"There's a lot of peaks and valleys on the days you make pies, honey."
"A lot of foot stompin' over there sometimes," he says.
Well, yes, sorry there is crying and yelling and stomping while I try to perfect an All-American dish.
My Pie Adventure 2014 is in it's last month and I have so many things to tell you about pie. I think December calls for lots of pie baking so I will write more after we get through all 12 months of pie baking.
The first month was definitely a valley.....when my husband came home to me crying because my crust wasn't quite working out. Like the good man he is, he opened up a bottle of wine for me and then just stayed out of the way. That was until I cried some more and then he ran to town to buy crust for my already made, delicious filling.
Someone called this my french fry pie.
Definitely a valley moment.
This fall I somehow perfected making my own caramel for this peanut-caramel-apple pie.
I mean it event looks pretty. A peak moment for sure.
Then there was the time that I started making a pie and then had that awful moment when I realized the recipe was really for a custard pie. I don't really do that nor do I have the ambition too.
I think I called my mom crying this time.
The bacon and peanut butter cookie crust was so, so good and a peak moment for me.
The custard, a low.....low....runny valley.
My pie crust was too thick....valley. But the apple, pear and raisin filling was good and the brown sugar crumble topping was delicious....another peak during the Pie Adventure 2014.
The months have seemed to fly by during this adventure, just as they do in life.
I have learned that each pie crust and pie filling are unique in their own ways and that they aren't perfect. I will never perfect the art of making a pie, but many of them will be delicious and some will make grandma's pie hutch for the holidays.
I will always have peaks and valleys with my pies, just as in life. But it's all an adventure, right?
"A lot of foot stompin' over there sometimes," he says.
Well, yes, sorry there is crying and yelling and stomping while I try to perfect an All-American dish.
My Pie Adventure 2014 is in it's last month and I have so many things to tell you about pie. I think December calls for lots of pie baking so I will write more after we get through all 12 months of pie baking.
The first month was definitely a valley.....when my husband came home to me crying because my crust wasn't quite working out. Like the good man he is, he opened up a bottle of wine for me and then just stayed out of the way. That was until I cried some more and then he ran to town to buy crust for my already made, delicious filling.
Someone called this my french fry pie.
Definitely a valley moment.
This fall I somehow perfected making my own caramel for this peanut-caramel-apple pie.
I mean it event looks pretty. A peak moment for sure.
Then there was the time that I started making a pie and then had that awful moment when I realized the recipe was really for a custard pie. I don't really do that nor do I have the ambition too.
I think I called my mom crying this time.
The bacon and peanut butter cookie crust was so, so good and a peak moment for me.
The custard, a low.....low....runny valley.
Then a total peak moment happened last week.
I was talking to grandma about the Thanksgiving Day meal and she uttered those words I thought I would never hear, "So....are you bringing a pie, Katherine?"
"Well, I was thinking about it, and thought I would ask you first.
But YES, I can bake a pie for Thanksgiving, grandma!"
And just like that, I was a grown-up bringing pie to Thanksgiving.
My pie crust was too thick....valley. But the apple, pear and raisin filling was good and the brown sugar crumble topping was delicious....another peak during the Pie Adventure 2014.
The months have seemed to fly by during this adventure, just as they do in life.
I have learned that each pie crust and pie filling are unique in their own ways and that they aren't perfect. I will never perfect the art of making a pie, but many of them will be delicious and some will make grandma's pie hutch for the holidays.
I will always have peaks and valleys with my pies, just as in life. But it's all an adventure, right?
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