Comments on: New and changing traditions – skillet apple pie http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: M-Bone http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-437243 M-Bone Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:32:45 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-437243 "You must spend the whole Fall asleep!" Ha. Seriously, I find that if I load up on the turkey and skip desert, the itis isn't that much worse (better?) than tonkotsu chashumen or something. “You must spend the whole Fall asleep!”

Ha. Seriously, I find that if I load up on the turkey and skip desert, the itis isn’t that much worse (better?) than tonkotsu chashumen or something.

]]> By: Katie http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-437175 Katie Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:51:08 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-437175 Apple pie has never been too tricky for me to make, though some folks have been appalled at my liberal use of cinnamon. Apples need some help in getting their natural sweetness beyond the savoury pastry, and a plenty of cinnamon does it. I saw a prop for the delicious pumpkin pie, which I have to second. Now must stop commenting on Thanksgiving posts because the leftovers are gone :( Apple pie has never been too tricky for me to make, though some folks have been appalled at my liberal use of cinnamon. Apples need some help in getting their natural sweetness beyond the savoury pastry, and a plenty of cinnamon does it.

I saw a prop for the delicious pumpkin pie, which I have to second. Now must stop commenting on Thanksgiving posts because the leftovers are gone :(

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-437164 Benjamin Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:21:25 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-437164 Wow, M-bone, four large doses of L-tryptophan in four months. You must spend the whole Fall asleep! Wow, M-bone, four large doses of L-tryptophan in four months. You must spend the whole Fall asleep!

]]> By: M-Bone http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436666 M-Bone Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:13:11 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436666 Turkey fits pretty well into my yearly schedule - Welcome back from Japan Turkey in early September Canadian Thanksgiving Turkey in October American Thanksgiving Turkey in November Christmas Turkey is December Easter Turkey whenever Easter happens to be Welcome back to Japan Maguro in April Maguro is the Turkey of the Sea Turkey fits pretty well into my yearly schedule –
Welcome back from Japan Turkey in early September
Canadian Thanksgiving Turkey in October
American Thanksgiving Turkey in November
Christmas Turkey is December
Easter Turkey whenever Easter happens to be
Welcome back to Japan Maguro in April
Maguro is the Turkey of the Sea

]]> By: treblekickeresq http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436539 treblekickeresq Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:57:43 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436539 I would celebrate both Thanksgivings because turkey is one of my favorite foods and probably the only thing other than reese peanut butter cups that I miss. Alas my Japanese oven is too small to cook a turkey. For Canadian thanksgiving I just get a bit sad about the fact. For American thanksgiving I get bitter. However, I occasionally celebrate a third thanksgiving in August. When I go to Canada I force my mother and/or step mom to cook the full deal thanksgiving dinner. I would celebrate both Thanksgivings because turkey is one of my favorite foods and probably the only thing other than reese peanut butter cups that I miss. Alas my Japanese oven is too small to cook a turkey. For Canadian thanksgiving I just get a bit sad about the fact. For American thanksgiving I get bitter.

However, I occasionally celebrate a third thanksgiving in August. When I go to Canada I force my mother and/or step mom to cook the full deal thanksgiving dinner.

]]> By: M-Bone http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436499 M-Bone Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:03:28 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436499 The Canadian one was "first", but I don't think that it really matters - they are both based on generic contemporary European harvest festivals anyway. The Canadian one was “first”, but I don’t think that it really matters – they are both based on generic contemporary European harvest festivals anyway.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436452 Benjamin Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436452 I miss Thanksgiving in New England. Enjoy the foliage! I miss Thanksgiving in New England. Enjoy the foliage!

]]> By: Roy Berman http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436378 Roy Berman Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:27:57 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436378 Wow, yeah. I just looked up Squanto's article on Wikipedia, and apparently he had been taken to England years earlier to train as a translator, smallpox wiped out his village while he was away, and then when the pilgrims landed in that area he decided to help them-I guess out of loneliness or something. Wow, yeah. I just looked up Squanto’s article on Wikipedia, and apparently he had been taken to England years earlier to train as a translator, smallpox wiped out his village while he was away, and then when the pilgrims landed in that area he decided to help them-I guess out of loneliness or something.

]]> By: Fat Tony http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436366 Fat Tony Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:37:43 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436366 In fact, wasn't the first on celebrated in Canada? By that bloke who was looking for the Northwest passage? Interesting fact: "Squanto," the Indian that taught the pilgrims how to put seeds in the ground and that fish did not necessarily come from a fishmonger, spoke English even before the pilgrims arrived. Apparantly he needed to. The pilgrims evidently couldn't even say his full name. In fact, wasn’t the first on celebrated in Canada? By that bloke who was looking for the Northwest passage?

Interesting fact: “Squanto,” the Indian that taught the pilgrims how to put seeds in the ground and that fish did not necessarily come from a fishmonger, spoke English even before the pilgrims arrived. Apparantly he needed to. The pilgrims evidently couldn’t even say his full name.

]]> By: Jade Oc http://www.mutantfrog.com/2009/11/27/new-and-changing-traditions-skillet-apple-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-436280 Jade Oc Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:36:14 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/?p=5809#comment-436280 Huh. I did not even know Canada had a Thanksgiving, still less that it was in October. Logical to be earlier, I guess. since it is further north. Huh. I did not even know Canada had a Thanksgiving, still less that it was in October. Logical to be earlier, I guess. since it is further north.

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