I love to make pies. I was inspired and have learned pretty much everything I know from my mother-in-law, Jinny Jacobs. She's an amazing cook and on any given day you can find some flavor of pie at her house. But she and her husband, Bob, have gotten themselves into some pretty funny pie situations lately so I thought I'd share them with you. Note the picture above. This is how the pie came out of the oven and how it looked when we got there. Nan and Pop aren't sure how it happened but are guessing that it got so hot and bubbled the top crust right off to the side. So it wasn't that attractive but I can guarantee it was yummy. The other story happened a few months ago: Now that Nan and Pop have gotten older they do things the easy way more often and so are buying more pie crusts already made and ready to cook. So this day they had one of those and had filled it with one of their delicious flavors. After completing the pie Nan moved it over to the oven to bake and then went on to do something else. When the timer went off Pop opened the oven and that whole pie had melted and dripped down into the bottom of the oven!! That's how it looked when we showed up a little later. Nan had lifted the pie and failed to take the little aluminum pan with it. But Pop didn't realize that at first. When he first saw the mishap he called to Jinny and said, "Ruth Virginia, that pie plate has completely burned up!!" Oh Nan and Pop! They definitely keep us alert......and laughing!
