So people tell me all the time, your pies are so perfect, doesn't anything ever go wrong??? OK, how about the oven doesn't heat. Miss busy here set the oven temp to 375, popped the pie in (yes before it came up to temp) and went on about my business......about 1 1/2 hours later, hmmmm I don't smell the pie!!! (my way to time it) The oven never heated up!!!! That was on a Thursday afternoon.....called the service guy, sure, we'll be out Friday afternoon.....so I put the pie in the fridge, gambling it would be OK, maybe...
Friday comes, he says the oven is fine, it is just not getting the right amount of electricity,, WHAT?? OK, you know me, so I ask, how does that happen over night, it worked fine yesterday....he doesn't know, but not anything he can do, call the electrician, so I call my trusty electrician, he can't come until Monday, which turns into Tuesday (needless to say, by this time the pie is toast, no pun intended) Kate, the daughter says we should have taken it to a neighbors oven...well, since I never can seem to make strawberry rhubarb pie that does not juice everywhere and wanted to still have my neighbors speaking to me, that didn't happen.
End of story, the electrician turned everything off, checked all the connections, turned everything back on and $40 later, the oven worked fine.....reminded me of the IT support guys at work "turn the computer off, wait ten minutes then turn it back on" fixed it every time !!
New week, since the baked potatoes came out fine, I'm trying the strawberry rhubarb pie again this Friday to take for a group of folks all participating in a pasta cooking class : http://www.soulfoodfarm.com/classes.html after that, pie might be welcome to close the afternoon with.
As I cook, I'll measure it out for you and re post the recipe later....Happy cooking, Alice K
Monday, May 24, 2010
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