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Mar. 22nd, 2015 08:25 pmI tried making homemade pie crust tonight, and now four mini pies are in the oven. I'm not sure I like the mini pie pan we have (no one has used it before), and probably it was not the greatest plan to use untried equipment for a new recipe (and not just a new recipe for the pie crust; I've actually never made a pie before even with pre-made pie crusts), but it is what it is. I really liked the pie crust recipe itself, and will try it again in a regular pie pan before I make any decisions.
The filling turned out delicious, though: granny smith apples, butter, cinnamon, a touch of sugar, and ground cloves. Nom.
I've been reading a cozy mystery series (I think that's right) by Sarah Graves, the Home Repair is Homicide series. The blurb that turns up on a lot of the covers is from the Denver Post: Think Diane Mott Davidson with a tool belt instead of recipes!
I don't actually read Davidson's books (though I would, I just haven't), and I'm still not sure how I ended up with this series. I think the first one I read was a dollar book from Half Price Books, and it sat on my to read bookshelves for awhile, but I finally read it when I unpacked it recently, and liked it enough I picked up a handful of others from a used bookstore. (I went down to watch more college hockey with Sister K a few weeks ago, and had some extra time before she got off work, so I ended up at a used bookstore near her workplace. It's overpriced and the staff was unfriendly, but I found a couple more Graves books, so that was nice.) I'm on my third book now, and the style frustrates me, the pacing is uneven, and I often dislike the main characters, but the stories keep sucking me in. There's a point where I can't stop reading, because I have to see what happens. That's pretty impressive, considering the rest of it.
These books are set in Eastport, Maine, where the author lives, and I have to say, they've made me want to visit that part of Maine, maybe stay awhile. Maybe I should write a Maine werewolf story, and go do some first hand research.
Other than that, still unmedicated and unemployed, had a pretty massive breakdown the other day, but I keep pushing through.
The filling turned out delicious, though: granny smith apples, butter, cinnamon, a touch of sugar, and ground cloves. Nom.
I've been reading a cozy mystery series (I think that's right) by Sarah Graves, the Home Repair is Homicide series. The blurb that turns up on a lot of the covers is from the Denver Post: Think Diane Mott Davidson with a tool belt instead of recipes!
I don't actually read Davidson's books (though I would, I just haven't), and I'm still not sure how I ended up with this series. I think the first one I read was a dollar book from Half Price Books, and it sat on my to read bookshelves for awhile, but I finally read it when I unpacked it recently, and liked it enough I picked up a handful of others from a used bookstore. (I went down to watch more college hockey with Sister K a few weeks ago, and had some extra time before she got off work, so I ended up at a used bookstore near her workplace. It's overpriced and the staff was unfriendly, but I found a couple more Graves books, so that was nice.) I'm on my third book now, and the style frustrates me, the pacing is uneven, and I often dislike the main characters, but the stories keep sucking me in. There's a point where I can't stop reading, because I have to see what happens. That's pretty impressive, considering the rest of it.
These books are set in Eastport, Maine, where the author lives, and I have to say, they've made me want to visit that part of Maine, maybe stay awhile. Maybe I should write a Maine werewolf story, and go do some first hand research.
Other than that, still unmedicated and unemployed, had a pretty massive breakdown the other day, but I keep pushing through.
