Wednesday, 03 June 2009
-
Memorial Weekend - Betty's Pies!!!
My little family and I took our official ONE-DAY trip - it was soo needed and everything went perfect! We headed off to Duluth, but first made the extra twenty-minute trip to Two Harbors to enjoy some Gooseberry Falls first... and it was there when I saw this!
Pooty-Pie! I always feel like saying Pooty-Pie after saying Betty's Pies. I also saw this on Andrew Zimmern's Bizzare Foods a while back.
All the windows are facing the great blue Lake Superior.
Here's the waiting area/ get your purchase your postcards and coffee mug area.
Blue and white decor.
The pie menu. Composed of two kinds: Baked (which has more fruit filling) and Cream (custard or pudding type of pies). I stgotz three:
OOhh my goodess: 5 Layer chocolate. This is sort of a cross between Baker's Square French silk / chocolate ice cream / and something else really good. It's not as overly sweet as Baker's Square - thankgoodness, and the most bottom layer has this thin cinnamon merengue which is pure genuis!!
Blueberry custard. Not too shabby. I mean it was good, but perhaps the blueberry jamish-topping could have used a squig of lemon juice or zest to bring out more fruitiness.
Strawberry-Rhubarb, one that would make my sister weep with joy. and I'm not even that big on S/R. It was delicious, intense and had the right pie crust - where as many places might use a puff pastry (store bought), the crust was a perfect pie crust - like a less sugary firm sugar cookie.
And here's the view they have everyday.
So there you have it! An absolutely wonderful place that's only 238 miles away. I can't wait to go there again!
- Happy eating and living!
-
recommend
- recs 0
-
share
-
email
- sent 0
Post a Comment
- Back to Howard_Roark1's Xanga Site!
- Note: your comment will appear in Howard_Roark1's local time zone: GMT -05:00 (Eastern Standard - US, Canada)
Comments (5)
Gooseberry Falls is only about 20minutes away from Duluth now?! hahaha, for some reason, I've always thought it was much much longer. Maybe I was a lot younger back then. Haven't been to Duluth in 2-3years and the last trip to Gooseberry was before college. Looks like y'all had fun!!
@ylor - Ai-yai-yai it was soo FUN! We made the kiddies walk on all the paths/hiking trails around the falls - took pictures galore - played on the shores on that one small strip of houses on downtown Duluth and went on that Skyway/Skyline road that over looks the lake - the babies had soo soo much fun and kept saying 'hi water, bye water!'
BTW, on the 13th or 14th, can Boomer and I stop by to drop off a special treat? It'll be great to see your babies and check out your new shin-digs.
Hey Lin, its so nice to see your faithful foodie blogs. I love to read them, you do a great job. I'm thinking about starting up a new blog about something I'm really passionate about. I noticed at Barnes and Noble that there are several hundred books about blogging now! Bloggers really take themselves seriously. I have to endeavor to challenge myself as you have!
On another note, the kids are doing great! Tsaaj turns 3 on the 23rd. I'm seriously considering if I want to put off his birthday or do it before we go to Hawaii since I feel like we will be broke when we get back. LOL. I'm learning that money comes and goes and that having lots of money or little money does not equate a good life. How we simple folk have been mislead! Hm I miss coming up with clever ideas to write about... perhaps, it is time for me to school myself again!
You should start a new blog or have a personal page where I can see pics of the kiddies! Your boys must be so big now! Kami started piano lessons and I got notified that the kids are accepted into Head Start in the fall.
What's your take on immunizations? Sorry, as usual, I'm jumping all over the place. Hope you and Chris are well!
Cute! Yes, drop by when you can. Let me know so I can make sure myself and the kids are showered beforehand. :)
Hey BTW, I hear they have a Betty's Pies in Mahtomedi - so you won't have to go so far the next time you need a fixin'. BUT nothing beats the thrill of driving two hours north to enjoy the scenery with your kids!