Nana: Sydney and I love to make pies together. One day when we were rolling out pie crust, I told her that many years ago, it was fashionable to use pie birds. These are glass birds placed in the center of the pie as a steam vent. These were popular In England and the settlers and pioneer women brought this tradition to America. At the time, this was just an interesting little anecdote to share with my sweet baking partner. I had no idea she would even remember our conversation.
Sydney: I was so excited when My Nana talked to me about the pie bird because I had the perfect idea for a gift. Weeks later, we decided to plan a trip to Tennessee to visit my dad’s parents. When we got there we visited a couple shops. At one of them, I spotted a table that was labeled “PIE BIRDS”. I was so thrilled! I asked my mom if she thought my Nana would like one, my mom said absolutely! I got her one. She was sooo excited! She and I ended up using it in our next pie! It worked so well! I totally encourage you to get one if you like to bake pies as much as we do.
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I just love the story behind the pie bird!! What a wonderful and thoughtful gift, Syd! There is an amazing store in Boulder called Peppercorn that has anything and everything you could possibly imagine for cooking! I’m looking forward to future posts! Love the blog!!
Thank you so much! We appreciate all the sweet comments and we hope you will continue to read our blog! We will make sure we visit Peppercorn!
Love all around,
S & N
I’ve never heard of a pie bird, but what a great idea. And it’s awesome Sydney found one to bring back to Nana!!!
Thank you for reading and commenting on our blog! Look for new posts every week or so!
Love all around,
S & N
I love this story, it’s sweet how little ones remember conversations even when you think they won’t, I am finding this with little Ava even 🙂 Love the blog!
Thank you soo much for reading and commenting on our blog! I think you are right about little ones remembering things you wouldn’t think they would!
Love all around,
S & N
What a wonderful post! I love the pie bird story and the pie looks beautiful!! 🙂
Thanks Mommy! We loooove you!
Love you,
Syd and Nana