On 2013-09-19, Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Add some tapioca to the fruit mix. Trick my mom taught me. Works very
> well.

I use instant tapioca to thicken pies, but discovered some fruits are
not juicy enough to activate the tapioca. Fresh blueberry is one
example. If the berries are not juicy enough, there is not enough
liquid in the pie to wet the tapioca. I discovered taking at least
1/3rd of the fruit and pre-cooking it in a saucepan with the tapioca
and then adding that to the fresh berries solves this problem.

nb