On Monday, November 18, 2019 at 10:32:33 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> So I bought a 37oz frozen pumpkin pie last Thursday.
> Only $3.99. Nice desserts for a week. oh yeah
>
> Saturday, I cooked it. Turned out nice and smelled great.
> Right out of the oven, I wanted to clear the stovetop
> to cook some ham, potatoes and onion hash.
>
> So, while still very hot, I lifted it off the baking sheet
> to move over to the counter to cool. Using pot holders on the
> foil pan that it came in. It made it half way when the
> cheap foil pan folded right in half and dumped out the
> pie!!!
>
> The entire pie hit the edge of my countertop then dumped
> right onto the floor with a big splat. No eating that.
> Took a good while to clean the floor. dammit! ;(
>
> Only salvageable pie was about 2 TBS. one on the edge of
> the counter and one more still in the pie pan. Good stuff.
> Too bad I lost most of it.
>
> I'll buy another tomorrow morning and try again.
> I won't make that mistake again.
>
> Big SIGH!!!
>
> One note: (there's always a bright side to everything) -
> I was lucky that the very hot pie didn't land on my foot.
> That would have resulted in a serious burn. I was only
> wearing socks at the time.

That is sad, but I'm glad you didn't get burned.

You remind me that this Thursday is my day to reserve a personal-size
pumpkin pie (about 5-6" diameter) at the bakery for pickup the following
Wednesday.

Cindy Hamilton