Author Topic: Choking down Mom's Apple Pie (Read 11922 times)

newday777 · « **on:** July 11, 2025, 04:04:11 AM »

Well I'm hanging out with my mom(99 years old!) for the week while my sis takes a break up camping on the Maine coast. My sis worries mom will burn the house down cooking forgetting having something cooking....
Mom made another apple pie yesterday while I was trying to decipher the instructions and start assembling her new awning over her deck.
After supper I cut into the pie wondering if she remembered everything this time..... she always made the best pies I've ever had throughout the years. Her memory has been slipping some of the pies she has done in the past year......
Well.....

newday777 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:06:00 AM »

It looked good on the outside.

newday777 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:08:25 AM »

Cutting it i was a bit leary as she still does everything by memory and that includes setting down and napping in the chair while it bakes.....no timer set to remind her to pull it out and I got scolded and shewed out when I poked my head in asking if she pulled it out yet smelling it outside on the deck.....
It looked okay inside.....

newday777 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:12:19 AM »

Well....
Let me tell yah.....
It's a winner!
Well done mom!

newday777 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:13:28 AM »

Quote from: newday777 on July 11, 2025, 04:12:19 AM

Well....
Let me tell yah.....
It's a winner!
Well done mom!

And no alamode necessary to choke it down either

Kevin D · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2025, 05:06:22 AM »

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Well....
Let me tell yah.....
It's a winner!
Well done mom!

Stu, you better get one of those pies entered in the county fair!

newday777 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2025, 05:08:58 AM »

She has won a few prizes over the years. This one would have been a winner for sure.

Stev-o · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2025, 08:29:40 AM »

Quote from: newday777 on July 11, 2025, 04:04:11 AM

Well I'm hanging out with my mom(99 years old!)

Enjoy your time with her, I miss my Mom dearly. She "only" lived to 94 and has been gone several years now.

I think I miss my Mom's lasagne the most, she even made the pasta herself.

newday777 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2025, 08:33:57 AM »

Quote from: Stev-o on July 11, 2025, 08:29:40 AM

Quote from: newday777 on July 11, 2025, 04:04:11 AM
Well I'm hanging out with my mom(99 years old!)

Enjoy your time with her, I miss my Mom dearly. She "only" lived to 94 and has been gone several years now.

I think I miss my Mom's lasagne the most, she even made the pasta herself.

I know Steve I'm sure you do miss her and yes I'm enjoying being here with her. We still play cribbage every now and then. I might take to the beach today if she wants to go.
She is just now getting back from her walk to get the mail and paper.

BenelliSEI · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2025, 01:10:47 PM »

Quote from: newday777 on July 11, 2025, 04:12:19 AM

Well....
Let me tell yah.....
It's a winner!
Well done mom!

Stu….. Good on you! Great memories. My wife bakes my Mom’s banana loaf to perfection. Our grand kids love it and makes me smile every time I smell it…. Powerful combination, smell and taste!

newday777 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2025, 01:38:09 PM »

Quote from: BenelliSEI on July 11, 2025, 01:10:47 PM

Quote from: newday777 on July 11, 2025, 04:12:19 AM
Well....
Let me tell yah.....
It's a winner!
Well done mom!

Stu….. Good on you! Great memories. My wife bakes my Mom’s banana loaf to perfection. Our grand kids love it and makes me smile every time I smell it…. Powerful combination, smell and taste!

Totally!

Ichiban 4 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2025, 01:52:30 PM »

Found this conversation really enjoyable guys. Think it's great that your Mom is still doing stuff like that @ 99 Newday.

My Mom & Dad passed many years ago..but I still have fond memories of her cooking and dishes she made[she actually taught me to cook when I was a child..my aunt and grandmother too]. Still have some of her cooking stuff [pot & pans..cookbooks.etc.] Think it comes in handy nowadays as the wife & I aren't totally dependent on pre-prepared and take-out food..which is healthier in long run..i believe.

Have a great weekend everyone..

