Comments on: Open thread 11/4/22

By: mezzrow

mezzrow — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:27:21 +0000

Cast iron pan on a low burner. Add pecan halves. When they’re good and warm, add some butter and a little sugar. You’ll know when they’re ready.

More pie for thee, more pecans for me. It’s a wonderful world.

By: ObloodyHell

ObloodyHell — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:25:48 +0000

}}} ‘p’cahns’ is the proper pronunciation.

As usual — no single proper pronunciation:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pecan

Their pronunciation is P’khan, P’can, Pee-can.

I’m sure I could find another “official” source (e.g., a dictionary) that has the pee-khan option.

English is wonderful.

Readers Digest has a piece on the pi-nunciation.

https://www.rd.com/article/pecan-pronunciation/

By: ObloodyHell

ObloodyHell — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:19:56 +0000

}}} By the way, I grew up calling them “p’cahns,” accent on the second syllable. People raised around here call them “pee-cans,” accent on the first syllable.

Down here in Florida, we call them “pee-Khans”, accent still on the second syllable. 😉

By: ObloodyHell

ObloodyHell — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 04:16:50 +0000

}}} I don’t like pecans. But pecan pie? I love all million-calories-per-piece of it.

So, Neo: You’re saying you’re a pecanese? 😀

By: G706

G706 — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 03:58:23 +0000

I like pecans, the pie is okay sometimes. Unfortunately where I live I am surrounded by orchards of vile hazelnuts.

By: Aggie

Aggie — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:27:05 +0000

‘p’cahns’ is the proper pronunciation. They are native in places around Texas, and especially river bottoms. Did you know that the pecan tree is actually a variety of hickory?

P’cahn pie, now it’s hard to find one that’s properly confected. As many mention here, often they come out disgustingly over-sweet, and mealy to the mouth. But there are some, mostly ladies, who know how to bake the pie to a perfect balance of sweet, nutty flavors and the proper crispiness of crust and caramelized nut, with the filling that’s soft on the palate. I can’t have more than one piece at a time though. Not like a properly done apple pie.

By: charles

charles — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 22:22:12 +0000

Chocolate pecan pie! Now that's a treat. It is the usual pecan pie except the filling is not the sticky stuff. It is a chocolate filling that isn't a brownie nor fudge, but a cross between the two. Yum!

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 21:02:47 +0000

Oh, I remember shoo-fly pie, PA Cat! My mother grew up in the mountains north of Philadelphia.

By: PA+Cat

PA+Cat — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:54:05 +0000

P’cahn pie is okay, but if you like molasses, homemade shoofly pie from my home county is even better– particularly the wet-bottom version, which has a gooey molasses bottom layer. (The dry-bottom version has a cake-like consistency throughout).

By: steve walsh

steve walsh — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:33:38 +0000

You can put almost anything in that amount of sugar and syrup and it will taste fantastic. To me the p’cahns add texture and very little, if any, flavor. My son makes a really, really great version that we have every year at Thanksgiving.