Preparing for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving will be upon us before we know it! A time to reflect on our blessings...
As I type and prepare this post, I am thankful that I'm dry and warm. We have had showers, remnants of Ida, since Tuesday. Fortunately, we haven't experienced the flooding locally that was anticipated. Although, I hope other areas faired as well. But boy, is it wet and dreary!!! ...the perfect weather to stay inside and plan for THANKSGIVING.

Below is recipe for a pie that I recently discovered at Webster's Manor, in Mullins, SC. ....Buttermilk Pie. It's so delicious, it has to be a sin! :) I don't have their recipe, but found this one in "Sweets, a collection of soul food desserts and memories," by Patty Piner. {Great book by the way!} I intend on trying it for Thanksgiving. Maybe you'd like to add it to your menu....

Buttermilk Pie

1 unbaked 9" pie crust

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

3 eggs

2 cups buttermilk

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, salt, and nutmeg. Mix thoroughly. In another large bowl, beat the eggs. Add the buttermilk, butter, and vanilla extract to the beaten eggs. Gradually add the buttermilk mixture to the sugar mixture. Blend well. Pour the filling into the prepared pie crust and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

Sorry the color of the pictures isn't too great. The weather and indoor lighting was not cooperating. You might remember this wood basket from previous post. I found it a yard sale in the spring of '08, for $1.50. It was a strawberry basket, made by the seller's grandmother out of scrap lumber and a tree branch, for the sole purpose of picking strawberries in the fields. Of course I didn't know her, or even her family, but it has certainly become a treasure to me...so full of character.

"For flowers that bloom about our feet;

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;

For song of bird, and hum of bee;

For all things fair we hear or see,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee!"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Psalm 107:1 (NIV)

"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
For more Thanksgiving Inspiration, click on the button below...


Also linking up to...
Foodie Friday, at Designs by Gollum.