Al/Ichi

andy750 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2025, 02:07:10 PM »

Great thread Stu and all the best to your Mum - cherish these moments! Im off on my yearly pilgrimage home to see my Mum so very timely thread

newday777 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2025, 02:09:31 PM »

Quote from: andy750 on July 11, 2025, 02:07:10 PM

Great thread Stu and all the best to your Mum - cherish these moments! Im off on my yearly pilgrimage home to see my Mum so very timely thread

Cool beans Andy! Have a blessed trip!

newday777 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2025, 02:12:51 PM »

And thanks Al. I thought I'd have some fun posting this.
My dad's been gone since 1990, early heart attack at 65. Still miss him and the fun we had as a family.

Don R · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2025, 02:41:30 PM »

My late mother-in-law made me a lovely Banana cream pie at the last thanksgiving she cooked, She got confused and used corn starch instead of powdered sugar. I was eating it and not complaining. My wife tasted it, figured out what happened and took mine away. I asked if there was any rat poison in that kitchen. She said no and I said give me my pie back.

newday777 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:05:41 PM »

Quote from: Don R on July 11, 2025, 02:41:30 PM

My late mother-in-law made me a lovely Banana cream pie at the last thanksgiving she cooked, She got confused and used corn starch instead of powdered sugar. I was eating it and not complaining. My wife tasted it, figured out what happened and took mine away. I asked if there was any rat poison in that kitchen. She said no and I said give me my pie back.

😁

newday777 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2025, 04:14:48 PM »

Took mom out for dinner tonight at her favorite restaurant, Fogarty's Restaurant just across the river into Maine. Good food, we had the baked Haddock. I'm so stuffed I passed on desert. I'll have to wait a while before I cut into the pie......

Don R · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2025, 09:37:06 PM »

I had some Coconut pie today and we laughed remembering the not so sweet pie my late Mother-in law made for me. She was a sweetheart. The soft Maple tree that my Dad gave me for my new house is 50' tall now and drops branches every week, I thought of him laughing at me cutting all of the branches up. Makes me miss all the old folks.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2025, 11:23:28 PM »

Thanks for the virtual pie share, Stu. Pie baking is truly an art. Both my grandma's were masters. My sister has had some significant success but gets too self conscious when she gets it wrong (even a mess up pie is good when it has the love baked in!) I keep telling my sister she just needs more practice...lots of practice! And I am always glad to offer my critique!

newday777 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 11, 2025, 01:33:11 AM »

Totally Sean. And you are welcome. I've tried to make crust and failed to the point that I decided it's not in me. My sisters though have it down pat. So they spoil me too.

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 11, 2025, 09:55:10 AM »

Ahhh geez...just got a strong craving for Rhubarb pie...does anyone even know what Rhubarb is anymore?

newday777 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 11, 2025, 10:00:20 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on August 11, 2025, 09:55:10 AM

Ahhh geez...just got a strong craving for Rhubarb pie...does anyone even know what Rhubarb is anymore?

My oldest sis made one a few weeks ago that was killer

HondaMan · « **Reply #23 on:** August 11, 2025, 10:04:37 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on August 11, 2025, 09:55:10 AM

Ahhh geez...just got a strong craving for Rhubarb pie...does anyone even know what Rhubarb is anymore?

In 1960 I got strep throat real bad while staying the summer at my grandparent's Missouri farm. I couldn't eat anything after the doctor shot me full of antibiotics, but grandma picked some rhubarb and made me a rhubarb pie, which I could manage to swallow. By the time the pie was gone, so was the strep! That stuff was fantastically good!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 11, 2025, 10:12:16 AM »

Ha ha good to hear that Knowledge of Rhubarb still exists in places other than Northern Michigan and my mind.

Ichiban 4 · « **Reply #25 on:** August 11, 2025, 10:23:42 AM »

Just following the conversation here guys..

