PIE

“Cut my pie into four pieces, I don’t think I could eat eight.”

― Yogi Berra

Besides the pies that my wife makes, there are two sources of pie in our household.

Church Lady  Pie, Church Lady Pie

If I don't get some, I think I'm gonna die.

Give away the green grass, give away the sky,

But don't give away my Church Lady  Pie.

― Apologies to Dennis Lee

The first is affectionately know as “Church Lady Pie.” Every month the Ladies Auxiliary of Knox Presbyterian Church produces pies for sale. They use in-season ingredients as much as possible: Spring brings rhubarb pies, summer brings peach pies, and the Fall brings apple. It is essentially a Pie of the Month Club.The pies come frozen, and each one has baking instructions. These pies always taste delicious, and they fall into the ‘eat more’ classification. There is, however, one drawback to these pies. When our son was a teenager, he would arrive home, remove a pie from the freezer, bake it, and then eat THE WHOLE THING HIMSELF.

If you are interested in the most flavourful pies you will ever eat, call the Presbyterian Church Office in Bracebridge, and, if you are lucky, they will add you to the list.

Pine Cone Pie, Pine Cone Pie,

If I don't get some, I think I'm gonna die.

Give away the green grass, give away the sky,

But don't give away my Pine Cone Pie.

― Apologies to Dennis Lee

Our second source of pie is produced by Brian McAsey, and his operation is called Pine Cone Pies. Brian is formerly from England, and he has a delightful south-east London accent.

Brian’s pies are also delicious, and, unlike the Presbyterian Ladies’ dessert pies, his offerings are main courses. Perfect for those times when you do not feel like preparing dinner.

His lineup includes shepherd’s pie, steak pie, and Cornish pasties for the beef lover. He also prepares Quiche Lorraine with ham or a vegetarian variation with cheese. His other vegetarian offering is vegetable pie with ten fresh vegetables in a homemade mushroom sauce topped with creamy mashed potatoes. Chicken pot pie and sausage strip pie topped with puff pastry round out his menu. If you are interested, call Brian at 705-646-8992. You will be glad you did.

Think of this: one of Brian’s pies followed up by a piece of Church Lady Pie. It does not get any better.

My last item is not a pie but rather a large cookie the size of a pie. It was given to me as a Christmas present by my daughter’s mother-in-law, Ruth Scholey. Just in case you cannot read the writing, it says Goose Grease Gramps. The cookie was delicious. Thanks, Ruth.

“I went to sit in the bus station and think this over. I ate another apple pie and ice cream; that’s practically all I ate all the way across the country, I knew it was nutritious and it was delicious, of course.”

― Jack Kerouac