The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-01-25

D.ohson early in October at the
S~.nd.me-down' restaurant, relates
=. New York Tribune.
~punkin pie, you mean SAID the
manager.
.No. mean pumpkin pie" was the
,.oly with accent on the pump The
n.naeer did not attempt to defend his
..onunciation, which is the popular
=. ard is gradually supplanting the
oorrect one from the tendency to siur
sr.r the second ''p' and the natural
.orse of substituting N" for m
,fter dropping the p.
well" went on the manager. the
..asou for punkin pies is almost here.
Van see. we use only the fresh fruit,
ND not the canned or dried punkin,
,hich can be got at all times OF year
While a great deal Of the so-called
unkin pies are made OF squash, we
~ the real pump kins for our prizes and
md that our customers are we'll
uited."
What is the most popular sort or
,;a with persons who eat lunches?
was asked.
The all-the-year standby is apple.
= IN fart. we sell two or three times rs
!. many apple pies as we do of all other
. sorts together. One reason is that
! ! they are made from the fresh fruit all
!. ! the wear around We never use canned
q or eyaporated apples for pies. And
\ then everybody likes apple pie, while
r only few persons are fond OF each OF
A the other kinds. OF course, at certain
n times Of the year, when the fruit is in
a season, we find other sorts have tem-
y porary popularity, just as punkin has
q il the fall and mince in the winter.
I The strawberry pie is much eaten
while the fruit is in the market. as
Ehubarb is for a while in the early
spring. The pineapple follows, al
!. hough that is made all the year round.
y u the canned fruit is just as good as
M The fresh for pies. Cherry pie lasts
" only little while, as it is not wanted
,s when out Of season. Huckleberry and
4 backberry pies last little longer. The
y peach is popular for time, and in
Y hct, is called for more or less all the
ID year, as it is made from canned peach
NJ Is as we'll as from the fresh fruit.
Il lemon pie and lemon meringue pie are
NJ more or less favOrites all the year, but
= next to apple In demand are custard
u md c0c0anut custard pies, which
y lCee with nearly all persons and are
II n pretty steady demand, as they can
d h made at all times
q The taste for pie seems to prevail
Z % all parts Of this city, SO suppose it
In the pie belt, as it is called. You
know the English do not have what
We call pies by that name at all. They
have meat pies. such as lamb pies. NUT
M ION pies, beef pies and chicken pies,
hi out seldom have even oyster PIES or
mi pattes, which are about all that are
,u@ popular In this country outside Of the
ItI pastry pies. The English call the latter
I'd arts usually, and have them made of
od urrants or gooseberries. and they are
Id atie things, mainly crust. The reg
ur way American pie. made in deep
Id 4sn. With thin, flaky crust underneath
I'll 'la like covering, if it has any COW
FL a'ne at all, is not known outside OF
81 &c treat American Pie Belt"
BE- ! remember" said the other man.
in nov my mother used to make the
II .eelly batch of pics down in Yankee
~ ~au ~nen | was boy. She would
- out Inc crust-which was made Of
~ "niteSt wheat -four and shortened
as .aa 'ard until it would just melt in
~ mouth when baked put it on the
oM OF the pie tin. bought from
.aakee tin pedler. who made reg
!" !l1ps through the countryside. and
Nun Inc edge. Thea she filed in the
a;l ~ VI custard, the lemon filling or
I'D ''e~ed pumpkin. II the pie was
bs 4ppc or other fruit. there was top
= out II It was of custard or pump
u formed its own top, which when
on : s,neu was the most delicious part
ID - pastry. Then the row of pies
hd ''cad for the family for a week
q put into the brick oven, which
y ven properly heated by brisk
~. afy wood and the Goals and
~ I'll drawn out from the stone
y NJ over which the roof arched. In
. .'ern the things to be baked re-
\ ea ior two or three hours, the OPP
~ oeing closed with a wooden door.
with sheet tin. until the dough
assumed the proper consistency
golden brown covered the tops
we loaves and of the toothsom.
Wien there was piecrust left in
eG! Tor an entire pie mother
!" make what she called a turn
little pie with the piece of
a~rappins Its filling and turned
D hot