Better Than Sex on a Plate

This takes an hour or fifteen minutes, is not for children or the faint-hearted and is better than sex. It's Fried Pecan Pie.

I "borrowed" this recipe from the Camellia Grill on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. It is neither low-cal or low cholesterol and should be eaten in small slices -- cut it for eight or ten slices to a pie.

If you want it to be quick, buy a pecan pie. It might seem extravegant to say that, but you're trading time for money. Also, eight or ten slices for a pie means it will last four or five days, particularly since it will be served only to the adult members of your tribe (you and your mate, silly!)

You can also cook your own. The recipe's on the Karo syrup bottle.

He served me fried pecan pie and proposed. I said no. Ten years and twenty pounds later, he's still proposing and I'm still saying no -- in between bites of fried pecan pie. - The girlfriend of a friend of mine.

Okay, you've got a pecan pie, sliced into eight or ten slices. 

Take a large skillet (cast iron is best, but any skillet will do), turn the burner on medium and add one-half of a stick of butter and a small handful of pecans. Melt the butter. Put the pie in the skillet, crust side up. Fry for seven minutes. Turn the pie over. Some pecans will fall out, which they should. Fry the crust side for seven minutes or until it just begins to brown. Remove the pie to a large (dinner) plate.

This is where it goes from pie to foreplay 

Put a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top of the slice of pie. Pour the butter and loose pecans from the pan, over the pie and ice cream.

Serve with strong coffee and candlelight. 

See ya' around the watercooler.

-Chrissie

Oh, yeah, tomorrow: Dirty Rice.