Sep
24
Friday marked the opening of our hometown’s fall fair, which also means it was our pie party!
Our friend Stef walking to the fair
Oma and Micaela walking to the fair
Before the pie party most of us gathered together at the official opening of fair. Our fair has been around for 151 years! After a long day of judging the winners are announced and awards are given out. This year we had a first for our fair, a male was announced as the fair ambassador.
Mom was the homecraft director this year.
Once all the homecraft, school fair, and crop awards are given out, there’s one thing left… the pie auction! Basically the pie auction is a fundraiser for the fair, to keep it running year after year. 15 pies are auctioned off- 1st, 2nd and 3rd in 4 different categories. (Last year Micaela and I made pies and they won so they were auctioned off!). This year we brought home 3 pies to our party (bought by 3 different families).
Expensive pie!
As you can see the pies at our party ranged in price from $230 -$300, but we also bought 2 pies that were not auctioned off for a much cheaper price ($9.00).
The line up of pies
We had cherry pie, apple pie, raspberry pie, unknown (possibly plum?) pie, and peach pie. The raspberry pie was the favourite overall.
Close up of the raspberry pie
I’ll post more about Saturday & Sunday at the fair tomorrow. (See pictures on flickr if you are interested in getting a preview!)
What’s the most you would pay for a prize winning pie?
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if it were my mother’s apple pie (really the only pie that I need to eat) I would pay as much as she asked for it, but besides that, I could live my life without pie.
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Someday we’ll be the ones coughing up $300 for a pie if we want this tradition to continue. I bet it will be a lot more competitive - lots of fighting over the raspberry pie! Then we’ll all go back to the Thom house with our kids and party it up.
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i’d pay just about anything for an amazing pie (it’s one of my favorite desserts after chocolate lava cake). i wish LA had cute little things like fall fairs. oh and i want that green vest micaela’s wearing! thanks for adding me to your blogroll, i’ve done the same on my site!
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that raspberry filling just made me dribble on my keyboard. Cute pictures!
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@Emily (cupcakes and cashmere) - Thanks, although it’s actually Katelyn’s, I “borrowed” it on my way out of her house that day. It’s one of those super old pieces that just seems to always be in style.
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Wow, I was shocked at what you paid for pies. I could never imagine paying that much. I guess it just goes to show I’m cheap.
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@Carol- The pies are auctioned off and all the money goes right back into the fair. It’s just a different way of sponsoring (and you get a little something out of the deal).
Plus, it is absolutely hilarious to watch these hometown pies being sold for hundreds of dollars. Some people buy them them donate the pies right back just because they love to be part of the action.
I’m gonna have to start saving my pennies for pies when I’m OLD!
I don’t even like pie and I think it’s fun!
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