RE: the Rhubarb availability thing; I see it regularly in fresh produce section of King Soopers and Safeway..out here in Colorado.
Used to grow it as a kid in backyard garden. Felt it was close second to cherry pie in flavor [my usual favorite pie..next to lemon maringue LOL]

RE: the crust thing Stu..I learned from my mom and aunt..that it's the 'shortening' that makes the difference [that's what makes it light & flaky] Always better to have more shortening..compared to liquid..when making the pastry..I was taught many years ago LOL Nowadays when I make pies [which isn't very often]..I find that basically mixing a lot of shortening with the flour..then adding just enough liquid [milk or water] to keep it together/workable..does the trick..

Funny how this stuff pops up in memory after more than half century..eh?

Have a great week everyone..

Al/Ichi

newday777 · « **Reply #26 on:** August 11, 2025, 11:04:54 AM »

Al
For now I'll let my mom and sisters dote on me!

seanbarney41 · « **Reply #27 on:** August 11, 2025, 02:46:05 PM »

My sister tells me the magic to crust is to use real lard instead of shortening....if only the grandmas' recipes included actual measurements instead of things like pinches, handful, "just right", "enough"...

Kelly E · « **Reply #28 on:** August 11, 2025, 02:53:59 PM »

My Grandma would only use Crisco for pie crust and pastries. If she was out Grampa was going somewhere to get some.

newday777 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 11, 2025, 03:09:21 PM »

Yah my mom still doesn't use a recipe, but sometimes she forgets something.

newday777 · « **Reply #30 on:** August 11, 2025, 03:12:22 PM »

I remember when all my mom would use was lard, then after we stopped raising pigs and the stores stopped selling lard she went to crisco.

Stev-o · « **Reply #31 on:** August 13, 2025, 08:47:27 AM »

Quote from: seanbarney41 on August 10, 2025, 11:23:28 PM

Pie baking is truly an art.

My buddy gave us a bunch of peaches from his tree at the Ranch, they were really good but couldnt eat them all.

I'm not a baker but came across this recipe for a "Peachy Granola Crisp", it was easy and came out really good...and served with vanilla ice cream on top.

https://www.traderjoes.com/home/recipes/peachy-granola-crisp.html

newday777 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 13, 2025, 09:00:18 AM »

That'll fit the hole! I've had similar at times.

Ichiban 4 · « **Reply #33 on:** August 13, 2025, 01:31:00 PM »

Yeah..sounds familiar to what I experienced growing up..

Lard was preferable for best crust..but Crisco was used most of time in my family. Guess neither one is considered very healthy nowadays LOL
But as my grandpa always said [he was a physician BTW] "everything in moderation".

I have to admit though that if I want to "make a pie" nowadays [to use up extra fruit etc.] I usually keep a frozen pie crust in the freezer..for such situations. Frozen not nearly as tasty/satisfying as home made..but seems to me better than all-frozen or most store bought pies. Plus..one can't deny that the "love factor" of having food cooked by Mom..Grandma..etc..adds a special ingredient..

Cheers..

Al/Ichi

Kevin D · « **Reply #34 on:** August 13, 2025, 11:11:48 PM »

Grandma had the pastry touch. There were always crème tarts on Sunday tucked away for Uncle Jim and myself. My wife had some lessons with her, but didn’t pick up the no recipe “touch” that Grandma had. After Grandma passed, my wife participated in pie making at church. Hundreds of delicious apple pies were prepared but crust making was reserved for the seniors, and my wife couldn’t get the practice that she needed to be an expert. Nowadays there are only a few apple pies made with store bought crust, and as much as I like them, it’s far from the best thing for me to eat. What’s on these pages is safe for me (to look at).
Enjoy it Stu.
Oh, I don’t remember lard but I do remember Crisco in Grandmas kitchen.

Trevor from Warragul · « **Reply #35 on:** August 14, 2025, 12:07:21 AM »

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does anyone even know what Rhubarb is anymore?

This is available in Australian supermarkets (very good, too!):

Stev-o · « **Reply #36 on:** August 15, 2025, 07:33:30 AM »

Quote from: Kevin D on August 13, 2025, 11:11:48 PM

Oh, I don’t remember lard but I do remember Crisco...

+1, no lard but my Mom did use Crisco. Mom was better known for her Xmas cookies than pies, though.

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Author Topic: Choking down Mom's Apple Pie (Read 11922 times)