Jinxed myself. Ever say you're going to cook for someone and it doesn't work out

I'm not a pie maker. I'm trying to be one because my husband loves pies and we have had blackberries and apples coming out of our ears this year. I actually hate pie crust. Thanks for responding and take care.

True, but cakes use a handful of berries or a small amount of apples. I had a ton of each.

I think I have made one pie in my entire life. I DO like pie crust. I'd be glad to take the blackberries off your hands. LOL You could make cakes and stuff too. Just an idea.

Yes, salad is usually a safe bet. I consider myself just practicing when it comes to pies and bread. The rest, I can make fairly consistantly. Thanks for responding and take care.

Oh they know better. I cook at the time. Coconut pie is really hard compaired to other pies. All those custard type, my Mom could never get to work. Banana, lemon, custard, all those. But she did a bang up job at fruit, berries, pumpkin, stuff that grows outdoors. My berry pie was soupy, but now I add lots of corn starch or tapioca to the bottom to soak it up. Or pre-make the middle and put knox gelatin. Where there is a will, there is a way!

I was trying to bake a pie, feed the cats, and wash clothes in a 26 year old machine that I have to watch all at the same time.

Ah, so it was the distracted factor that got you..That is the one that gets me more often too..

I'm sorry to hear all that. That is a lot of money. I'm sorry to hear that. Luckily, I'm just out the work and ingredients for a pie, actually just the top pie crust was a loss. But if I had ruined it all, our apples were off our tree. Just flour, sugar, egg, cinnamon, sugar. That must have been very upsetting for both of you. I guess I will stick with small surprizes. Microwaves take a while to get the hang of. My school's first microwave in the Home Ec room caused a full school evacuation. The teacher didn't realize the outside doesn't brown, so she kept adding time to these puff pastery swans. They ended up charcoal in the middle with smoke everywhere and they were still white on the outside. She hadn't been trained on a microwave and didn't own one. She was just trying to teach a new way of cooking. Needless to say, she did a lot of reading and practicing before we ever got a chance to use it and school was not in session when she practiced. Thanks and take care.

Oh I tried a piece first. It tasted like apple sauce with a bottom crust. My husband said it tasted alright.

You're not supposed to bake when it's raining, but the rest of the time, it's been in the 80s or 90s, so when else can I bake? Besides, cookies and other things work for me almost no matter what (baring reading the amounts in ingredients wront).