| Show 0 off the me wad for birthday FEBRUARY 22 would not be 1 completely celebrated if cherries were not featured in some way during the day it is true that the story of the cherry tree and george washington is more closely connected in the memory of many of us than hi his 1 s great prowess as the father of 0 our ur country we seem to take tor for granted his ability as a leader and talk tal k abut the cherry tree episode of his youth cherry pie I 1 no 2 can pitted 2 tablespoons corn red sour cherries starch 6 tablespoons sugar a teaspoon salt I 1 tablespoon butter line an 8 inch pie pan with pastry drain the cherries from the juice and place them in the pastry shell mix together sugar cornstarch and salt and sprinkle over the cherries pour on the juice dot with butter and cover with a thin top crust or with strips of pastry bake in a hot oven degrees for 12 minutes reduce temperature to degrees d agrees and continue baking for 45 minutes MARJORIE H BLACK |
