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Show mm No. 15 Piea 'At last wc get to it PIE. The "Star Spangled Banner," of all things culinary. The much-abused instrument of humor as displayed in the comic films. The instigator of many a burning tear on the part of the amateur baker and the cause of indigestion on the part of the kind sir who kisses away that tear and cats the pic "MV. T?. tv . Never will I forget my first custard cus-tard pic. I was twelve years of age and had planned a little party which included the presentation of a pie made all by myself." I studied the rcciuc written out for me by my mother most carefully, and the next morning set about the preparation of the big surprise. Every minute I ooencd the oven door to sec how it was progressing, progress-ing, when la the center of the pic rose from out of the pan as if somc- SSX WTC Pkm XK frora der-and der-and the custard on top shifted down to the sides of tfe baking pan. Soon the custard pulp in its sputtering endeavor to seek a place -a TC?Plt Shpped ,dovfn alonR thc aide of the pan -and underneath the dpugfc; in due time there were no visible signs of the custard I whilr on the other hand, the dough bei rtLmcCeen?enrd InTf ft pi the h&lSoli tains that one can see from our studio windows. With a heart that was as heavy as thc dough itself I took my first pie from the oven and and sought my mother's advice. With a sympathetic smile she suggested sug-gested that I refer it to the waste can, but, nay, I felt that there MUST be some process whereby thc reincarnation of the pie was possible. After several tests with my none too gentle fist I found that the summit of the n?c wrmM yield to force and could be flattened flat-tened out so that it resembled "the kind that mother used to make" I proceeded to do this, and then the wonderful thought came to mc that if the pie be turned, quick-like, I would have that hidden custard on top and all would be well. Placing a plate over the pan I inverted it like a flash, but somehow or other various parts of the pic WOULD stick to the pan. With the help of a little silent prayer, a little juggling jug-gling and considerable shaking I managed to separate most of the mass from the pan a.t least, most of thc crust rhe matter of scraping scrap-ing together the custard in thc pan and placing it atop the crust was of little mpment. We had pie that day, but it was fortunate for all those who attended the "partv" that there were many of them wit& thc result that each individual received re-ceived a. very small portion of that ill-fated, dish. I will continue on the subject of pics;in my next iin Mailmen. t. J J2V- ' |
