Great no-crust tip, Sarah... I'm going to try that! Love the tip on allowing the filling to rest & flavors marry, think I might try replacing half the corn syrup for the boiled cider, my new favorite ingredient! We won't wait for "Thanksgiving" Canadian or New England to eat some yummy pumpkin pie... ;) But let the record reflect that the First American Thanksgiving was actually in 1619 at Berkeley Hundred in Virginia... http://www.covenantnews.com/newswire/archives/016435.html Though one may wonder why it took the Virginia colonists so long to give thanks (the first group arrived in 1607), so many died (year after year, boatload after boatload), and those few who remained were so busy fighting amongst themselves (and the natives) and looking for gold and the NW passage, and trying not to starve to death that the First Thanksgiving didn't happen until December 4, 1619... Thanks for sharing the interesting history lesson. It's so surprising the things we learn about our past as a nation. Enjoy your pie! ~ MaryJane

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