Did you know that tomorrow is Friday The 13th? Do you care? I'm pretty nervous about it. Isn't this the last year of the Mayan Calendar, too? That reminds me - along with no IKEA, Trader Joe's, Safeway, Nordstroms, or Cost Plus, Oklahoma has no Marie Callender Restaurants. And that means no Fresh Strawberry Pie from a Marie Callender Restaurant. Sigh!
My grandparents discovered Marie Callender Strawberry Pies when she would bake them and her son would sell them - I think it was at his fruit stand, but it's been a long time since then and my grandparents aren't around to ask. She would fill her flaky crust with a custard base and pile on only the best freshest strawberries to a height of 7or 8 inches, then cover the berries with a glaze. The best!
Oh, and all I can say about tomorrow is "Good Luck!"
That's too bad. Friday the 13th would be a wonderful excuse to stay in bed all day and eat strawberry pie, wouldn't it? Ah, well; you'll figure something out. Dark chocolate, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteThank Anne! That is a great suggestion. I'm out of medicinal chocolate, so I'm off to the store first - then it's bed all day! Or I could spit in the eye of Fate and eat Sushi in Tulsa!
ReplyDeleteWe used to have one a few years ago, Marie Callendars.
ReplyDeleteOnly two hours to go on Friday 13th and all is well we better watch out tomorrow, though, for the solar flares. Always something! Yes this is the last year of the Mayan calendar. One can watch the History. channel and get really scared!
ReplyDeleteHi Sanda - When I was teaching kids cooking, I noticed that only the really smart ones could figure stuff out enough to get properly scared. I just got news that my niece, who was very overdue, had a baby girl at 4:30. That makes Friday the 13th feel quite lucky.
ReplyDeleteHi Carla - I know they closed a bunch of them - sorry to hear ours was one of them. I bought some of those Aldi cheap (but quite tasty) strawberries and might just make my own pie.
ReplyDeleteThere's one in Kansas City. ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Terri - If it's still Strawberry season for John's next business trip to KC, I'll have to find it.
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