Serves a Crowd
Frozen puddle in the middle of a pothole pie
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dymnyno
March 12, 2011
I think that this is the most unique and creative recipe of all. And, it sounds delicious! I love your picture...it really piqued me into reading the recipe.
Sagegreen
March 12, 2011
Thank you so much for the compliment, dymnyno. If you were faced with such a barage of potholes, one right after the other, you may well be driven to such crazy lengths. I photographed them just over the course of a few days, missing some of the best match photo ups...they change overnight! The pie aged very well over the week I might add!
dymnyno
March 12, 2011
I know the feeling! Diamond Mountain Road is a disaster! The patch crew comes about once a week to turn the potholes into speedbumps!
EmilyC
March 11, 2011
This, hands-down, is the most interesting photo that anyone has submitted to this contest, and I mean that in a good way! I love that your grandma's aspic inspired the pie.
Sagegreen
March 11, 2011
Thanks, EmilyC. It was on my way to work this morning that I spied the mud puddles that looked just like cafe au lait when I decided to change the options for this recipe to include half and half for the coffee gelatin, not just black coffee.
checker
March 11, 2011
Off topic, but related... On the rare occasion that I find myself at a makeup counter I have a great time standing there reading the names of lipsticks. They are so funny, and I always wonder how they get their names. Your recipe page feels a bit like that, and I am having so much fun reading through it.
Sagegreen
March 11, 2011
Thank you so much, checker. In fact I choose lipstick colors often by the names! This week I am trying to come up with the appropriate name to either look or taste.
TheWimpyVegetarian
March 11, 2011
This looks so creatively wonderful - so you!! I've gotta try it. And I LOVE the name.
Sagegreen
March 11, 2011
Thanks, CS. It is a pretty simple pie. Hope you try it and let me know what you think.
Lizthechef
March 10, 2011
Somehow, I missed this - so creative! Love it!
Sagegreen
March 10, 2011
Thanks, Liz. I really like the taste! My neighbors thought I was photographing potholes to complain to our town.
luvcookbooks
March 9, 2011
it's another oh my! i luv jell-o (it's quite beautiful) and gelatin recipes to make something that tastes better than jell-o from a box. also luv the play on words and have been busy cooking with whiskey since making the Autumn Cocktail from @food52 this fall. Last made Caramel Sauce with Single Malt Whiskey two weeks ago and then sat with friends and small tumblers of whiskey after the ice cream with caramel sauce, bittersweet chocolate sauce and a few grains of fleur de sel, sugar cookies on the side.
Sagegreen
March 9, 2011
Thanks, luvcookbooks! I have been photographing potholes trying to find the best match. This really tastes good, too. I have an unspiked pie to finish. I had one piece with the sun shining through that was a gorgeous amber shadow. Btw I got a new piece accepted in a show at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center with an April 23rd opening!
Midge
March 8, 2011
You are covering the landscape! This is great sagegreen.
Sagegreen
March 8, 2011
Thanks, Midge. It is my landscape architecture background. This captures my real world of late winter here. Love all your scrumptious tarts this week!
Greenstuff
March 9, 2011
I have heard that landscape architects are remarkably creative cooks, who like to get together and show what they've all come up with. You are proving that right! Incredibly cool. Besides the landscape, I love the idea of coffee aspic--I think we could all find a lot of uses for that.
Sagegreen
March 9, 2011
Thanks, Greenstuff. We do have pretty great potlucks in my department! And I love coffee aspic, black, no sugar.
thirschfeld
March 7, 2011
love it!
Sagegreen
March 7, 2011
Thanks, Tom! I am honored. It is kinda different. Tomorrow I may upload a photo of the pothole and the pie, side by side, esp, if it goes below freezing tonight.
hardlikearmour
March 7, 2011
Yum! Irish coffee pie!
Sagegreen
March 7, 2011
Thanks for noticing this! It is probably best described as Irish coffee jello pie, bit it looks just like the pot holes I walk over on my way to work. I do like the pie rendition!
Sagegreen
March 7, 2011
but it looks...meant to type (not bit).
hardlikearmour
March 7, 2011
funny, my brain read it the way you meant it so i didn't even notice the typo!
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