State Fair Pies

We took a little trip to the Oregon State Fair on Sunday. The fair is a time-honored tradition in my family. We usually go every Labor Day but this year that just wasn't going to work out, so we went early. We'll be going again on Wednesday night to see Garrison Keillor who will hopefully give us a few verses of Beebopareebop Rhubarb Pie.

There have been a few changes at the fair this year. I couldn't tell if some of these changes were because we were attending earlier and some displays that normally would have gone bad by Labor Day were still fresh. The Home Arts exhibition in the Jackman-Long Building has switched up a few things. You can now walk through some of the quilts instead of straining your neck to see them all hanging from the rafters. There were also three refrigerated cases of home-baked pies. My little pie-loving heart skipped a beat. I've never seen pies on display at the Jackman-Long Building before - but there they were in all their fluted edged or latticed topped glory.

Take a gander at how fabulous they all look together and imagine how amazing all the pies are going to be at the Pie-Off! Think about how fantastic your pie is going to look with a blue ribbon laying next to it. That moment is just days away...