October 31, 2011
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Many hands....
You may have noticed I changed my blog to lovely autumn colours and with this want share a few activities of the fall.
This summer I have again been involved in a local fruit rescue group
http://operationfruitrescue.org/
OFRE rescues unwanted fruits from private property where homeowners have registered their trees/bushes with us and the proceeds get split between the homeowner, pickers,
and fod bank or other charitable group.My garage has been storing apples and little red/green pears
with me wondering in what direction they should be used.Announcement went on facebook:
"Want to hone pie making skills. I am looking for some volunteers and trying to source the apples for 24 pies for next Saturday morning at 10 AM. This is for a community dinner for two churches in Old Strathcona, HTAC & Trinity Lutheran. We would be working with two very experienced ladies and probably able to take home a pie for your family "
Four boxes of apples got donated from OFRE!
A week ago Saturday,
a number of us got together in the church basement kitchen and made 35 pies!
The process was delightful and definitely an assembly line, with some peeling
( this is my favorite recent purchase apple corer from Bosche )
and others washing 
and then in a mix of tapioca, sugar, cinnamon ready for two layers of pastry 
Yes, some dough was frozen and individual pies taken home.
This is one I made yesterday for our writers group with apples, pears and cherries, all local!
Other activities have included the grand daughter and her friend making mini-chocolate cup cakes
in my kitchen with very pink icing 
and silver sparkles.
The girls had fun in the process
and later sold them at the church rummage sale.
Will finish by wishing you all a SAFE and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!
Comments (3)
Yummy fruits and pies there! We are picking pears here too. They are green and crispy but good. And they make good tasting pies and pear sauce. Happy Autumn!!
@Tempguestbrief - Thanks and greetings as well. Where are you again? It is a surprise to some that pears grow this far north but they do a good snackng right now!
I am in NE texas. Just far enough north that pears do very well and peaches are marginal...
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