[Publib] Ning, nang, and cherry pies

[GraceAnne Andreassi DeCandido]

Some of us could even argue for real cherries. I have never made 
such a pie, but I did do cherry-pitting duties a few times. It was 
glorious.
I am more of a blueberry or apple pie person, myself. I think the 
pie preference could definitely be charted on one of those 
MyersBriggs scales. Does that make me ENFJ?
Continuing this random discourse, the very best pie ever in the 
world was at Mama and Leenie's in Maine. It was a raspberry pie 
about four inches high. It approached the erotic in perfection.
GraceAnne

The honorable Kathleen Stipek noted on 27 Dec 2007 thusly:

> 'Real' as opposed to surreal cherries?  This is the sort of
> thing that people suffering from post-Christmas traumatic
> stress disorder cannot cope with.  You do not want to know
> what kind of images are now going to float about in my
> conscious for the rest of the day and subconscious for
> weeks.
> 
> Kathleen Stipek
> Alachua County Library District
> 401 East University Avenue
> Gainesville, Florida 32601
> 352-334-3931  (fax) 352-334-3948
> 
>      --Non, merci.
>        Cyrano de Bergerac
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of John
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:13 PM To:
> publib at webjunction.org Subject: [Publib] Ning, nang, and
> cherry pies
> 
> Joe, I had fully intended to throw in the yin-yang
> thang--er, thing--but forgot.  Who knows where the mind
> goes?  (Don't answer that.)  
> 
> Re: cherry pies, whether the top crust is latticed or not is
> of no *great* concern to me, but I must insist that if
> people are going to bake cherry pies (which my wife does,
> and very well, with her pies often requested by friends and
> family), they need to use REAL pie cherries. The tart ones,
> with at least one pit, more-or-less, per can.  None of that
> gooey pre-made "pie filling," which is more
> cornstarchy-gluey than it is, well, real.  (Just as all
> those pies that get sold and advertised as "------ cream
> pie" generally ought to be made with meringue on top, and
> not some alleged creamy gunk, which may or may not be
> concocted out of a milk product.)  But a good meringue is
> hard to find.
> 
> And don't get me started on bakery cakes, the frostings of
> which are made with Crisco and not, at the very least,
> margarine; butter, of course, is to be preferred to all
> other things.  Or bakery cookies also made with Crisco.
> 
> (It's ridiculous to be writing about all this food, as I
> still feel the weight of Christmas indulgence dragging my
> middle-aged waistline down, down, down.)
> 
> John D. Richmond, Director
> Alpha Park Public Library District
> 3527 So. Airport Road
> Bartonville, IL 61607
> Ph: (309) 697-3822, ext. 12
> Fax: (309) 697-9681
> E-mail: jrichmond at alphapark.org

Merry Holly, GraceAnne

GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Reader Writer Reviewer ~ New York City
Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature Rutgers SCILS/PDS

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       So the shortest day came, and the year died,
         And everywhere down the centuries of the
                     Snow-white world,
               Came people singing, dancing,
                  To drive the dark away.
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