TRR photo by Lori Malone Mrs. Truman's Pumpkin Pie

Mrs. Truman’s Pumpkin Pie

By MARY GREENE

This is one of the easiest pumpkin pies you will ever make, and also one of the tastiest. The secret ingredient is the scalded milk, which gives it a light, creamy, custardy taste.

The recipe for this pie was clipped out of a newspaper by my Grandmother Whitney, and I presume it really did come from President Truman’s wife. It was passed down from my grandmother to my mother, then to me, and now to my daughter.

Enjoy!

Mrs. Truman’s Pumpkin Pie

1 cup (or more) canned or pureed fresh pumpkin*

I cup sugar

1 heaping tablespoon flour

1 teaspoon cinnamon

½ teaspoon nutmeg

½ teaspoon salt

1 egg

1 ½ cups milk, scalded

one pastry shell in pie plate

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Catskill Artists Gallery to open holiday show

Book signing, wine, holiday gifts and more

LIBERTY, NY—The annual holiday exhibition at the Catskill Artists Gallery (CAG) will begin with a reception on Saturday, December 6 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 38 South Main Street. The event will not only kick off the holiday season, but celebrate the gallery’s sixth anniversary. Wine and holiday goodies will be served, and many artists will be on hand.

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Other stories in this issue:

• ‘My Name Is Not Monkey Girl’
• Tickets go on sale for ‘Christmas Carol’
• Chorolaires go a caroling
• Sullivan County historian reads from his latest
• Giving trees sprout up at Peck’s, Whistle Stop
• Helping Hands
• Parade and skip-the-mall weekend set Jeff humming for the holidays
• ‘Mr. Schimbler and the Polltaker’ makes debut
• Tree lighting, holiday market, Santa mark Narrowsburg festivities
• A Festival of Noëls
• Pot luck dinner welcomes all
• Poet brings thoughts for the season to Unitarian service