Sour cream apple pie made with Granny Smiths - definitely A Good Thing . Sour cream peach pie works too. And you are right, nothing like a pie made with fresh local apples - there are myriad apple orchards in an area about 40 minutes NW of our place, and we make frequent trips up there in the warm weather for apples and whatever else they have available. Our freezer is usually weighed down with one gallon ice cream tubs full of homemade apple sauce which my wife makes weekly - and we happily eat. Mmmm, morning oatmeal with a big dollop of warm apple sauce, good breakfast.

I like pie making too, although I must admit the crust is a test of my patience (what little I have), but they come out decently. What I have learned, if anything, from the mother in law (RIP) and a sister-in-law that makes them just as well (I guess she was paying attention during her mom's pie lessons) is that patience is indeed a virtue. Also, just because the crust doesn't look or act like dough when you put it in the pan, doesn't mean it won't when it is done... just add heat and time.

How is this relevant.. good question, lessee.. right, got it. After a nice breakfast of oatmeal with apple sauce, go fly 1/2A aircraft, and take a piece of apple pie along as a snack. Hah!

Darn it now I am hungry again.. sigh. Back to the lunch room.

MJD