tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post3622982790529382531..comments2024-01-07T09:34:44.086-05:00Comments on What Canst Thou Say?: Seventeen days til school startsRobin M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-30344872331274142142007-08-27T16:45:00.000-04:002007-08-27T16:45:00.000-04:00Nine days to go. I still don't have those shelves,...Nine days to go. I still don't have those shelves, but maybe by next weekend.<BR/><BR/>Anj and Nancy, great to hear from you again.<BR/><BR/>Nancy,that sounds like a great pie recipe. I doubt there will still be blueberries at the farmers' market this week, but I know where to get frozen wild blueberries.Robin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10336915224193704866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-13111482928011902702007-08-25T15:06:00.000-04:002007-08-25T15:06:00.000-04:00I am *so* with you! I could not believe my elation...I am *so* with you! I could not believe my elation when my two kids went off to school on the same day at the same time. What a wicked mother, I danced through the whole house, then went for a three-hour walk! <BR/><BR/>Lovely blueberry pie recipe. Mine is very similar but a bit simpler. I grew up in wild blueberry country and still go off every summer to do my few hours of picking. I can't imagine life without blueberries.<BR/><BR/>This is the pie I grew up with. My 9-year-old daughter can make it.<BR/><BR/>Wild blueberry pie<BR/><BR/>3/4 cup white sugar<BR/>4 Tbsp cornstarch, mixed into sugar<BR/>1 cup water<BR/>1/2 cup wild blueberries<BR/>4 to 4 1/2 cups blueberries (either fresh or stone-cold frozen, not half-melted)<BR/>1/2 Tbsp butter<BR/>1 pie crust, cooked (graham is good)<BR/><BR/>Mix water, sugar, starch, and 1/2 cup berries. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring, till the berries explode and the glaze thickens. <BR/><BR/>Remove from heat. Add butter and stir. Gently pour in fresh berries or frozen berries and turn till just covered. Press into pie crust.<BR/><BR/>If using fresh berries, chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours. If using frozen berries, let thaw slowly, covered, on the counter for about 5 hours.<BR/><BR/>If the berries are frozen hard, they don't lose their texture.Nancy Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260235828442346455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13642801.post-60872155148333394852007-08-20T09:35:00.000-04:002007-08-20T09:35:00.000-04:00Good to hear from you; I am glad you have a desk, ...Good to hear from you; I am glad you have a desk, that shelves will be forthcoming, and mostly, that school will be simplified this year. Yeah! I am looking forward to hearing more when you have time and ability to write.anjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907362042684864253noreply@blogger.com