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OK, so the story behind our reading goals and chocolate pie....
Several months ago, Danny and I started some new reading goals; Danny's was to read Jesus the Christ (Talmage) and I had just started the Book of Mormon again. I promised Danny that once he completed his goal, I would learn how to make him homemade chocolate pie, using his mother's divine recipe. Well, he did in fact finish his reading goal...about 4 months ago. And, while my intentions were to keep up my end of the deal sooner than this, the celebration pie just kept getting pushed back. So, a little under two weeks ago, I finally finished my Book of Mormon reading goal, and decided that to celebrate us both reaching our goals, it was in fact time for me to roll my sleeves up and make this pie for the first time on my own (I did get a demonstration from Barbara at the beginning of December, so luckily I didn't feel completely in the dark...)
The pie turned out FABULOUS (and I obviously feel the need to toot my own horn, why else would I feel the need to blog about it? :-), but it. was. a. chore. First of all, Barbara uses a specific type of pot to stir the pudding in, which I don't have. So, instead I decided to use a double boiler, because the one cardinal rule of making homemade chocolate pie is don't burn the pudding. Afraid of using any other pot that might put me at risk of committing said crime, I decided to go with the double boiler. What a joke. I stirred for literally two hours straight, whereas using a thicker dutch pot cuts the entire process down by more than half the time. SO, I will be making an investment in a new pot before I attempt to do this on my own again.
My mom, Carilee, has often made reference to a Carl Sagan quote that I think is hilarious:
"If you want to make a [chocolate] pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
This never had been so true for me until this particular baking adventure in the kitchen. It was worth it though:-)
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