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Posted on 04/10/2009 3:09:38 PM PDT by reaganaut1
ROCHESTER, Pa. -- On the first Friday of Lent, an elderly female parishioner of St. Cecilia Catholic Church began unwrapping pies at the church. That's when the trouble started.
A state inspector, there for an annual checkup on the church's kitchen, spied the desserts. After it was determined that the pies were home-baked, the inspector decreed they couldn't be sold.
"Everyone was devastated," says Josie Reed, a 69-year-old former teacher known for her pumpkin and berry pies.
Sold for $1 a slice, homemade pies have always been part of the Lenten fish-fry dinners at St. Cecilia's, located in this tiny city near Pittsburgh. Similar dinners are held in church basements and other venues across the country this time of year.
The problem is the pies are illegal in Pennsylvania. Under the state's food-safety code, facilities that provide food at four or more events in a year require at least a temporary eating and drinking license, and food has to be prepared in a state-inspected kitchen. Many churches have six fish fries a year, on Fridays during Lent. St. Cecilia's has always complied with having its kitchen licensed, so food made there is fine to serve. But homemade goods don't make the cut.
The disappearance of Mary Pratte's coconut-cream pie, Louise Humbert's raisin pie and Marge Murtha's "farm apple" pie from the fish-fry fund-raisers sparked an uproar that spread far beyond the small parish. The local paper dubbed it "piegate," and a nearby bakery donated pies to the church to help fill the gap at the dessert table. There are reports of other churches continuing to sell contraband pastries. Legislation to overturn the baked-goods ban is being discussed.
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Nanny state ping!
It’s good to see the kitchen and pie laws being enforced. I’m being sarcastic of course.....Now if only they will enforce all the other laws that need to be enforced.
So now we have pie-Nazis.
Government is truly out of control in most jurisdictions.
This is insane.
Meanwhile, rapes, murders and illegal immigrants go about their business. Don’t taze the priest, bro.
Disgusting!
“Marge Murtha’s “farm apple” pie... “
What happened to her earmark pie?
Would they be able to give the pie away or is it because it is being sold? if they could legally give the pie away I’ll bet the donations would far outstrip the $1 per slice. After all government is all about FREE PIE!
I’ll bet her “farm apple” pie is a bigger hit than her “road apple” pie was.
This is the sort of crap that was going on in England, and one of the reasons I left! (Nanny state, that is, not pies specifically, although come to think of it...)
So our govt can stop us from eating home made pies, but they cannot get corrupt politicians removed from office. hmmmm
Give the pies free and accept donations. Problem solved and folks get a tax deduction.
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Government gone wild, Part ten million.
Eventually this will catch up to the “eat local” crowd, which contains lots of libbies.
Pretty soon, they'll require you to have a license to cook food, and serve alcoholic beverages at your home for family get-togethers. Plus, they'll probably limit the number of people you can have in your house at one time.
That pic becomes more relevant by each passing day.
I loved those movies.. little did I know we would be living them.
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