Pie Friday

I used to make this one frequently when we were first married. And Mudd learned the hard way that gingersnaps gave our cat gas.



Black Bottom Pie
Crust:
2 c. gingersnap crumbs
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter, melted

Filling:
1/4 c. sugar
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 c. milk
4 egg yolks
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
1 tsp. vanilla
1 package unflavored gelatin
1/4 c. cold water
4 egg whites
1/2 c. sugar

Combine cookie crumbs and sugar. Stir in butter. Pat into bottom of 9x13 pan. Chill. In saucepan, scald milk. In a small bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch. In another bowl, beat egg yolks. Slowly add milk, stirring constantly.

Return egg mixture to saucepan, stir in sugar and cornstarch. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Place chocolate chips in mixing bowl. Add 1 1/2 c. hot custard. Stir until chocolate is melted, add vanilla. Pour chocolate into crust. Refrigerate. Soften gelatin in cold water, add to remaining custard, stir until dissolved. Chill until thickened. Beat egg whites and sugar until soft peaks form. Fold into custard, pour over chocolate. Chill until set. Garnish with chocolate curls and strawberries.


Tamale pie is one of my favorites. The family isn't much for it because they don't like corn.

Tamale pie
1 lb ground meat (beef or turkey)
1 packet taco seasoning
1 onion
1 can black beans, drained
1 can corn, drained
1 can tomatoes with green chilies (I like the Mexican fiesta with lime and cilantro), with juice
1 box corn muffin/cornbread mix

Brown meat and onion, until meat is done and onion is soft. Add taco seasoning with tomatoes. Stir in corn and beans.

Scoop all into casserole dish. Prepare corn muffins as instructed. Spread batter over top. Bake as directed on muffin package.

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Halloween 2015: Free Short Story Friday, Dark Carnival

Sounds of the Season:

Free Short Story Friday:

Today, a tale from the Phantasmagoria...

Step up, step up, the show is beginning.

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Mr. Dark Welcomes You to the Ten In One.
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Free Story Friday: Alive on the inside

This is the Ten-in-One show from Alive on the Inside. The book itself is erotic horror. Buy Link



Step up, step up, all the acts are real, both here and in the late-night adult show.


The show began. Lisa watched, shifting uncomfortably as a very good looking black man wearing evening tails and a van dyke beard with handle-bar mustache came out on stage. He smiled over the audience.

“I am Marvello, Master of Illusion,” he announced. “I do, however, require an assistant.” At that cue, two roustabouts wheeled an elaborate Egyptian mummy case onto the stage. Marvello threw it open to reveal a half-unwrapped desiccated mummy, its flesh black on visible bones and its teeth bared in a rictus. The audience predictably recoiled.

“Hannah, darling? Can you hear me?” he called.

From all around the tent came a sepulchral woman’s voice. “I hear you, Marvello.”

“I need you.” Something flickered in the mummy case. “Across the years I call to you, beckoning you from your long sleep to my aid,” he intoned, as the mummy swelled with life, now clearly female and draped in the artful wrappings. “Come to me, my wife of all eternity.” With that, he stepped to the mummy case and extended his hand into it, helping Hannah, now dressed in the wrappings, death mask and headpiece, step out of it.

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