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...steeme of apple pies." (500 years later, we have "I'm Lovin' It", thanks to McDonald's and its signature apple pie in an individual-serving sleeve.) Pies today are world-spanning treats, made with everything from apples to avocados. The winners of this year's annual APC Crisco National Pie Championship included classic apple, pumpkin and cherry pies, but citrus pies, banana foster crème and Wolf Pack trail mix pies have all made the awards list. Pies have come a long way since the days of magpie and pepper, but many bakeries - including The Little Pie Shop...
...years ago, Traverso coated every inch of his body with Crisco, which performed the dual role of making him too disgusting to touch for most teammates and slippery enough to squeeze out of holds by the ones brave enough for contact. After it took “five showers” to get off the oil, he coated his body with shaving cream last year, and Johnson—inspired by Traverso’s effort the year before—used K-Y jelly...
...embraced the new trend too. Kellom has designed her home's viewing rooms to reflect the popular pastimes of her African-American clientele. One is a TV den with golf clubs and a La-Z-Boy; another is called Big Moma's Kitchen and displays a can of Crisco sitting atop a stove, Wonder Bread on the fridge and a dinette table loaded with real fried chicken. "What we had been doing traditionally wasn't as meaningful," explains Kellom. Many black mothers "take pride in those Sunday meals, and that is what we celebrate," she says...
...take offense at your article "Fill 'Er Up with Crisco, Please" [Jan. 27], which demonizes all home brewers of biodiesel [an alternative fuel derived from vegetable oil] owing to a small number of straight-vegetable-oil and biodiesel users in Wales who tried to evade their fuel taxes. The vast majority of biodiesel home brewers in Britain are honest about reporting their expected tax. This is less of an issue in the U.S. because of different guidelines and the nascent stage of biofuels as a whole. Home brewers play an important part in the promotion of biodiesel, as their passion...
FILL 'ER UP WITH CRISCO, PLEASE...