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Happy Thanksgiving!

Pecan pie number one is in the oven and number two is waiting in the on-deck circle… As with almost everything I’ve tried to accomplish here in Paris, there was quite a bit of compromise used to get these pies ready for tonight’s dinner!

Firstly, pecans are quite expensive since they’re all imported from the U.S. - but it’s hard to substitute pecans in a pecan pie. I lucked up and found some ready-made pie crusts, saving an hour or so of preparation time. It’s next to impossible to find corn syrup in France, so I’ve substituted honey. (Thanks to good ol’ Google I was able to find plenty or recipes using honey.) Next, I couldn’t find brown sugar, except in the form of sugar cubes. A little pent-up aggresion took take of that problem…

(to be continued)

Comments

I forgot all about it being Thanksgiving until 9:00pm the day of.
Your grandmother's dressing and desserts were delicious and so was everthing else. Glad you got to talk to her.