pumpkin pie! the recipe!

In celebration of thanksgiving I have put together a pumpkin pie recipe!
Please enjoy!!
Homemade pumpkin pie

Ingredients:

 1. a pie pumpkin (you can use different types of pumpkin or even a butternut squash)

2. 1 cup sugar (see step 10 for alternatives) (metric: 200 grams)

3. 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon (metric: 3.8 grams)

4. 1 teaspoon ground cloves (metric: 2 grams)

5. 1 teaspoon ground allspice (metric: 2 grams)

6. 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger (metric: 1.25 grams)

7. 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional) (metric: 20 grams)

8. 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional, I don't use any)

9.  4 large eggs - to reduce fat and cholesterol, you may use egg whites (like "Egg Beaters) instead, and vegans may want to use  Ener-G (see this page for more information about egg substitutes)

10.  3 cups pumpkin glop (ok... "sieved, cooked pumpkin") (metric: 0.7 litre)

11.  1.5 cans (12oz each) of evaporated milk (I use the nonfat version) for best results. (metric: each can is about .35 liter, or about a half liter total))

First:
Cut you pumpkin into medium slices, remove the seeds. Then cover with aluminum foil, heat the oven to 350oF. Once the oven has been heated place the pumpkin pieces into the oven, set a timer for about 40-60 minuets. You will want to cheak on the pumpkin frequently after about 30 or 40 minuets, to see if it is cooked. (You will know its cooked when you go to poke it with a fork or knife and it is very soft.)

2. Once cooked remove from the oven and let sit out still covered until it’s cooled. After that  remove the skin and place in the blender or use a hand blender and give it the puree kind of texture. (Because no one likes a really stringy pie!)

3. After being pureed add Sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, salt, and optional vanilla.
Mix thoroughly, then if you crust has been made already then place in pie pan and cook! Bake at 425 F (210 C ) for the first 15 minutes, then turn the temperature down to 350 F  ( 175 C ) and bake another 45 to 60 minutes, until a clean knife inserted into the center comes out clean.

The sudden realization...

Of, piercing eyes. Also known as penetrating eyes. I had always wondered what exactly were piercing eyes.
One of the reasons I had always wondered was because I have/had been told many times that I have piercing eyes. So today I set out on a mission to find out what exactly are "Piercing eyes". At first I reached for Google. (Like always Google's like the almost all knowing brother I never had.) Google in return gave me images of so called "Piercing eyes". I looked at them, stared at them for a little while and was found dumbfounded. I noticed nothing different. After a little while of wondering in my mind i hit a thought of " Well, what do normal eyes look like?". And once again reached for my almost all knowing brother, Google. And I was faced with millions of images. So naturally I sorted through about 1 page worths of pictures and picked one I thought suitable.

This was the image:

I find it a good close up of an eye, don't you? Then in my quest i when back, looked up penetrating eyes. And found this image:

My next step to try and understand the meaning of penetrating eyes was "let's look up web definitions!"
I did; and this is what the Internet has to say:

"pen·e·trat·ing

/ˈpɛnɪˌtreɪtɪŋ/ Show Spe[pen-i-trey-ting]  Show IPA

–adjective

1.

able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.

2.

acute; discerning: a penetrating observation.

3.

Surgery . noting a wound that pierces the skin, esp. a deep wound entering an organ or body cavity."- From dictionary.com

 

"

• acute: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knife like reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"
• penetrative: tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing; "a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface"; "a cold penetrating wind"; "a penetrating odor". "
  From- wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

 

Then after this I just when back and forth between the two images, trying to see what was different about them. Then, while looking at the so called "piercing eyes" picture,  it hit me like I was falling from the sky. I suddenly felt a chill, I felt the need to look away from the pictures eyes. 

Penetrating eyes are fearsome eyes, they look right at you. They feel almost like they touch you. They are, well, penetrating.

This lady and gentlemen was my realization. I hope It was some-what helpful!
-from you favorite little blogger,
-나디아