Tendrils

Category: Yummy things

  • Pie Crust

    Pie Crust

    Pies make the world go round. And one basic thing is common in nearly all pies. The crust. Many different recipes. Not for ME. I use one recipe that I got from my Mom and I stick with it. No sense in tangling with perfection. Here’s the recipe that I use without fail. Memorized since…

  • Cherry Custard Pie

    Cherry Custard Pie

    George Washington’s birthday was just a few days ago. A celebration took place in my kitchen and the end result was a cherry custard pie. Not my usual pie and certainly not my usual CHERRY pie. But I’d say it was quite a success. Another of the household would prefer the recipe for cherry pie…

  • Catbrier and Beautyberry

    It has been so dry, but yesterday brought a glorious 1/4 inch of rain. Hallelujah! That rain brings a brief moment of relief to suffering vegetation. The rain also brings beauty to the landscape. I love what rain does to colors, deepens them, makes them more rich. But of course more rich! Those colors are decorated with…

  • Pi or Blueberries

    This pan will do the job of representing two words: pi and pie. Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, and this pan is a circle. A Pie is usually a sweet, baked good which often is cooked up in a pan such as this. Many people look to me as a pie…

  • A Bush To Love

    A Bush To Love

    I’m in love with a bush that’s growing in my yard. Actually I have 14 of these bushes growing along the edge of my front porch, bordering the vegetable garden, and creating a shrub island by the wood shop. I can’t recommend them highly enough. Here in the mountains of central Virginia, they are a…

  • More Pie Heritage

      Okay, my title says, “More Pie Heritage.” Some time ago, I wrote a blog referring to my “apple pie heritage”. This blog is about Funny Cake. So, am I talking about pie, or am I talking about cake? It is in a pie crust, but it is a cake, made with all the requirements for cake. And…

  • Thinking About Maples And Syrup

    Sweet Memories Vermont and a telescope making conference, Stellafane, used to draw me to the land of black and white cows, Ben and Jerry’s, Sugar Maples, and maple syrup.  I went up there for Stellafane for nearly 20 years straight.  It was an education.  An education in telescope making and astronomy in general, an education in…

  • Apple Pie Heritage

    Mom’s Family I grew up with apple pies.  Lots of other pies too, but the standout memory is apple pies.  My Mom is Pennsylvania Dutch, which, in my mind, means she is a terrific cook, but most of all a terrific pie baker.  She tells me of falling asleep in her grandparent’s dining room, while…