Jess, I don't remember ever seeing any of the Grundy Co. bakery pies. Never have had a commerical "fried pie" that ever tasted like homemade. I think there are FDA restrictions against making them. For any commerical venture, you'd have to add so much extra stuff that the pie wouldn't be natural anymore. Like I said, it's a pity we can't send them over the net. Maybe one day! Edgar -----Original Message----- From: Jess Lewis <jlewis@cafes.net> To: TNCHAT-L@rootsweb.com <TNCHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 31 May, 2000 6:12 PM Subject: [TNCHAT] Re: Fried Pies, etc. >HELLO...hello....hello.... >Can you hear me ? >Kinda echos in this here box. Chip snores a bit also. >Anyway, my wife still makes fried pies. My mom used to be the family champ, but Joanna has >taken over the honors, much to mom's annoyance. >She made up a big bunch of Apple and Peach, and I took 'em to work. We have many yankee >imports there, who had never heard of them. They seem to think that Hostess or Colonial or >some other Company made something like that, and it wasn't very good. >Well, they noticed that all the Southern Boys were stuffing them down, while stealing an >extra one or two, for next break. They finally tried a few, and a fight almost broke out. >Unfortunately, I had forgotten to "stash" a few for myself, and thus got left out. >They now beg me to bring some more, and have even taken up collections to buy more dried >apples and peaches, if she will only make some more pies. >One guy wanted the recipe for his wife, so she could try her hand. >It's hard to believe that some company doesn't try to market a REAL fried pie. I think >that they would bring almost any price that they had the nerve to ask. A small bakery >(Dutch Maid, I think), up in Grundy County did make them for several years, and wrapped >them in waxed paper. Alas, they are no more :-( >They weren't as good as home made, of course, but ran a pretty good 2nd place, in a pinch. > >-- >Jess Lewis >> http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/ << > >> http://www.cafes.net/jlewis/cannon.htm << > > > >==== TNCHAT Mailing List ==== >To subscribe or unsubscribe to this list please visit: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnunion/tnchat >This list is generously donated by Rootsweb for our use. > >