Thursday, February 28, 2013

Cherry Pie or Not Cherry Pie?

Cherry Pie... or is it?

Cherry Pie... :)

Okay... so I got this cherry pie recipe from a friend who swears it is THE best cherry pie... EVER!  Here's my dilemma... I don't really care for cherry pie that much... So I thought, what the heck... maybe I don't care for it because I've never had a really good cherry pie?  He made this pie sound so perfect and delicious that I just had to try it.... so off to the grocery I go...

While shopping for the ingredients I was not able to get the right kind of cherries per the recipe, so I improvised.  Instead of "tart pitted cherries in water"... I could only get "dark cherries in heavy syrup"... I thought, okay... it's still cherries, but in heavy syrup.  I'll just reduce the sugar, which I did.  With a plan in mind, I baked this cherry pie...

Oh man, I thought this pie was the "bees knees"... practically licked my plate I did!  It was absolutely the most I had ever enjoyed a slice of cherry pie in my life!

So fast forward to my friend Emily coming over to try the pie.... She LOVES cherry pie, so her opinion was pretty relevant.  Now... she too practically licked her plate clean, but her comment?  "It's not really like a cherry pie... anyone expecting cherry pie is going to miss that tartness of the cherries."  So apparently, I made a really good pie, but not a really good "cherry" pie?  Go figure...

On the upside... while talking with her on the phone... before coming to my house for pie.... she was at the grocery store... she checked her store and they did, indeed, have the correct cherries for the cherry pie filling.  She got two cans for me....

So.... now for chapter two of Cherry Pie....


TO BE CONTINUED....






2 comments:

  1. I really like cherry pie, so I'd be a good future critic (hint, hint).

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    1. Ha ha! Hanna, I just saw this comment.. AFTER I texted you about bringing you some cherry pie... :)

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