Not Appropriate

Often, I can be inappropriate, and this will be one of those times. I have to tell you guys about "Chicken Bingo." This "game" was played at the fundraiser I went to over the weekend. So, there is a chicken, and she is in a cage that has a bingo card for the flooring. You buy tickets with bingo card numbers on them and pray that the chicken poops on your number for prizes. Wow. Think of the pressure that chicken must be under to go to the bano. Seriously. Awesome. Can we get some prunes over here? I know, food blog and potty humor do not go hand-in-hand.

OK, now back to being more appropriate. I made four delicious pies for the fundraiser. Yes, I said four, because I had an apple pie fail. The apples didn't soften and then liquid started to pour out of the pie pan. I need to seal the crust better for one thing. This was also my first foray into freezing pie filling. That may have played into it. I did freeze some crusts and they turned out great! I digress. So, I think it is time for me to divorce my apple pie recipe and come up with something more non-fail oriented. I'll let you know what I come up with.

Anywho, the chocolate peanut butter pie was the hit and GONE in a flash. The cherry pie and pumpkin pecan went shortly thereafter. I did have a whole cherry pie left, only because it was hidden under the table. Ooops.

I learned a few things from this event: 1) Pre-cut the pies, because people will butcher the hell out of them. Please see photo; 2) Have contact information ready to hand out, because people want to eat pies, but don't want to bake them (see, that's where I come in); 3) Don't hide pies; 4) Chickens like pie crust.

This Wednesday I will get back on my regularly scheduled program. Maybe I will find a new apple pie to date.