Strawberry Pie Time! (Again!)

Once again, June has ushered in the beginning of Pie Season. While Summer has been acting like a high schooler on a Saturday morning refusing wake up before noon, the Oregon strawberries have been very productive in turning themselves into pie.

In preparation of Mary's Once-A-Year-Pie, aka my birthday strawberry pie, I woke up early to make sure that the berry stands didn't run out before I got there. I drove to the first berry stand, and apparently was a little too zealous as there was nobody to accept my cash in exchange for delicious berries.

Fortunately my back-up stand was open for business. Unfortunately, there were no berries, as I had once again beaten the berry delivery to the stand. However I was reassured that the berries were on their way with an ETA of 10-15 minutes.

Almost an hour later........

Well worth the wait.

When I initially showed up, there was only one other person milling about also waiting for the strawberries. By the time the shipment arrived, the crowd had grown to about 20. During the wait, I eyed my competition just in case it came down to the last flat and I needed to throw some 'bos to get my drugs strawberries. I was definitely the youngest and likely quickest one there, but the guy running the stand knew everyone else by their first name, so this had a chance to get awkward very quickly. Good thing there were plenty of berries for everyone, and an incident was averted.

I smartly worked the system this year and managed to throw a birthday celebration on one night (utilizing Mary's birthday pie) and then have family over the next night (utilizing my mom's birthday pie). I think I'll go for three pies next year.

Yuuup. Still better than any cake.

--Isaac.