Thanksgiving

Here's hoping your Thanksgiving was as feastful as ours.
All 6 of our children plus their significant others and children (minus Riley's girlfriend and 2 of our granddaughters) were here. Rod's sister, Teresa, and her family also came. We did the traditional feast at "Grandma's" house (Rod's mom) and had a abundance of good food.
As usual, we overdid on the pie making. Nora alone made 12 pies - 7 pumpkin, 2 apple, 1 cherry, and 2 banana cream and Rod's mom provided three fresh pecan pies. The pecans come from her own trees. Two days before, Rod cut up and steamed a very large pumpkin then pureed it in the blender. We never use store-bought canned pumpkin for our pies. Nora also does the apple pies from scratch. She adds some sugar, cinnamon, and cloves to the sliced Granny Smith apples and lets it sit for the apple juices to flow. She then pours off the juices into a pan and heats it up to carmelize it. After the apples are put into the shell, she drizzles the "carmel" over the apples before placing the top crust on. DELICIOUS!!! Our banana cream is made with homemade vanilla pudding, too.
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