[andysandmikesmom]

My mom seldom made a special dessert, for after dinner...I think thats because she always had a pie or cake or cookies that she had made, on hand....

I must admit, my mom was a great baker, and made the best pies ever...her pie crust was among the best pie crusts I have ever had...I am a complete dud at making pie crusts...
When I do make a pie, I just buy the frozen pie shells, or the package pie crust mix....tho, I never make pies, except sweet potato pies at the holiday season...otherwise, I just buy bakery pies....

But my mom made the best Chocolate cream pie, and Coconut cream pie, and Lemon meringue pies I have have ever had....she had quite the reputation as being one of the best pie bakers around, at least in our church, neighborhood, and at the local schools...but I never inherited that trait from her...my pies are worthy of not much...

Except I can make a decent sweet potato pie...and since you can hardly buy sweet potato pies here, I always have to make them when we have the taste for one...

[palo verde]

in summers in the adirondacks
my mom made apple pie for my dad
and she used to make lemon meringue pie too
I thought it was most most delicious thing ever
she baked chocolate cakes too

back in the city I guess she was always busy
every supper I would dream dessert would be chocolate cake or chocolate brownies or chocolate pudding

but either it was that entenmann's pecan nut roll (that my friend helen is so nuts about)
or it was cookies
''help yourself to two cookies'' she would say
I considered malomars the best of the cookies
fig newtons were at the bottom

oh I just remembered about fruit cocktail
half the time dessert turned out to be canned fruit cocktail
I always tried to explain to her that fruit cocktail is not a dessert
''dessert means cake'' I would explain