (Basque - kind of a cross between a cake and pie)
~Cheesecake (okay, technically not a pie, but...)
Servant, loved hearing T-day pie memories.
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My dc all love pumpkin and I am an apple fan, but my apple pies usually collaps  . I had preped 7 Granny Smith apples and realized that my bigger pie pan had been packed, so I piled it all high in a smaller pan and thought I'd have this really cool 'Mile High' pie. Well, the pie 'looked' good, but when I cut into it the crust deflated into a 'normal' looking pie. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
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Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Pumpkin
Period.
On any other day, I LOVE LOVE LOVE pie - MOST pies - with my faves being peach, cherry, lemon mirangue, chocolate cream...I'd better stop there .
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