This time of year, back in 2006, The Stranger published a few Thanksgiving-appropriate recipes for those of you looking to uh… “experiment” with your cooking (written by David Schmader, Dan Savage, and Sarah Mirk).
An excerpt:
PUMPKIN POT SPACE CAKE
You will need…
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin purée
1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk
3 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
4 tsp. pumpkin-pie spice
1 package spice-cake mix
1/2 cup pot butter, melted
1 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Heat oven to 350 degrees.Grease 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Mix pumpkin, milk, eggs, sugar, and pumpkin-pie spice. Pour into pan. Sprinkle cake mix on top of pumpkin mixture and gently stir most of it in. Drizzle melted butter on top of cake mix. Top with pecans.
Bake 1 hour or until toothpick inserted into center comes out dry.
This simple dessert has the texture of coffee cake and a flavor similar to both pumpkin and pecan pie. Two hours after eating one piece, we felt a warm glow but not much else. If you can’t eat two or three pieces of cake, apply a thick layer of frosting prepared from pot butter and powdered sugar. While Martha Stewart would frown upon the cake’s sloppy exterior and the clumsy rectangular pan, both would be at home on a Thanksgiving table next to stuffing from a box and reconstituted mashed potatoes.
The recipe for pot-butter, and more holiday recipes, can be found here.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Oh yeah, and we’re legally required to note: “Do not do this. Marijuana is illegal. For entertainment purposes only.”
