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True Blood Recipe of the week: Gran's ( Adele Stackhouse's) Pecan Pie (Sookie's Cryin')

I love True Blood / Sookie food mentions and have collected tons of  recipes for food mentioned in the show/series,  as well as great recipes from True Blood parties etc over the past 4 years of writing this blog.

You can see them all here
http://lovingtruebloodindallas.blogspot.com/search/label/recipes


This week's True Blood Recipe of the Week is: Gran's Pecan (Sookie's Cryin') Pie
 There are 2 recipes for it ....one the traditional Southern Pecan pie and one that is the more custardy one we see her eat in Season 1.

Gran's ( Adele Stackhouse's) Pecan Pie

Old Fashioned Pecan Pie

1/2 cup sugar
4 Tbs. butter (softened)
2 eggs beaten
2 Tbs. flour
1 cup dark cane syrup
1/4 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 - 9" unbaked pie crust
1/2 cup pecan halves

Pre-heat oven to 375ºF. Beat together sugar and softened butter. Beat in (one ingredient at a time) eggs, flour, syrup, vanilla and salt. Fold in chopped pecans and pour into pie crust. Decorate top with pecan halves.

Bake 40 minutes on center rack until center of pie is firm.

True Blood Recipes: Gran's Pecan Pie or 'Crying pie' the True Blood version

The pie Sookie eats in True Blood is quite different from a Texas Pecan Pie or other southern pecan pie recipes because of it's creaminess, a reader suggest this recipe for the 'True Blood Cryin' pie'.
Pecan Cream Pie recipe
1 (9 inch) pie shell, baked

4 egg yolks
2 cups milk
2/3 cup white sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1 pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup ground pecans

4 egg whites
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 tablespoons white sugar
1/4 cup ground pecans
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In the top of a double boiler, combine yolks, milk, 2/3 cup sugar, cornstarch and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup pecans. Pour filling into baked pie shell.
In a large glass or metal mixing bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and gradually add 6 tablespoons white sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over pie, covering completely. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup ground pecans.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until meringue is delicately browned.

Charlaine Harris Can't Drive a Stake in 'True Blood'

I'm not sure why this is just now getting all this notice ..I think she confirmed this last February. If Ball stayed book- for- book with True Blood seasons this would give us 9 more after this season and Balls is acting like he's only doing 2 more. Who knows..

Don't worry, Trubies: Just because Charlaine Harris (who, as you should know, is the author of the novels that inspired True Blood, "The Southern Vampire Mysteries") has announced that she's going to quit writing her books after the 13th installment does NOT mean that True Blood the TV show will have to end. Ever.
That's because True Blood now has a life -- maybe "immortal existence" is a better way to put it -- all on its own. TB writers do pull key characters and plot points from the books, but that's where the similarities end ... in fact, the two versions are different enough so that instead of the usual purist/newbie divide you'd expect to see in a situation like this, you find quite a lot of people who are fans of both.

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True Blood Music Video of the Day : Bruises~ Sookie and Eric

Just thought everyone was warming up for this .. Ha!

Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire will be adapted into a new graphic novel

Eww sounds good !

Yen Press, the graphic novel and manga imprint at Hachette, will adapt Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire into a new graphic novel with the same plot but a new point of view: the story will be told by Claudia, a child who is transformed into a vampire by Louis, the narrator of the original novel. Newcomer Ashley Marie Witter will illustrate the story, which will be published as a single volume in fall 2012.

Interview with the Vampire is the first book in Rice's 10-volume series The Vampire Chronicles, and Rice said she is "intrigued" by the idea of retelling her story from a different point of view. "I have gone all through The Vampire Chronicles writing from the point of view of different characters, so it is completely legitimate to do that," Rice said. "Lestat [another vampire] tells you a completely different version of events than Louis. Who do you believe?"

Yen Press has a history with vampires: its adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight was one of the bestselling graphic novels of 2010, according to Nielsen BookScan.

Rice grew up reading Classics Illustrated comics and horror comics like Tales from the Crypt. "I remember reading Jane Eyre in the Classics comics and how much I loved the details and seeing the madwoman in the attic in those little panels and seeing the whole novel play out," she said. "What always drew me were very detailed, representational drawings, rather than something abstract. I wanted to see a lot of richness and a lot of depth." Graphic novels, she said, "have a freedom that is all their own to create an entire universe in detail fairly inexpensively, compared to a film."

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True Blood’s Kristin Bauer on Eric’s Amnesia, Corsets, and Her Most Shocking Line This Season

As True Blood's Pam, Kristin Bauer's role has thus far been twofold: to spit out piquant lines, and to look fabulous while doing it. But this season, the unflappable vamp must channel her inner thug to fight a coven of witches, who've had the gall to mess with the only precious thing in Pam's life: her badass maker, Eric Northman. Vulture discussed all the True Blood basics (sex, savagery, Skarsgard) with the seasoned actress. Then we shamelessly pumped her for information on former co-stars Jerry Seinfeld and Charlie Sheen.

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Sirius XM Radio’s ‘Iconography’ Series to Feature Alan Ball

SiriusXM "Iconography" Series to Feature Academy® and Emmy®-Award Winning Writer/Producer/Director Alan Ball

--An intimate look at the life and body of work of one of the most prolific and creative forces in Hollywood and American culture --Companion special "The True Story of True Blood" offers listeners an unparalleled look inside the hit show

NEW YORK, July 15, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Sirius XM Radio SIRI +3.56% today announced that Academy® and Emmy®-Award winning writer/producer/director Alan Ball will be the featured subject of the next installment of Iconography, the series that honors the life, career, and impact of iconic personalities on SiriusXM's 24/7 LGBT channel OutQ, ch.108.

