Just tryin' to hep...

It seems that since the boys up yonder at the BBQ Emporium have done gone now and got international (with their English visitor), some difficulty has arisen when it comes to translating the recipe for pecan pie into Limeyese. This might help--TheBrits.com has a portion of their website devoted to such quandries, and we find that the nearest UK equivalent of Karo Syrup is something called Lyle's Golden Syrup (and here's your link). Having seen several old Saturday Night Live sketches with Dana Carvey portraying "Lyle, The Effeminate Heterosexual", I don't know that I would want to use his golden syrup on MY pecans, but to each his own, I suppose .

The problem really comes in from those pesky pecans--the rundown on these little jewels can be found here on About.com (along with every conceivable pecan pie recipe except Billy Joe Bob's)--and they DO exist in Olde Sodde--ASDA (Wal-Mart's UK subsidiary) has their own brand of pecan nuts packaged in 100g packets at £1.14. (I assume the other UK supermarkets have similar products, but their websites are impossible to search without first logging on and setting up an online account. No thanks.)

Anyway, depending on the recipe (here's one in made-up units), English Guy is gonna need at least 2, or maybe even 3 packages of pecans, which would come to £3.43, which is a bit over 5 bucks in real money (or about $8 per pound, if I converted correctly). Over at Heaton's Pecan Farm in Clanton, a pound of nuts sets you back about $7, so the cost is close to what it is here. Pecan pies are pretty expensive to make if you don't have a relative with pecan trees, but trust the boys at the Emporium--it will be worth it.
posted by Terry at 12:08:00 PM