In honor of all our Canadian friends, Cassie and I decided to make an apple pie for their Thanksgiving. In case you didn't know, the Canadian Thanksgiving is October 8th. Making an apple pie was weird in two ways 1. It’s an American dessert (we just don't have Saskatoon’s around here), and 2. Our Canadian friends are out of the country right now; but we missed them and decided we would pretend to be Canadians for the day....eh? and made our pie. About two years ago I had sworn off pie baking due to my inability to make a good crust. I thought that nothing was worth the trouble of making a pie, but yesterday Cassie started talking about missing apple pie, and my mouth started watering. One minute I was never going to be a pie chef, and the next I was trying to see what we could used as a pie pan. We went to Nakumatt, picked up a "pie pan" and set off on a pie baking adventure. After a time of prayer and laying on of hands, our pie was finished; it was a thing of beauty. I'm not trying to brag, but I almost cried tears of joy when I first laid eyes on it....I took a picture so you too could marvel at what we created. Everything went perfectly until Kenyan Power and Lighting decided it was time for a brown out. A whole 40 volts were pumping into our house as our pie was in the oven. I was so proud of my pie that I couldn't bear to take it out when it wasn't done; I just figured lower heat meant more time. Now I know that hind sight is 20/20, but if I would have stopped to think about it, I would have realized that our oven was temporarily turned into a dehydrator. The thought never crossed my mind, until I took that first bite....all I can say is Jerky. So in honor of our Great White North neighbors, Cass and I have invented apple pie jerky. We also realized that with large amounts of ice cream it isn't that bad; actually to be honest I could probably eat anything with large amounts of ice cream on top. So as you gaze at the picture of my pie, remember that it is a white washed tomb.....looks good on the outside but in reality it's full of nastiness
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My darling girl I was so very impressed with the picture of your pie. It's gorgeous!!! I was disappointed to hear it didn't taste as good as it looked. However, I agree with you ice cream makes anything taste better. I definitely have brought you up right!!! Ice Cream's the bomb!!!
I love you all.
Mom
Congratulations Julie!
The pie is beautiful and I kind of like the "chewy" apples. It's kind of like candy.
Glad you all enjoyed it with ice cream!
Keep up the good work! (haha)
Our dear friends... we were so sad to learn that Cassie had called while we were out!! So thoughtful of her and so disappointing for us to miss chatting with her.
Your pie is absolutely gorgeous! We had alot of food on Thanksgiving and because we suffer greatly with temptation, I think each of us gained 5 pounds, except Grayson who spent the whole day outside playing hockey on the driveway and raking leaves in 5 minute increments.
We are trying hard to connect with the next Canadian team to ask them if they can transport some Canadian treats to all our friends in Kisumu. If we are able to send something, what would you like? Keeping in mind that it is not likely we will be able to send a pie via air travel.
So glad that you all have the Howard's as friends and confidantes. We continue to pray from Calgary....
hi from Doug,Chris,Dani & Grayson
Ju,
The pie was like on Christmas Vaction when they brought out the turkey and they cut into it and it deflated! I love that movie, we will have to have some Christmas movie nights when you guys are here. I can't wait until you get here and Wes is already packed to move in with you guys while you are here! HAHAHA He would if he could. Love you guys! Becks
sad i was in Matoso for this glorious event...=)
when's our sky high movie night!?!?
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you Westfalls! We are so honoured that you have chosen to celebrate our little holiday and we're so happy that God has blessed you with Canadian friends in Africa, for us Canadians are fabulous (no slight to the Americans, of course!). Despite the fact that the pie was a white washed tomb, you made the effort and this will become part of your already wonderful Westfall family lore. Like the Reids (we are from Crossfield, just north of Calgary), we ate way too much turkey and pie here this weekend and now need to diet. Thanks for sharing your pie story and pic and giving us all a good chuckle. Much love, Julianne & family
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