Meaning, I detest both.
But I've never baked a pie, and what
better day to learn how to bake a pie than on Pi day? So I searched
Pinterest and found a Boston Cream Pie recipe. To me, this hardly
qualifies as pie, since it's much more like a cake, but who am I to
argue with the experts? Pie it is!
This was a recipe that had me doing
many different things simultaneously, but the majority of it was
rather easy. The most difficult part was making the custard. I made
two cakes, an 8” and a 4”, and I planned to have the smaller one
for our dessert tonight (we'll give the other one away tomorrow) so
it became my little trial run. Unfortunately, the yummy custard
turned out crazy runny, as you can see from the picture. I even
tried to put it in the freezer to freeze it a bit, but that didn't
help.
I'm learning not to get instantly
discouraged when a recipe doesn't go my way. This time, I searched
“why is my custard runny” on the internet, and the general
consensus was that it hadn't been cooked long enough. So I took it
out of the freezer and fired up the stove again, and this time waited
till it was good and thick. And this is what the give away pie looks
like. Success!!
So I spent the day learning how to make
custard, how to create a makeshift double boiler, how to properly cut
a cake in half horizontally, and how to use my resources to fix my
dilemma.
I also spent the day cleaning,
scrubbing vacuuming, watering the plants and packing in preparation
for our big trip.
How did you spend your Pi day?
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