A Little Slice of Pi

How fun that there are so many holidays packed into the next few weeks! The celebrations began last Sunday when we attended a party in honor of Pi Day and sampled a number of delish pies. I wish I could claim the prize for making the amazing chocolate confection pictured above (shout out to Brittany and her delightful rendition of Paula Deen's Favorite Chocolate Pie), or the mouth-watering strawberry rhubarb crumble pie in the red dish. Sadly, mine turned out to be the thrown-together-at-the-last-minute raspberry sludge pie in the top right corner of the picture.

We found out Sunday morning that our existing plans had fallen through, so I had to be creative and make a pie with what was available without going to the store. Here's what it consisted of:

• Graham cracker crust made from the half package of graham crackers remaining from our Saturday night s'mores. Just enough to make do.
• 2nd layer: Vanilla pudding
• 3rd layer: A bottle of chocolate fudge sauce (waaaay too much for the size of the pie)
• Top layer: Homemade raspberry sauce I'd made to top brownies.

All in all the flavors weren't bad, but the chocolate was too heavy and the raspberry sauce slid off the top so everything ended up in a big shapeless pile. Not totally inedible, but not pretty on the plate. On the bright side, as one person pointed out, it would have made a delicious filling for crepes.

Nothing in the world like good friends and good food. Love those ladies!

Have you ever celebrated Pi Day?? We didn't until the past two years with friends who are the hosts with the most and commemorate almost every holiday, big and small. They are moving this summer and our social lives will be much poorer for it.