New Look, Same Great Taste

I bought a box of cereal the other day. It said "New Look, Same great taste." That describes the mince pie I tried to assemble this week.

Keep in mind the inherent simplicity of my assignment:
(1)Unroll two store-bought pie crusts.
(2) Put one into pie plate (to be the bottom of this 2-crust pie.
(3) Pour in full jar of None Such Mince Pie Filling.
(4) Lay remaining pie crust on top of pie, and crimp edges.
(5) Bake in 350 oven for 40 or so minutes.

Then Voilà! Hot mince pie, absent the superficial presentation touches. We'll address the presentation aspect of pastry art in a future post, possibly.

In the meantime, it's safe to say, you rarely see mince pie like this one. But trust me, Same great taste!

Comments

Vivi said…

Wow, dad. That looks...um...yummy. Actually, if it wasn't filled with mince pie, I'm sure I'd like it just fine. We'll work on your presentation skills though, just in case.

January 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM

Heather said…

what IS mince anyway? Like "fruit meats?" or something like that? What are fruit meats? I'll stick with pecan. or pumpkin. Or chicken pot.

January 1, 2010 at 6:57 PM

Hilary said…

LOL when I saw the picture of the pie...but what a great attitude you have!!! Then again, we eat cake out of garbage cans, right?!

January 2, 2010 at 10:25 PM

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