Making Pie With Iljin & Anna (And Only One Fire)

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Photos (top to bottom)" photo 1: the apples; photos 2/3: Anna's fancy apple core & peel gizmo makes short work of the 20 apples; photo 4: Iljin poses with his apple filling mixture; photos 5/6: settling down to enjoy pie in the backyard; photos 7/9: the kids pose with their pies, each INSISTING that theirs is better.

Iljin, Anna & I got together on a sunny afternoon to bake pies. Iljin's love of pie was the motivation behind this. (Iljin & Anna are former ISMers, now high school sophomores.)

(Note to all of Iljin's prospective girlfriends: Think pie.)

I picked up the kids, we shopped Safeway for the ingredients, then got down to business. We made four pies: 4 x 5 apples, cinnamon (lots), sugar, nutmeg, and raisins (to taste). I bought the pre-made crusts. (The purists out there are groaning.)

While Iljin & Anna squabbled over whose pie was superior, facts are facts, and mine was best.