Easy As Pie

Wh-What's this?



A ... can of ... is that pumpkin?

And ... oh dear ...



Other food-preparation devices?

Surely ... surely she is with Benjamin ...



Oh no.

Now I'm worried ...



Yes. I was baking.


I am allowed in the kitchen sometimes. If I haven't said so before, I absolutely hate cooking. Thankfully I was blessed with a Hubby who doesn't mind it, and is very good at it. Me, I stick to baking. I enjoy baking (maybe because baking brings out all those delicious things we shouldn't eat) and this time I thought I'd try my hand at a pumpkin pie. I may have mentioned before that I love pumpkin. Pumpkin bread is my favorite food. Pumpkin spice frappuccino is my favorite drink from Starbucks. I even like the color pumpkin.

If I do say so myself, I can make a mean loaf of pumpkin bread. But I had never tried any sort of pie, much less a pumpkin pie. I felt it was high-time. I used the opportunity of the congregation's fish fry this past Saturday as a way to try out my pumpkin pie baking skills. Technically the women weren't allowed to do anything as it was a Women's Appreciation fish fry (by the way, I hate fish), but they let this slide.

Besides the places where I stabbed it with a knife, I think it turned out quite lovely, don't you think?



I was so proud of myself for making a pie, but I didn't announce it to everyone else at the fish fry that it was mine, just in case it tasted like dirt. Once I had a taste and knew it wasn't a mud pie like I thought it may turn out to be, I claimed it. It was good. I made it with a graham cracker crust because I really don't like pasty crust. Perhaps that is why it has taken me so long to actually want to make a pie. The graham cracker crust went really well with the pumpkin and it tasted really, really good.

I guess the true testament to that is the fact that we didn't take any home with us!

I think I have earned my right to wield food preparation devices! And I will do so, with confidence. And a little bit of weirdness.