pumpkin pie

Crust me when I say I'm very, very happy that this is the most popular pie in Illinois.

"Hey, let's scoop all the junk out of that gourd and eat it on some pastry! Who's with me?" --The pilgrim who invented pumpkin pie, November 1621

According to the saying, "you learn something new every day." I can't personally vouch for having learned something new each day, but today, for me, it's true. I didn't know before, but there are Guinness World Records that involve Thanksgiving. About the only record I see myself setting would be "fastest asleep on the couch post-dessert."

I love a good pumpkin pie, though you could make the argument it's the combination of pumpkin and Cool Whip/whipped cream that makes it really special. Sometimes on my plate it's hard to see the pie at all through the creamy dairy topping...