ook up, there's the moon up in the sky.
It's big and round and I have found
it looks just like a lemon pie
I'm hoping I got those lyrics right, from Laurie Berkner. She's another one of these kiddie folk singers, very hot right now with the four-feet-and-under crowd. The hubby plans to review her latest CD, but I'm more interested in the pie, thank you.
Y'see, with all this lactose intolerance in our family, it's impossible to fill our pie holes with, well, pie. There's butter and cream and other cow-byproducts. My husband had pretty much given up on the idea of ever eating another dessert that didn't taste like it came out of one of the cow's other orifices.
But of course, he underestimated me. A friend gave me lemons off her tree, and I didn't make lemonade. Instead, I made lemon custard pie ... with tofu! Yes, tofu!
Oh, stop it. It's good. Really. I used pudding mix from the tofu maker and fresh-squeezed lemon juice.
I'm so proud of myself. That, and I discovered the next best thing since Jell-o. Seriously. You use this stuff called agar agar (you buy it in the Japanese section of Whole Foods or from an Asian grocer) that comes from seaweed and you boil it in fruit juice until it dissolves and pour it into custard cups and voila! Vegan Jell-o!
I'm such a domestic goddess.
Only I made up a new recipe, using coconut milk, lime juice, sugar and chopped pistachios, and agar agar. Ooooh ... a coconut lime mould! Yes!
Maybe I should open a cafe. Yes, maybe a vegan cafe, someplace you can go for non-dairy desserts and herbal teas and, oh, I'm just getting orgasmic thinking of the possibilities!
There could be a whole line of wheat-free cakes for celiacs or nut-free candies or, or, or ...
We could all just go to Whole Foods.
Never mind. I'm going downstairs for a slice. See ya.
The pie really is excellent. So is the Agar-O.
Posted by: plosh | February 23, 2006 at 06:05 AM
If there's no chocolate involved...I'm out.
Posted by: Randi(cruisin-mom) | February 23, 2006 at 10:29 PM
Sounds good. I hope you did a meringue topping though. Although I'm not lactose intolerant the one thing I can't hack is coconut though (no not in any form) and so that's one ingedient you'd have to leave out if I was coming to dinner.
Posted by: Adrian | February 24, 2006 at 01:09 AM
Hmmm ... creates mental checklist ... add chocolate, hold the coconut ...
Posted by: Anne | February 24, 2006 at 11:54 AM
How about a dark chocolate pie with dark chocolate crust?
Posted by: plosh | February 24, 2006 at 02:58 PM
Now you're talkin'!!!
Posted by: Randi(cruisin-mom) | February 24, 2006 at 04:19 PM
Now a chocolate pie would suit me just fine. Chocolate is my one weakness and indulging it something I'll have to battle against when Lent begins on Wednesday. I'm not placing any bets on how long I manage to hold out though and I wouldn't advise anyone else to either. If I can get through Ash Wednesday it will at least have been a start though.
Posted by: Adrian | February 26, 2006 at 07:48 AM
I hope your Lent is an easy, fast one and you're reunited with chocolate soon. Ash Wednesday will be here before you know it. :-)
Posted by: Anne | February 26, 2006 at 09:05 AM
If you want more lemons, just let me know! I have so many this year I don't know what to do with them. You're welcome to as many as you'd like.
Posted by: Deb Clark | February 26, 2006 at 08:01 PM