OK. I’m back after a few days. There was a storm in our area on Sunday morning. Hail, wind, RAIN, trees down and no power to many people. We were fortunate because no trees landed in our yard (next door was worse) and our power was our for only 17 hours while some got it restored last night!
I said all that to let you know my excuse for not blogging until now – that and the fact that I laid to rest my iphone and had to spend time getting use to a blackberry – you know, it does you no good to tap the screen or run your fingers across it!
Faerie Pies. Several years ago now I was blessed to work at a Victorian B&B in Cape May, NJ. For a several year stretch the town was inundated with Irish young folks who came over to work hard all summer at the Jersey Shore (and party too by the looks of their recycle buckets each morning). We had two such young ladies at the B&B. I had made some cookies that particular morning for afternoon tea. We made them small for a few different reasons. One recipe was simply a shortbread type mini chocolate chip cookie covered in powdered sugar. When the girls saw them one exclaimed, “Oh, you made faerie cakes!” I do believe the size of the cookie gave way to that statement. So ever since then I have called them Faerie Cakes.
Recently, here in the mid-west, I was asked to provide Pie for an open house at a local business. They wanted individual pies. So, using mini muffin pans I made hundreds of Faerie Pies. They were a great hit, but I think when I referenced them as being Faerie Pies it didn’t go over very well. Most of the customers seemed to be of a Christian background and Faeries had no place there or a very limited space in their minds. Mind you, this is just my assumption to their no reply blank look on their faces when faeries were mentioned.
I’m not a believer of faeries myself – sorry Tinkerbell, please don’t die – I have theories. I do have an overactive imagination and let’s face it that is where faeries would dwell. I do believe with all my heart that Jesus is my savior and faeries have nothing to do with my salvation.
I do however believe that people or people groups have seen such creatures – as to what they really are – well there are winged creatures that let humans see them from time to time – both the good and the evil. We’ll leave faerie talk right there for now. 🙂
So, what does this have to do with pies? Not much. Just rambling thoughts. But one more thing – I really would like to think that faeries LOVE pie!
Let's Have Another Piece of Pie 