Blaine County Library

Pie is the traditional dessert for a good old fashioned Thanksgiving dinner. Only certain pies will do mind you if your theme is Thanksgiving from yesteryear.

Of course pumpkin is an old time favorite and has been on the Thanksgiving dessert table for generations. So has mincemeat and mincemeat is much more interesting. Years ago the Presbyterian ladies used to can mincemeat for pies and they were very good pies. The secret ingredient of a good mincemeat pie is to have some deer meat or beef in it. With that is a combination of candied fruit, raisins, nuts and all good things. There is a gener...