I Hate Today
It has been cold and rainy here for two days, which I find depressive and arrogant. I had the most unpleasant morning. I tried to cheer myself up by going to Wal-Mart. I know lots of people boycott Wal-Mart for very honorable reasons. I'm not so honorable. I love that place. But today it just didn't get my mojo going. So I made another pumpkin cheesecake. This one is for GC's office Thanksgiving party tomorrow. He has been instructed to get feedback and to save a piece for me to try. It's in the oven baking right now and the lovely smell in the house is beginning to cheer me up a bit. But I still hate today.
In other pumpkin cheesecake news, Red Momo has been conducting independent review of the cheesecakes. Here is the report:
So, I took it upon myself to make both the bourbon spiced pumpkin cheesecake and the spicy pumpkin cheesecake. For anyone worried, a few extra minutes (maybe ten at most) is all that they need at this high altitude.I brought them into the office and both received rave reviews. Seriously, you'd have thought people had won the lottery, so happy were they at the cheesecakes.
Most people preferred the spicy pumpkin cheesecake, as it was essentially a pumpkin pie with cheesecake undertones.
I, however, and Pink Ribeye, both prefer the bourbon spiced pumpkin cheesecake. I used about purteen daughters worth of Jack Daniel's, but it was family well spent. Seriously, it was delicious.
The reason I prefer it is because I wanted cheesecake with pumpkin pie undertones. And the sour cream topping -- with the added JD, it was just fine (though a mouthful of that only would be a little strange). Another aspect was that the BSPC was thicker. Much thicker. And I like a thick slice of cheesecake.
-Red Momo
Red Momo, Purple Fried Okra and the others I've quizzed about the proper taste and texture of a pumpkin cheesecake have convinced me that a cheesecake with pumpkin pie flavor is the goal. So, Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake pushes Spicy Pumpkin Cheesecake from the winner's circle. Will it be able to hold the title against the #5 competitor, training in my oven right now? Results tomorrow.