APPLE PIE

Each of you must have a favorite dessert; mine is apple pie.

It seems that in every generation within a family, there are "dessert specialists." My mother was a cake baker, her sister Sarah was a baker of fruit pies, and her sister Ellen made the world's tastiest key lime pie. Dear Wife has a reputation as a baker extraordinaire, both within and without the family circle.

At home, mother served apple pie with a slice of cheddar cheese. This might have been a custom brought from Ireland. To this day, that is my preference. My Chicago granddaughter sent me this verse as a reminder:

BUT I, WHEN I UNDRESS ME
EACH NIGHT, UPON MY KNEES
WILL ASK THE LORD TO BLESS ME
WITH APPLE PIE AND CHEESE. (E. Field)

A recent news article asked, "IS CHEESE ON APPLE PIE REQUIRED BY LAW (in restaurants) ?" The answer is NO, although there once was a Wisconsin law that required a serving of butter and cheese with each meal, (a reasonable request in the Dairy State, wouldn't you say?). That law became Wisconsin's first sunset law.

I'm sure, dear reader, that when Dear Wife reads this blog she'll go straight to the kitchen and bake me a you-know-what. Oh, fortunate me!

More, later.