Minor point: Pumpkin pies do have a crust -- on the bottom only.
Roger
On 15 Oct 2007, at 11:37 AM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
Just for Chris and those on the list who don't live in the US.
In the US the pumpkin is a moderately large winter squash - it has
a hard, inedible skin and soft pulp up to 2" thick in the center of
which sit all its seeds and the filaments which divide the seed
compartments.
We use the pulpy flesh for pie, first preferably steaming it and
then mashing it and adding egg, sugar, spices and cream or milk to
make it pourable. We bake the pie without a crust. It is a sweet
dessert pie, not a main dish sort of pie.
