Those Summer Nights

Well...I guess we're just about in the middle of summer, which is an awesome thing if you're a pie maker like I am. You see...summer isn't only the time of year when it gets disgustingly hot outside, it's also the time of year when fruit is at it's most fresh.

I went to Vienna's Farmer's Market last Saturday and got some great locally grown peaches. Then I went to Giant and bought some, equally great, far away grown strawberries (I am not a sellout, strawberry season is over).

When I got home I started throwing them all together; Some sugar here, some lemon juice there, maybe a tad of corn starch... then I plopped it all in a pre-baked pie shell and into the fridge it went.

While it chilled, we reorganized our basement. It looks so much better, much more space, and a vast improvement on the viewing angle of the tv.

Anyway, we were hot from all of the lifting and shifting, and decided we needed a cool snack. Well, Straight From The Pie Hole came to our rescue.

"How?" you might ask.

Well, if you remember, there was a chilled strawberry peach pie in the fridge just-a-waiting for us to dig into.




For the love of peaches in pie crust! It was delicious. Like a cold slice of peach pie, but slightly foreign...the strawberry bits, strewn throughout like the chocolate chips in mint chocolate chip ice cream. The fresh whipped topping, the dash of nutmeg all combining to create a masterpiece of flavor. And, it was beautiful, to boot!

It represented well a hot, humid, sticky summer's night. And it cooled us off. Just as we had hoped.