The PigPen's Resplendent Kaffeeklatsch

[milo]

If I want to sit here all day and order every flavor pie or see how many free coffee refills I can get or stare blankly out the window who’s to tell me different?

for some unknow reason I have really been getting into making pie recently

well - me and my daughter
she rolls the dough flat - 
flours the counter first

and the pin, then presses outward
forming a thin, smooth disc
and then a second one that is oblong

she rolls the first back up
butters and flours a pie tin
then rolls it back out along

the tin, presses the insides flat
pinches the edges with her thumbs
pressing along the rim

to form those perfect little peaks
then trims the excess
stipples the bottom with fork holes

and pops it into the oven at 425.
The oblong one she slices 
into half inch strips

and these will form her warp and weft.
She wears her hair up and rolls her sleeves
but a wisp always escapes and falls 

across her eye.  She blows it back
dusting the air with errant flour
as she laces the top to form the weave

You cannot simply grab the lattice 
and place it on a pie
the loom wont hold and so she sprinkles

water over it, then rolls it out with the pin
then gently rolls it up just like a paper
before she swats the dog for being

in the kitchen.  By now, the oven chimes
to let us know the bottom crust
has tanned and flaked up - 

ready for the filling. I have been busy
preparing whatever compote or sliced
fruit mixture we will use.  It is of no regard

After it's filled she will unroll the weave
across the top, moisten the lip and
form the edges together. She finishes 

it with an egg white brush
a sprinkle of sugar
then in the oven
at 350 degrees
for around 35
minutes