There are a very few things that are considered the symbols of America's small town values and apple pie is right at the forefront. It's interesting that so many of these symbols are linked to this time of year: apples, baseball (especially the world series), football, Thanksgiving turkey, celebrations of the discovery of America and of the Veterans who have protected the American way of life over the centuries. I'm not sure why there is this cluster - maybe it is a natural result of the beauty of this time of year. How can you see the vivid colors of the fall and not feel again an appreciation of our country? And how better to celebrate that with a nice slice of apple pie? We are doing our part with a couple of great programs coming up.
Our Baked Bean Cook-Off was so much fun, we decided to try an Apple Pie Bake-Off. If you have a great recipe for apple pie, enter it for judging on Saturday, October 16th. You can enter a traditional apple pie or an anything but traditional pie. We are awarding ribbons and some nice prices with the judging being done by another fine panel of judges: Fire Chief Breen, Merri Carlson from the Pie Guy, food columnist Pat Altomare and staff members Natalie Ducharme and Audrey LaRoche. These judges will vote in the traditional and anything but traditional categories. There will also be a People's Choice award given. Stop by the Kelley Library for the rules for the Bake-Off and a registration form. You can also find these on our website.
So put your baking to the test and you might just be the Apple Pie King or Queen of Salem. Don't bake? Love to eat? Come by after 12:30 on Saturday and taste all the entries and select your favorite.
Drop by Thursday night, October 14th, for a tasty program featuring Sam from Apple Acres. Sam will be telling us all everything about apples, and of course, there will be some sampling of the great apples from this local orchard.
Book: Pie: 300 tried-and-true recipes for delicious homemade pie, by Ken Haedrich
Book: Stand for something, by John Kasich
Book: The book of new family traditions, by Meg Cox
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