by Nina Hammiel Turner

Created on: September 09, 2009

She used her mother's recipe

Laced with sugar and spices

Measured in pinches and dashes

Flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg and a secret spice

As the saying goes, she put her foot in it.

She woke up early in the morning

Kneaded dough that would become a crust

Pressed that dough into cheap aluminum pans, then

Filled those pans

As we sat around hoping there would be some filling left over to lick from the bowl.

She said she made pumpkin pie with love

With the love of sweets

With the love of her children and grandchildren

With the love of her mother and grandmother

As much love as she could find to create something that has never been replicated

Grandma's pumpkin pie.

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