the wrong can - a love story

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 The Mr and I have been together for 19 years. When we began celebrating holidays (a whole other journey that we went on) in like year 3, we did this elaborate Thanksgiving for 2 in our first house. It was the first time I had spent Thanksgiving away from my parents. We made so much: a full turkey, cornbread stuffing, roasted green beans and crunchy onions, apple pie, and a pumpkin pie cheesecake. 

I was sure the Mr would love it - pumpkin pie was his favorite. But the next day we ended up giving it away to friends because it was good for a piece but not for a memory: he wanted pumpkin pie like on the can. It’s what he had growing up and it WAS Thanksgiving to him. 

Now, I don’t eat pumpkin pie (nor any custardy or cream pie, to be honest), but I am specific about recreating my food memories so I totally got where he was coming from. From then on, I made the pumpkin pie on the back of the orange Libby can and hoped for the best. Now, we’ve had our ups and downs with figuring out when these pies are the right amount of done (I so feel the bakers on Bake Off checking “the jiggle”!), but this is what I’ve done for 15 years. 

This year, we are having pie and protein shakes for Thanksgiving breakfast (we are suckers for alliteration) and the Mr did the shopping for our meals that day. When I was organizing, I saw (gasp!) a different pumpkin can! The horror!

I went to the Mr and offered to go buy the “right” can when the man said to me “oh no - THIS is the right can. The other one was just more accessible.”

The recipes are totally different! I was shook! I even made a ramekin of the filling to make sure he liked it - which he did, even if I overshot on the molasses  

You think you know someone… Seriously, though, I’m so grateful for his patience with my underdone and beyond pumpkin pies over the years and even more so that he doesn’t expect me to taste them, haha!

Here’s to love and patience and pie and extra long weekends!


Comments

  1. NicoleNovember 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    Happy Thanksgiving Lindsay! I'm with you - cannot even abide the thought of pumpkin pie! So I have no idea what's good or not.

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  2. JennyNovember 28, 2024 at 7:46 AM

    Wait- so you've been making the pumpkin pie wrong all these years??? This will be the best Thanksgiving ever! For your guy, at least.
    I do like pumpkin pie.... once a year. It's not like a crave it or want to make it at any other time. I also make a vegan, sugar free version for myself (your guy would be screaming- don't let him read this) and then a "regular" vegan pumpkin pie for the family. They come our pretty well!
    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  3. SanNovember 30, 2024 at 9:28 PM

    Aww, that is so sweet... I love that you've been making pumpkin pie for him trying to recreate the memory with the right can!

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    1. SanNovember 30, 2024 at 9:29 PM

      P.S. I also don't eat/like pumpkin pie, so I have no idea what's good.

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  4. AnneDecember 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM

    OMG, this is so me. The WRONG CAN. It needs to stay the same or else I get all confundled. :)

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