First, I haven't forgotten my promise to put more pie recipes up, but the non-baking parts of my life have priority at the moment. Anyway, here's what to expect in the next month:
(1) French-style Apple Pie: In celebration of the $25b "loan" to the Big 3, we'll celebrate the tastier side of partially-privatized socialism.
(2) Pie For (almost) All: A growing number of friends and relatives have food allergies. I think I can bake a pie that all but the fructose-intolerant can enjoy.
(3) Half-Baked Alaska Pie: A typical Baked Alaska type pie features a prebaked crust, an ice cream base layer and meringue top. For this one, I'll partially pre-bake the crust and get the meringue to be cooked golden on top, but white elsewhere. I recommend serving it with a small cup of water and a white Russian.
Also, the narrative below contained one huge factual error: Anytown Bank would have made no guarantees about the quality of the securities they were selling. Instead, their losses would come from buying similar securities from other banks to provide revenue that would go into AB's capital base, enabling it to lend more (and collect more security-selling fees).
The whole point of writing it out in narrative form is to provide context. Humans love narratives, even post-modernists who smash them. Sound bites only have meaning if everyone understands what the words mean. My own professional life has suffered greatly from such a misunderstanding, and today when we throw around words like "bail-out", "fiscal responsibility", "liberal", "conservative" and so on they evoke strong emotional reaction that mostly serves to polarize the audience. So, if you hope to get my attention, try to tell me a story. Please, put the words you are using in context so that I understand what you mean by them.
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As a nod to the pie part of this blog, if you ever find yourself with peaches that are just a little past ripe, black grapes that are starting to go in the same direction, and some philo dough, you are in luck.
As long as the ratio of peaches to grapes stays in the 2:1 to 3:1 range, the mixture, once everything is grated, should not be too liquid. Add some sugar (I added about 170g to six medium-sized peaches) to the grated mix.
For the actual pie part (though not quite the traditional, American sort of pie) I found that three leaves of #4 philo dough work okay (four might be even better). Spread them on the baking sheet, put some of the fruit mixture in and roll up to about a 6cm width. Optionally butter the top.
Put the tray in the oven on medium heat (150C/300F) and bake until the tops of the philo dough are slightly brown. Enjoy.
P.S. I know that grapes might sound a little strange for this sort of thing, but Magda really enjoyed the result, so it worked.
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