10 days left of Thanksgiving....0 days left to Pie Night!

It's here!  Pie Night is here!  The Morrison Family 4th Annual Pie Night is TONIGHT!!!

Did you know that we Morrison's hail from Scotland?  It's true.  When Daddy was in England  serving in WWII, he did some genealogy work, and was able to trace the line back in Scotland to 910AD when a Roman soldier settled in there.  J&G have traveled to Scotland a couple of times if memory serves me right, and the last trip, they made a point of visiting the land where the Morrison clan settled - described by J&G as "hard-scrabble land" - near the coast.  J is also quite the amazing seamstress, so on this trip they stopped in at a shop to find out more about the Morrison plaid.  I am not a Scottish history buff, but clans would have family plaids as a means of family identity and kinsman ship.  Maybe by next year's Morrison Family 5th Annual Pie Night, I will have a table runner or other means of incorporating the Morrison plaid into the décor, but on a whim last night I put together these little signs with a small swatch of the Morrison plaid as part of the graphic.  I am not the graphic artist that my son, S, is but I do sorta like where this is going....

You know one thing that I love about Pie Night besides the pies?  That sense of family identity and kinsman ship that Pie Night brings - similar to the Scottish plaids.  What's not to be thankful about that?  The family that we have modeled our Pie Night after - the Kirkland's - have a strong sense of that family identity and belonging.  You can't hardly mention the Kirkland's without thinking of 2 things - music and Pie Night.  I love that!  I want my own kids and grandkids and great grandkids to experience that sense of family identity and belonging...and Pie Night is only one part of that, but traditions help to build that.  And I want other people to feel like they belong, too....that for one night a year at least, they are part of the Morrison family. 

My mama would like that.

So how is Pie Night prep going?  Pretty well despite the 2-hours I lost at the dr's office yesterday that kept me from getting downtown to meet Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman. 

Collective sad sigh moment everyone.

But follow it up with a collective happy "yes!" that P was able to pick up my copy and have it signed!  Yes!!

I believe that the oven was on from 11am to 8pm yesterday - and mercy!  The heavenly scents!  I am not quite sure why this year is different, but I am keenly aware of wanting to stick my fork into each pie RIGHT NOW!!  Or that I wanted Pie Night to be last night! 

11 hours, Deb.  11 hours...

G just about bought out the local Walmart on pie servers last night. 

 

6 of the pies read "Done" in the status column of "Pie Night 2013.xlsx".

 

The custard pie is one of those in the "Done" column.  See that little arrow/cross-like shape in there?

 

It's pretty small.  Here - let me use Snag-It to point it out...please don't make me do life without Snag-It.  Thank you.

 

That there little arrow/cross-like spot was the only place in the whole pie where little bubbles were coming to the surface before I slid it in the oven.  At one point it sorta looked like a gingerbread boy or a heart - not a Valentiney heart heart, but a real heart heart.  But by the time I pulled it out of the oven, this spot had become a cross-like/arrow shape.  I'm not quite sure why or what it means, but if you are the kind who looks for signs in things, here is one for you to ponder.

 

The Blueberry Pie is also in that same "Done" column.  Sigh....sigh...fork now please!

 

As are the Pumpkin Whoopie Pies filled with Maple Buttercream for any little people that show up...









And the grapes are nicely macerated and drunk on brandy ready for the Grape Pie to be assembled in a little while...

Oh, and I have to save room for the Tiramisu Pie!  Oh.  My.  Word.  I won't show you a pic of it till tomorrow, because it's not quite in the fully Done column, but shut the front door.  The taste and feel on my tongue from licking the bowl...and the beater...and the spatula...were almost worthy of Cunetto's House of Pasta, the place on The Hill that P and I use as our Tiramisu benchmark. 

Is it time to EAT pie yet???? 

More pics tomorrow!  Happy Pie Night everyone!!!