{"id":418,"date":"2006-12-31T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2006-12-31T15:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/31\/the-first-piece\/"},"modified":"2006-12-31T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2006-12-31T15:19:41","slug":"the-first-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/31\/the-first-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"The first piece"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/339364187\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/150\/339364187_8f42ef2328.jpg?w=840\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/339364187\/\">The first piece<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/nicmcphee\/\">Unhindered by Talent<\/a>.<\/em><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tMy dad&#8217;s favorite pie is this egg nog pie.  He grew up with it, and my mother has been gamely making this for him since the mid-sixties (when his mother died). For decades it would &#8220;fail&#8221; with the yellow &#8220;egg nog&#8221; layer separating into a thin, dark yellow rubbery layer on the bottom, and a very pale yellow layer above. (The failed pie is still quite yummy, however, and always managed to get eaten.) All of this is covered with a layer of whipped cream (as illustrated) before it&#8217;s put in the fridge to set. As a result, one doesn&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s gone wrong until you cut the first piece, with everyone watching.<\/p>\n<p>So Mom has put up with all sorts of good-natured ribbing about this, made all the worse that her friends can do it, and I have in fact successfully made this pie for nearly 20 years now.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow she seems to have largely &#8220;fixed&#8221; the problem, however, as her batting average must be around 80% for the last few years. None of us (including her) know for sure what she&#8217;s doing differently, but we don&#8217;t look gift pies in the mouth.<\/p>\n<p>This is this christmas&#8217;s pie, which was one of her best yet. Fluffy and <em>delicious<\/em>. I had the last piece last night, and it was still wonderful. Unfortunately Dad and solid food aren&#8217;t on good terms at the moment, so he only got to <em>see<\/em> the wonderful pie, but having him at the table with us for part of christmas dinner was a wonderful treat in its own right!<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li>No related posts.<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first piece, originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. My dad&#8217;s favorite pie is this egg nog pie. He grew up with it, and my mother has been gamely making this for him since the mid-sixties (when his mother died). For decades it would &#8220;fail&#8221; with the yellow &#8220;egg nog&#8221; layer separating into a thin, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/12\/31\/the-first-piece\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The first piece&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[11,25,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-6K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":546,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/04\/28\/too-many-cool-photos-28-april-2007-part-1-of-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":418,"position":0},"title":"Too many cool photos &#8211; 28 April 2007 (part 1 of 2)","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"28 Apr 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Too many cool photos - 28 April 2007 (part 1 of 2), originally uploaded by Unhindered by Talent. 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