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I Am Missing Something

ice cold water
the key to Mommy’s flakiest pie crust
I know this
yet there must be something else I am missing

My crust is hard and tough
not tasty or flaky

Is it possible there must also
be an appreciation or love
for baking?

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019

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Kim Rodrigues Date: 10/31/2019 11:03:00 AM Kissing the dough, praying over it and the timing must be right! So my husband made roladin (only once) for a Christmas crowd, many years after we were married as his dear departed mother, in his ear, whispered what he would likely have forgot...true story. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 12:07:00 PM I am a big believer is listening to the whispers of those who loved us on this plane and still love us in the next. I imagine it was quite tasty!

Quoth Theraven Date: 10/31/2019 10:07:00 AM Happy Halloween Caren! Today the dead find forgiveness for the living. And we must follow suit and wipe the slate to grey. -Richard Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 12:08:00 PM I am wildly wiping the slate of this past month away into a dustpan ready to begin anew.

Sanjay Karmakar Date: 10/31/2019 9:05:00 AM All mom in the world knows that how to make a good crust and each and all miss if it is not getting. Though sir your baking is very hard and not tasty but you deserves appreciation as it is done by your own. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 9:06:00 AM Thank you for saying this.

Indiana Shaw Date: 10/31/2019 8:03:00 AM Cold hands and a warm heart make for a flaky crust pie . . . ; ) Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 9:05:00 AM Yes it certainly does!

Quoth Theraven Date: 10/30/2019 10:39:00 PM Caren, So nice to find this pie. If I could bake I would try for such a crust as you described. Did I tell you I've missed the baker? -Richard Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 5:41:00 AM My mother is the most wonderful baker in the whole universe, and I miss her pies. I am too impatient to be much use in a kitchen. Thank you so much Richard.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 10/30/2019 9:03:00 PM oh that is too clever, Caren! I remember how i could never get crust to work out either. However, I adore cooking and baking. Just not good with crust!! Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 5:42:00 AM I have to say there is something about a woman who knows how to make a good crust. I have no idea how but wow, the after effects are amazing!

Ilene Bauer Date: 10/30/2019 3:02:00 PM ha! i can relate to this. nothing i ever baked tasted as good as my grandmother's versions... Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 5:43:00 AM My grandmother baked a vanilla cake with cinammon and sugar frosting we could never replicate Ilene.

Gershon Wolf Date: 10/30/2019 1:35:00 PM Love is surely the ingredient 'without which not!' I.e., it is the sine qua non of every great-tasting recipe I know of. Brilliantly written, Caren! Thank YOU! Cheers, Gershon Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 5:43:00 AM Thank you so much my friend. Thank you!

Heidi Sands Date: 10/30/2019 12:35:00 PM It is not easy to make that flaky crust Caren! I understand. Great one :) Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 10/31/2019 5:44:00 AM My mother swears by this icy water, yet it has not ever worked for me so there is something else. Elusive and absent.