When we (Lady's Human and I) were kids, there were always at least those four pies - pumpkin, apple, mince and pecan - made for Thanksgiving, and sometimes a rhubarb one as well, made from rhubarb that was harvested and frozen earlier in the summer. And sometimes Uncle Mac would bring a blueberry pie, too - made from that summer's harvest ...

And that was just part of what was present for dessert! Ma was happiest serving a whole houseful of people, and no one ever went away hungry. Even with all those pies, there was rarely any left over for the next day.

That's why I requested mere slivers of those pies! Thereby preventing death by pie!