Keep in mind that the alien landscape above was a luscious and mouth watering treat mere days prior to this photo.  Yet, homemade foodstuffs lack one of the critical ingredients we’ve learned to rely on in our modern culinary landscape:  preservatives.

Even with its foolproof recipe and top-notch ingredients, time was still the enemy of the final slice of sweet dessert.  Behold the forgotten last piece of pumpkin pie, tragically relegated to the trash bin with its splotchy white growths: