achievement for the day

... i made pumpkin pie... from a pumpkin!
actually, i made 2 pies: 1.5 cups of cooked, mashed pumpkin per pie.

this is exactly the 2nd time i've used this fannie farmer recipe.
the first time was in 1974.

cooked (steamed), mashed pumpkin; cinnamon; cloves; ginger; sugar; evaporated milk; whole milk; eggs.

... and calling this 'achievement for the day' is not quite accurate.
i cooked the pumpkin on sunday; mashed it on monday... then discovered i didn't have cinnamon or evaporated milk.
off to the store today.
(the implied hiatuses can be attributed - without too much prevarication - to games 4&5 of world series.)

final products are now cooling on the kitchen counter.