"Arri London" > wrote in message
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> You prefer English apple pie to Irish?? Horrors!

On the whole, yes. My statement does not mean the "individual" best pies.
But as a nation, yes. The best apple pie I've ever eaten was at the
Shelbourne dining room in Dublin (with cream). 2nd (with ice cream), at a
small restaurant in Three Rivers, California which is long gone as is the
pie's creator and his recipe. 3rd, a small restaurant in Braintree (with
Cheddar) where I found hospitality on a Sunday afternoon when I became
famished while driving from London to Cambridge. I was fed despite the facts
that I was neither a local nor did I make reservations for Sunday dinner.

> The best apple pie I've had has always been in Ireland. Had a really
> memorable slab (and slab it was) of it as pudding after a hefty meal in
> Cork. Waitress asked if I wanted cream or ice cream, so I opted for
> cream. The slab came with cream *and* freshly made real custard, which
> apparently was the default.

Oh My!! That sounds scrumptious! I want some now!

Charlie