it's all about the smoke

[low_delta]

This was a very good weekend.

Friday night we hung around Cyn's. Cleaned a little. Took Heather and Sebastian with us to dinner. Michael went to Prom, so were awake all night waiting for him. He got home at 2:30, but we still didn't sleep well after that.

Saturday, we cleaned in preparation for Heather's party. she cleaned the most, of couirse, and Cyn did quite a bit as well. I guess that means I didn't do all that much. Heather's party was nice, from what I saw. Not as meany people as she had hoped, but a nice group. Cyn and I went to the Battlestar Cadillactica Cd release party. It's my friend's band, and it's always nice to talk with him. And the band is good. We left there at 1:00 AM, reeking of cigarette smoke.

On Sunday we came back to my place, didn't get a whole lot of work done :-), and went to a friend's hoouse for a get-together with some scouting friends. We had a backyard campfire and cooked s'mores. We came home smelling of smoke.

Today, I cleaned my sunporch. Not completely done, but it's very nice to have gotten that much taken care of. The weather was finally nice enough that we could hang laundry outside. After supper, we baked an apple pie. It was my mom's recipe, where it is baked in a paper bag. I saw her bake it many times, and the bag never burned. Mine did. I opened the oven and there were little lines of glowing orange crawling along the bag. We were able to vent the smoke out, but the place smells like burning paper. The pie was very good, though. It was my first try at making pie crust, too.

Comments

[serendipity.livejournal.com]

That was one smokin' weekend!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

*cough* It sure was *cough*

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

sounds like you had a smokin weekend ;)

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

Did she ever wet the paper bag a little before she baked it? I have heard of baking things in bags, but the bag is always sprinkled with water first. Just a thought. It sounds like a fun weekend all the way around.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've heard of people oiling bags but she never did anything to hers.

I think it was becuase it was an electric oven. With the heating elements, it's more radiant heat than circulating hot air like in a gas oven. I asked my mom and she said this happened to a friend of hers who used an electric oven.

[ravenfeather.livejournal.com]

That makes sense. I wonder if the moisture content of gas has something to do with it as well. Ah well, better luck next time.

You're right

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Ha! All that smoke...I didn't even realize it! :-D

[shoo.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a wonderful Memorial day weekend.

Wouldn't it be nice if we couls always have a 3 day weekend?
How happy would our lives be then?

pssst. YOu really need to cut down on your smoking....;)

[peradouro.livejournal.com]

Maybe you had the oven too high, the bag was open or the pie was too dry? You shouldn't have to wet the bag although you could. Usually the steam from the pie keeps the bag moist enough to prevent burning. Maybe your rack was too close to the elements? A lot of things it could be. Better luck next time!

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've heard of people oiling bags but she never did anything to hers.

I think it was because it was an electric oven. With the heating elements, it's more radiant heat than circulating hot air like in a gas oven. I asked my mom and she said this happened to a friend of hers who used an electric oven. It was fairly close to the bottom element, but that was to keepit away from the top element.

[peradouro.livejournal.com]

You know that could be it. The last time I did it we had this huge oven, it was electric but it was pretty large. The center rack was a good 15 inches or so from the elements. I always put the pie in the middle of the stove. The oven I have now is so much smaller that I can only fit a good sized chicken and a small pan of sweet potatos in it compared to a turkey and six custard pies like the old one.

Oh my...

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Smooooke on the pie-crust, a fire in the sky-y...
*Nur nur nur, nur nur nur-nur...*

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Nuthin' says lovin' like flaming bags in the oven.

Re: Oh my...

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Dear pie. I barely knew you. Now you are gone. Like my innocence.

Re: Oh my...

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Life, whyy you mock me? why my pie?

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

*Hears Commander Cody doing 'Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette!'*.........

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about that one. :-*/~

[specificocean.livejournal.com]

I don't think HE did it originally....but I've always loved his version...:-)

paper bag

[emschin.livejournal.com]

I believe The Elegant Farmer near East Troy advertises that they bake their pies in a paper bag. Is that supposed to keep the outer crust from getting too brown?

And, apropos of nothing except paper bags---I used to roast the turkey in a paper bag.

Re: paper bag

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what it is supposed to be for. All I know is that my mom's pies are much better than any others I've had.