Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree with Dennis. Pumpkin pies made out of garden-variety pumpkins taste terrible. US regulations for food names are very loose in squash, and almost all of the pumpkin sold to make pies is a form of squash. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_moschata On 2023-12-03 00:09, Dennis Kushner via LUG wrote: > Try making the pie with butternut squash that tastes better. AFAIK, > never had a homemade pie using pumpkin since the 1950?s. > > On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 2:51?AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> Your wife deserves a Thanksgiving Day award and Monica one for best >> supporting daughter. I do have a question about the Lebanese >> "intern". >> Not a problem with her nationality but a question about the many >> deserving >> EU students who might have been missed out. >> >> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 12:04?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >> >> > The main event during the last week of November was Thanksgiving. As we >> do >> > every year, we invited about 15 of our local friends for a Thanksgiving >> > dinner. They find the traditional dishes very exotic, and of course the >> > turkey is the main attraction, along with the various side dishes and >> pecan >> > pie (I dislike pumpkin, so the pumpkins are just for decoration, not >> human >> > consumption)?and of course copious amounts of wine. It all started a >> > week >> > earlier, when my wife set up the large table in our covered front >> > terrace >> > and the work continued during the week with shopping, preparation of >> > what >> > could be made in advance, etc. We had the dinner on Thursday night, not >> the >> > most convenient day given that it is just a normal working day, as is >> > the >> > following day. But my wife wants it to be as close to a US Thanksgiving >> as >> > possible, so it is done on the day. >> > >> > Besides Thanksgiving, I also tested another film in the Adox HR >> > developer >> > that I am considering making my standard developer for all films. This >> week >> > it was Fuji Acros, in my Leica M2, using my lovely colleague Eri and the >> > new crop of trainees as my test subjects. I continue to find that people >> > really relate to these B&W portraits of them shot using a camera and >> > lens >> > that were both produced by the craftsmen (and women) of Wetzlar before >> any >> > of them were born. >> > >> > Finally, there is also an evening walk in Alicante to look at the lights >> > of the season. >> > >> > It?s all here: >> > >> > https://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=4171 >> > >> > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. >> > >> > Nathan >> > >> > Nathan Wajsman >> > photo at frozenlight.eu >> > >> > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> > http://www.greatpix.eu >> > http://www.frozenlight.eu >> > >> > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> -- >> Don >> don.dory at gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information