| Pie mold. No, it's not the fuzzy stuff
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| | called a foundry, invested in a pattern,
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| you find a week after Aunt Loretta sends
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| | and the Minute Pie Mold Company was born.
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| you home with left-overs. Campers know
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| | As it turns out, he was right about the
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| what I'm talking about. Pie molds were
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| | aluminum. The Minute Pie Mold
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| all the rage in the Seventies--and
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| | outperformed the old cast-iron model in
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| they're still popular today. One of my
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| | every way, and sales climbed as campers
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| favorite childhood memories is sitting
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| | started using them.Upon hearing his
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| around the campfire as a kid, feeling the
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| | story, I called my parents, eager to see
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| warmth on my face, watching the flames
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| | if the pie mold of my memory was a Minute
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| dance, listening to the hiss and pop of
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| | Pie Mold. How cool would that be?Well,
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| burning wood, and smelling the acrid
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| | I'm sorry to say my parents couldn't
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| aroma that will linger in your clothes
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| | remember. It seems their divorce had put
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| until their next washing. In this memory,
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| | a damper on camping memories, and since a
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| I'm holding the wooden grips of a pie
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| | drop-down-drag-out custody battle over
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| mold, keeping its cooking surface just
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| | gear wasn't in the cards, that old pie
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| above the hot coals on the fire's
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| | mold was lost to the ages. But to this
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| edge.The Pie Mold was our campfire
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| | day, I firmly believe it was a Minute Pie
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| cooker, and a slick one at that. On the
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| | Mold. Don't try to convince me
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| business end, two metal plates came
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| | otherwise.So what's my point? Well, I'm
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| together, sandwiching a creation of bread
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| | not after free advertising for the Minute
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| and toppings. Stick it in the fire a
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| | Pie Mold Company (although I'm sure you'd
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| minute or two, pull it out, open it up,
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| | put a smile on an old man's face if you
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| and wah-lah: You had a golden-brown pie
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| | surf over to and take a peek at what I'm
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| filled with pizza fixings or cherry sauce
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| | talking about) and I'm not trying to
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| or bacon and eggs or whatever else got
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| | convince you that providence led me from
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| your stomach growling and your mouth
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| | an old campfire cooker to its creator's
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| watering. It may not have been the
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| | daughter.What it does boil down to is
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| healthiest of meals, but remember this is
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| | this: Memories. If I hadn't married the
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| camping we're talking about. Save your
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| | daughter of a pie mold maker, I might
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| salads and yogurt for home. When you're
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| | have forgetten those campfire memories
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| out in the woods, you gotta live a
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| | altogether. But I did marry the daughter
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| little.There was a time I had forgotten
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| | of a pie mold maker. I do remember the
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| this memory. High School and College have
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| | campfire memories, and I did something
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| a tendency to erase some of your past,
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| | about them. We have a campfire ring in
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| and for me the pie mold became a victim
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| | the backyard and a whole set of Minute
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| of that fate. I met a girl. We graduated
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| | Pie Molds thanks to a generous family
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| from College, married, started a
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| | discount. Most important of all, the kids
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| family--you know the drill. At some point
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| | whoop and holler when we light a fire and
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| in this process, I discovered something
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| | break out the molds. They love pie mold
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| amazing: My wife's father makes pie
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| | nights. They're forming their own
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| molds. I'm not kidding. Talk about an
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| | campfire memories, ones they will someday
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| uncanny way of reviving a childhood
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| | share with their children.What childhood
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| memory. Soon after I made this discovery,
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| | memories have you forgotten? Don't answer
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| he told me the story.Back in 1962, pie
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| | now. You can't. Afterall, they're
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| molds were around, but they were made of
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| | forgotten. But if you slow down and pay
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| cast iron. The iron took forever to reach
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| | attention, something will come back to
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| cooking temperature and it distributed
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| | you. And when it does, don't ignore it.
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| heat unevenly. So instead of a
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| | Let it come back. Hold on to it. Remember
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| golden-brown pie, you ended up with burnt
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| | it. Then take the time to share it with
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| crust and a lukewarm center. He had the
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| | your children.Copyright 2006 Mike Patrick
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| idea that heavy-duty aluminum would work
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| | Jr, MDMike Patrick Jr, MD is an American
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| better. It would heat quickly, it would
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| | pediatrician. He also authors
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| heat evenly, and it was light weight to
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| | Pediascribe, a weekly column exploring
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| boot. Not being a man to sit on the
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| | the issues most important to parents and
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| sidelines while another takes action, he
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| | their children.
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