Monday, October 6, 2014

Apples to Apples Ad Infinitum

    Today I am feeling the same way I did when I handed  in a college term paper:  immensely relieved.  I just made an apple crisp using the last of the apples I'd bought.  I probably always thought so, but preparing anything with apples now strikes me as a major chore.  I stand in front of the kitchen sink, with apples, bowl, specialty peeler, apple corer device,  paring knife and  plastic bag for the peels and cores.   I peel and core  away, and when I think I must be nearing the end of the supply of apples, I look over  and see there are still 5 left.  I've only done 2.  It seems like forever, as if they'll never be done. 
     I may bake 5 or 6 pies for Thanksgiving dinner each year, but I have never baked an apple pie for that day, and have no plans to ever do so.   Baking an apple pie is a reason in itself to declare a holiday.

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