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Apple pie

Being a mom to so many kids of all ages is tough. They get hungry all the time. So, I have to stock my kitchen with a lot of food. Frozen, processed, instant, canned, you name it, I probably have it. Though, ideally I want to prepare fresh foods from fresh ingredients, this is not always the case. I can do that for main meals but not the in-between snacks. Otherwise, I will be sweating the whole day in the kitchen!

I bought a frozen, unbaked apple pie from Tesco. It costs less than RM10, I think.

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I baked it at 200 deg. C (wrong temp! should have been 180 deg C) for 40 minutes. It smells good! My toddler couldn’t wait for the pie to cool down and started blowing to make it cool faster.

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You can see that the pie is not small, about 6 inches, I think.

Verdict : The crust taste nice, very buttery. But I found the fillings too sour for my liking. So, toddler ate only the crust. However, one kid told me he did not find the fillings sour. Probably, some icecream could have tone down the tartness of the apples. Good point is there isn’t over-powering cinnamon smell, which I loathe! Like the one sold by McDonald’s. I wonder why they discontinued their pineapple pie which I love.

Baking pies is not my forte so I have to depend on these frozen, processed pies.

Posted by lilian on June 8th, 2005 under Biscuits

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  1. S-Kay Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 1:32 am

    I thought you baked it summore…tengok tengok from Tesco =P Summroe thought of asking you for recipe…LOL

    I tried making Apple Crumble pie. First time jadi. Sedap. But second time, I think the butter cacat, coz I make my own crust (dunno where to find frozen crust) and it spoiled my whole apple crumble.

  2. lilian Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 1:58 am

    S-kay, you can actually get frozen short-crust pastry, filo pastry and what’s the other’s name, the layers one for making croissant?, from bigger supermarkets. They are sold under the Pampas brand (from Spain). Not cheap though, cost about RM12 per pack. I had bought and used them before. Very elegant pastries I got. Real easy to make, just thaw and bungkus anyway you like.

  3. Anisah Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 2:23 am

    (Sigh)…I’m saddened that the same apple pie, sold in Tesco UK is either £1.49 (cheapest variety, 545 g) or £2.99 (finest variety, 640 g). We might argue that well, the British pound is much stronger than the ringgit.

    What saddens me is our ringgit’s lack of buying power locally, in Malaysia. What I mean is this. A recent graduate in KL might hope to earn RM2,000 a month before tax. A British graduate in London would be smiling if he/she can get £2,000, it’s usually £1,400-1,800. But the Brit could get the finest apple pie that Tesco sells for £2.99, but a Malaysian can’t get it for RM2.99 in Tesco Malaysia. (sigh).

    On the taste, yes, generally Malaysians I find have a sweeter palate, with the Kelantanese getting first place. People in the West, including Britain prefer less sweet, more sourish taste. Can you imagine having potato chips with vinegar poured on it? That’s one of the national food. Here, nobody bats an eyelid if one drinks coffee black, without sugar or milk. In fact, anyone who puts more than two sugars in coffee is deemed a rare species!

    All said, I love your website, all the lovely recipes you post make me miss home and food at home, albeit I take out all the sugar now. Thanks!(Home is Penang).

  4. kris Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 2:46 am

    your son is so cute!

  5. Tovya Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 5:22 am

    Hi Auntie Lilian! I’ve been reading your blogs (your main one and this one) thanks to Dr. Liew. Ok lah, I’m also a silent lurker there in his blog. But reading this blog makes me feel really, really nostalgic about Penang (both my parents are from Penang, and we go up to Penang quite often…home is Subang Jaya). I miss Penang loads!

    I’m now in England, and I totally agree with Anisah. When I return to Msia (next month - yay!) I would have to fork out more than RM 3 for Tesco’s apple pie instead of 3 Pounds, although I’m glad that we don’t have to pay RM 21 (upon conversion) for it!!!

    Keep up the great work, Auntie Lilian! =)

    Anisah, whatabout Brits who eat cakes and desserts with cream or custard? o_0 And Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s (even Somerfield’s) jam or custard donuts with sugar? Jam and custard are both sweet, but with the sugar on the top…*jelak* I think the Brits have a sweet tooth, too, but not when it comes to certain things like apple pie. =)

  6. momof2 Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 9:26 am

    I find McD’s apple pie quite nice.

  7. S-Kay Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 12:00 pm

    Anisah : I happen to love chips with vinegar =P It’s nice. At first I wasn’t quite used to it so I first tried out Lays’s Salt & Vinegar potato chips before going on trying real chips with vinegar

    And gosh, Kelantanese good is just brilliant (thank goodness my mom is a Kelantanese herself)

    And yeah, buying power is still low. What to do? Inflation here and there but gaji tak naik naik..macam mana?

  8. James Says:
    June 8th, 2005 at 4:50 pm

    Hahahh…. I love that picture of your son. Poster material lah!

  9. Yennee Says:
    June 10th, 2005 at 2:46 pm

    Dear Lillian,

    Yes, me too. I miss McDonald’s pineapple pie so much. Wondering why they stop selling it.

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