Forget Cake: Let Them Eat Pie!

My third grade teacher, Mrs. Laughter, found eating pie for breakfast unsuitable. When I let her know that we often ate pie for breakfast, she let me know she would be talking with my mother about such rubbish I spoke in her classroom. I remember thinking to myself, "Go ahead. I'm not lying and you're going to feel like an idiot when my mom sets you straight." I loved Mrs. Laughter so I didn't dare say that to her. Just thoughts; it all stayed just thoughts in my head. When I came home from school that day, my mom, in a not so pleasant voice asked me why I told my teacher we ate pie for breakfast. It went something like this, "TYLER! Why did you tell Mrs. Laughter that I let you eat pie for breakfast? WHEN? When have I ever let you eat pie for breakfast?!?!" I was in utter disbelief. All I could imagine was the conversation that played out between my mother and teacher about me lying. My mom saying, "Oh good grief! She does NOT eat pie for breakfast. I don't know where she gets these stories from!" I found myself in "story" predicaments quite often. I was, what you might call, a creative child. With tears of frustration due to implications that I was, in fact, a liar I declared, "MOM! We eat pie at Ganny's all the time!" Realizing I was quite sure that we did, in fact, eat pie at Ganny's, I could see my mom's wheels turning, trying to figure out what I was talking about. And then it hit her. My mom started laughing and said, "Quiche. Ganny makes quiche." Well, whatever it was called, it was served in a pie shell AND it was all kinds of goodness. I have never grown out of loving quiche. If it's on the menu, I will be eating it. Yesterday, I made several for a dear friends baby shower. I had no idea others didn't have a "Ganny" who made quiche for them. It seems as though, I may now have a small quiche making business. And I'm okay with that. Forget cake. Let them eat pie!

Sausage & Cheese Quiche

Spinach & Cheese Quiche

So I recommend having fun, because there is nothing better for people in this world than to eat, drink, and enjoy life. That way they will experience some happiness along with all the hard work God gives them under the sun. Ecclesiastes 8:15