The other evening I felt like baking a pie. We have lots of cream cheese and several cans of pumpkin, so I looked up a recipe combining the two. My husband did not complain.
My biggest chore was grinding down cinnamon from sticks. Soaking some of the bark chips in water, then adding other pre-ground spices (ginger, nutmeg, etc.) in my mortar and pestle provided excellent results. I don’t know why cheesecake is a pie, like apple or cherry, but called cake.
Are you fascinated by terminology? And if you bake or cook, do you prefer whole herbs/spices or ground?
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I'll be over for a slice.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to have others cook/bake and I just enjoy what they create.
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DeleteWhy things are named the way they are is a mystery. It sounds like you had a good time making your pie.
ReplyDeleteI've been enjoying lots of cooking and baking, something I would never have expected. lol And language is fascinating. Be well!
DeleteTo me a cheesecake is a cake as it holds its form and can be easily cut into slices. A pie is shall I say, more sloppy. Maybe there are differences of what we call cheesecake.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's an interesting theory. But then key lime pie should be called cake. lol
DeleteIt's because CheesePie sounds silly! I'll have some too. Oh, I can't, no dairy for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you can't enjoy dairy. I would miss it in all its many forms.
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ReplyDeleteHugs to you and yours.
DeleteThat is a good question. I am lazy so I preferred my spices ground. XO
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DeleteI never thought of a cheesecake as a pie. It looks like a cake.. unless you baked it in a pie crust.. that would change things I suppose.. I prefer my spice pre ground.
ReplyDeleteFunny enough, almost every cheesecake I've baked or eaten is in a pie crust. lol
DeleteSo you grind the cinnamon sticks down to powder by hand? Was the pie delicious? It sounds like it would be.
ReplyDeleteI own a mortar and pestle, actually, and my husband and I each enjoyed a slice today.
DeleteTo me a pie has pastry at top and bottom, a tart has pastry just at the bottom and a cheesecake has crumb at the bottom! But I'm no cook!
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DeleteForget herbs and spices, all dishes (sweet or savoury) need is PRAWNS! (From Toffee the Cat).
ReplyDeleteOh, of course! I'll stick some in my next pie or cake just for you. :D
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