It's "silly o'clock" here !!!!!
I treated myself to an iPad in Singapore on our 4 night stay enroute back home to Scotland after our wonderful holiday in Australia recently. So I am sat here at 3.40am blogging!
I know nothing of horses other than I like them along with dogs, so I have this morning, travelled the length of the UK and overseas via the world of blogging. Where shall I go next? Back to my bed really. If it wasn't so early in the day I would make a start on the pumpkin pie I want to bake to take down with us for New Year to our daughters'.
Now tinned pumpkin! I have been known to bring 6........ Yes 6 tins of the stuff back with us from Wisconsin, mind you this was a few years ago now, and guess who had their cases "chosen"to be searched at the airport? At least it gave the security lady a laugh at Minneapolis airport!
I have searched the shops here in the UK for tinned pumpkin over the years with no luck, I even emailed Libby's at one point to see if they did sell it and I had just missed it in the shops, but no, they don't sell it here, we can get fresh pumpkin but I couldn't be bothered faffing with that I liked the easy option.
I thought I would look in Australia, but no joy in the shops there, yes they have tinned pumpkin soup but that wasn't what I was looking for, but I did buy Gladwrap in the supermarket .............. we noticed on Masterchef Australia it being used a lot! Oh I need to get out more lol!.......and we manged to have our holiday in OZ without mentioning Masterchef as we didn't know who had won until we caught up with the recordings once back home.
Whilst we were in Singapore sat having a snack at lunch time we had noticed the nice little supermarket next door in the shopping mall, ahhhhhhhhh I say to hubby I wonder if they stock it. In we go, yes there it was was, Libby's tinned pumpkin, huge tins plus the normal size I have only ever seen before...........result!
So I bought just the 2 tins as I didn't want "funny " comments from hubby, so I will treasure the one tin after I (fingers crossed) have made the pie later today. I will start looking again for it over here, without resorting to buying it over the Internet and paying silly money!
Okay I need sleep!
If I don't get back to blog land before the year ends, I would like to wish all who come to visit my blog, including my horsey friends in blog land, a very happy, safe and peaceful 2012xX
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Tinned pumpkin?!!!! You will know how Aussies love their pumpkin but eaten as a vegetable and never as a sweet like they do in the USA. Did you manage roast pumpkin with your roast lamb while you were out here? It's the thing we miss most when we are in the UK. Roast dinners never taste the same without it.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year !!
Cheers
Oh Ann, halfway round the world for a tin of pumpkin, you are so funny. Best you post a photo of the pie after all those miles it has travelled! A belated Happy Christmas to you, and here's to a Happy New Year. Hugs, Sxx PS. Did you get as far as Suffolk on your i-pad travels?
ReplyDeleteI believe pumpkins are very easy to grow, they only need loads of water.
ReplyDelete(Here, I was going to say..."and you get loads of that in Scotland!"...then I thought - better not.)
No, seriously, they are just big round marrows aren't they? I would assume you could make a puree and freeze it, but I'm no expert.
Happy Hogmanay.
Cheers....B