pumpkin-pie.org.uk

Thank you for visiting my website which I started way back at the turn of the millennium. In those days, I was working in the IT department of Norweb Telecom and would occasionally bring a pumpkin pie into the office for colleagues to sample. The pies seemed to down well because I only ever took home an empty pie dish at the end of the day! After receiving an overwhelming number of requests for the recipe (well, 3!), I decided to publish the recipe on the web together with a selection of the worst puns I have ever read. Now retired, I used the extra time at home during the UK's first Covid-19 lockdown to bring back the website updated with a few new pictures and puns. I hope you enjoy the nonsense which follows!
Best wishes and stay safe. Tom.

Pumpkin pies are very easy to make, on the basis that if I can make one, then anyone can. If, however, you want to skip the recipe and just read the puns then scroll down or click here

What you'll need ...

shortcrust pastry using 200g flour
( Oh no, you need a recipe for pastry too ? click here )
425g of tinned pumpkin (widely available in UK supermarkets)
150g soft dark brown sugar
3 X 2.5 ml spoons ground cinnamon
1 X 2.5ml spoon salt
2 X 2.5ml spoons ground ginger
1 X 2.5ml spoon grated nutmeg
the merest hint of ground cloves
3 large eggs
250ml milk
125ml evaporated milk

How to make the pie ...

Roll out the pastry on a floured surface, and use it to
line a 25cm pie plate; chill in a refrigerator. Mix the
pumpkin with the sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg
and cloves. Beat the eggs in another bowl, add both milks
and mix well. Mix the eggs and milk into the pumpkin mixture
and pour into the pastry case. Bake in a fairly hot oven, 180°C
(or Gas 5 if you're so inclined) for about 40 minutes, or until
a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.

How to eat pumpkin pie ...

1. Open Packet
2. Eat Contents

So in similar vein, to enjoy pumpkin pie at it's best ...

1. Serve cold
2. with Cream!

The rest of the site is devoted to puns, pics and other nonsense which you can reach by clicking on the links below
(but PLEASE note, some of them may not be suitable if you are easily offended!). Have fun...

click here for some terrible puns, but be warned - they go from bard to verse ...

or here for the amusing images!

or here for a few oriental error messages

or here for some aviation information from Norweb Telecom's Italian correspondent - grazie Gio!

or here for various strange laws

or here for some newspaper cuttings

or here for the perils of using a spell checker

or here to enter the world of the stick men

or here for some great sporting remarks

or here for some tales from the helpdesk

or here for the Vegetable Humour

or here for signs of the spread of 'inklish'

or here for the Darwin awards

or here for extracts from the "Personal" columns

or here for some priceless parental advice

or here to see why some couples really shouldn't hyphenate their names

or here for the medical humour

In deference to GDPR regulations, I am happy to tell you that no Cookies are associated with this site, only Pies!