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jmcquown[_2_]

On 10/30/2018 2:10 PM, wrote:
> On Monday, October 29, 2018 at 6:21:56 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>
>> I just didn't grow up with pies, ya' know? Doesn't matter to me what
>> the season. I've tasted cherry pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, pecan pie,
>> peach pie. Just not a fan of dessert pies.
>>
>> Jill
>>
> I cannot ever remember my mother making a pie, fried pies, yes, but a regular
> pie with a crust, no. Lots of cobblers though.
>
> A period during WW2 she did say she would make 2 chess pies daily, from
> scratch, when my dad worked at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Company
> more commonly known by its name of Jeffboat. He would eat 1/2 pie at lunch
> with she and my two brothers dividing the remainder between them. This was
> repeated at supper. I guess she had her fill of homemade pie crusts after
> that and preferred cobblers. Hahaha
>
What a wonderful memory! Sadly, fried pies and cobblers weren't part of
my growing up experience. Waaah!

Jill