Ball has redefined storytelling with his seminal film and television works -- including American Beauty, Six Feet Under and True Blood -- peeling back the layers of dysfunctional families and their secrets and creating characters and storylines that leave an indelible impression on audiences around the world.


OutQ is airing vignettes featuring Alan Ball through the month. Iconography: Alan Ball culminates with a one-hour in-depth interview conducted by OutQ hosts Derek Hartley and Romaine Patterson premiering July 23 at 1:00 pm ET on SiriusXM OutQ, ch.108. Encore presentations will air on OutQ on July 23 at 7:00 pm, July 24 at 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm, July 30 at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm and July 31 at 12:00 pm and 7:00 pm (all times ET).

Charlaine Harris is finishing up Sookie book 12 and heading to Toronto

Charlaine posts to her blog

This will be a very short blog, since I'm not thinking about much of anything but the next book these days. I'm trying to get it ready to send in to my editor by the end of this month, and that means I have to concentrate on what's at hand.
But I'll be seeing some of you next weekend at Polaris, the Toronto convention. I'll be staying over an extra day to have a signing at Indigo Books. It's been a long time since I went across the border, and I'm looking forward to it.

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Some books she reviews and recommends

• The Pack, Jason Starr
• The Desert of Souls, Howard Andrew Jones
• Naked City, edited by Ellen Datlow
• Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion
• Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Kevin Hearn

      

Joe " Alcide " Manganiello talks with Ryan Seacrest at Los Angeles radio station KISS.FM102.7

Kevin Alejandro discusses Lafayette and Jesus relationship

I can't get the video to stop auto-playing on the blog -so watch it here

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b252369_true_bloods_kevin_alejandro_talks_jesus.html

Have you seen Steve Newlin ?

Have you seen Steve ? He was last seen in Dallas ( Dallas looks around )

http://fellowshipofthesun.org/

Season 4 Episode 4 sneak preview video -Marnie is asked to reverse spell

Ep. 40 Clip - Marnie Is Asked to Reverse the Spell©ShareURL=http://www.hbo.com/video/video.html/?autoplay=true&vid=1193747&filter=true-blood&view=null

True Blood “I’m Alive And On Fire” Season 4 Episode 4 – Alcide helps Sookie hunt for Eric; Marnie searches for guidance to break a spell; Bill discovers a common bond with the Bellefleurs; Jason begs for liberation from Hotshot; Sam penetrates Luna’s inner circle; Arlene sees the writing on the wall; Tommy returns to his roots

Join the America Vampire League becasue Nan wants you to !

Join the AVL becasue Nan wants you to !

http://www.americanvampireleague.com/

Kevin Alejandro on True Blood’s Witches vs. Harry Potter and Kissing Nelsan Ellis - Exclusive

Although he’s relatively new to the world of True Blood, actor Kevin Alejandro (Jesus) knows exactly what it takes to play a badass brujo. In part one of an exclusive interview with Wetpaint Entertainment, Kevin opens up about the steamy future of Jesus and Lafayette’s relationship, what it’s like kissing Nelsan Ellis, and why Jesus could kick Harry Potter’s ass!

Wetpaint Entertainment: What’s it like playing a brujo? Will we see more of Jesus’ powers this season? It seems like there’s more to him than meets the eye!

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True Blood’s Joe Manganiello Talks Season 4 Romances and Battles

Manganiello, 34, turned up the temperature with his smoldering performance as mysterious newcomer- and werewolf- Alcide Herveaux. True Blood fans breathed a sigh of relief when Manganiello was signed on as a regular cast member for season four.

“I love the moments where I get to play the werewolf and do some sniffing and tracking,” he said about his favorite part of the role. “Last year I loved cooking my steak and going off to eat it without a fork. I love all of those little werewolf moments. I incorporated growling into Alcide's character: If he didn't like something, he'd growl.”

According to the tall, dark, and handsome Pittsburgh native, a lot will happen on the HBO hit to bring about more guttural noises. Manganiello spoke to Parade.com about battles, babes, bare chests, and the struggle to be the big man in Bon Temps.

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10 Best 'True Blood' One-Liners From Vamp Diva Pam

Finally, True Blood writers seem to have figured out what the rest of us did several seasons ago: Pam deserves some serious props. As Eric's protege, Pam (played by Kristin Bauer) has been the go-to character for dry, dastardly wit, and this season our favorite bad girl is moving out of the shadows and into the -- well, not spotlight, exactly, but you know what I mean.
What's fabulous about Pam is that she gets such an unabashed kick out of being evil. Pam has none of the lame vampire-guilt Bill carries around; she's even less of a human being than Eric. And why not? Hell, if you're gonna be a vampire, might as well be a vampire. Plus, Pam's take-no-prisoners, tell-it-like-it-is style has resulted in some of the best one-liners (not to mention two- and three-liners) ever, on True Blood or any other show in the history of time. Seriously.
I absolutely can't wait to hear what Pam has to say this week. In the meantime, my Top 10 Favorite Pam Quotes: 

Did I miss something? Are we girls now? Did we join a book club and read some queer chick lit memoirs and are bound together by sisterhood or estrogen or some other feminist drivel

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What's your favorite Pam quote?

Charlaine Harris’ 13th Sookie Stackhouse novel will be her last True Blood book

We love Meredith but we also know this isn't big news -she has been saying it for years and I think confirmed it last February- but ...Hey. it's news to the True Blood folks.
It's nice to see this photo- do you remember this ? Talk about Meta !

Meredith Woerner — True Blood will finally have a conclusion, in some form or another. Charlaine Harris, who wrote the books that inspired the television series has revealed that her next book will be Sookie's last!

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