On 6/17/2015 2:08 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On 6/17/2015 9:36 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:28:33 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 5:50:43 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>>>> A friend is asking "What's the secret in making Hawaii style "moist"
>>>> banana pie? I've never heard of it, but I'd never heard of bone in
>>>> brisket until yesterday either. Do we know it by another name? Any
>>>> tips to pass along?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> sf
>>>
>>> My guess is that it's different from an American banana pie in that
>>> it's not a cream pie but pretty much an apple pie using bananas. I
>>> had a banana pie for my birthday. I'm not a fan of the pie but
>>> anything is better than having cake for one's birthday. I hate eating
>>> cake on my birthday!
>>
>> Yes, he said it's a two crusted pie like an apple pie. He says what
>> he has attempted has been dry. I can't imagine a dry banana pie, but
>> I'd never imagined a two crusted pie before he asked, so that one goes
>> in the bone-in brisket column. Two new things in two days! I wonder
>> what I will learn about tomorrow?
>
> What I'd do is make a gel out of cinnamon, sugar, corn starch, and lemon
> juice. Just cook that on the stove, add the bananas and then fill and
> bake the pie. OTOH, I don't think a banana pie should be all drippy like
> an apple pie. OTOH, the guy has got to make the pie according to what
> his mind's eye sees.
>
>>>
>>> The Hawaiian banana pie probably has it's origins from the Chinese.
>>> Most of the ones that I've seen were done in a Chinese style.
>>>
>>> http://allrecipes.com/recipe/royal-hawaiian-pie/
>>
>> Thanks, I'll pass this on to him. He's like you, raised in Hawaii...
>> except he left, not sure at what age.
>>
>>
>
> I fried up some canned biscuits last night. That oil was some raunchy
> stuff! No matter, you coat those things with sugar and it's all good. My
> wife took most of it to work. I asked her how it was. She said she gave
> one to my son who was working with her and when she turned around, it
> was all gone. Her co-worker said it was good stuff. I told my wife not
> to tell anyone what it was - that's gonna spoil everything!


Apparently those canned dough products have 3 tears to get all their
trans fat out according to the latest FDA ruling.

The get away with 1/2 a gram as zero now due to rounding down.