How to Make a Plum Pie and See The World Based on How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman By Owen, Katie, Julia, Julianna, and Mark in Ms. Mottola’s Library Class

Making a plum pie is really very easy. First, get all of the ingredients at the market. Mix them well, bake, and serve.

Unless of course, the market is closed.

In that case, go home and pack a suitcase. Take a plane to the Czech Republic. Find a farm and gather some wheat. An armful or two will do. In 1346, Charles IV became King of Bohemia.

Take a horse and carriage to Russia and locate a chicken. Bring the chicken with you. There’s less chance of breaking the egg that way. There is a river in Russia called the Baikal.

Take a bus to Germany and make the acquaintance of a cow. Bring the whole cow with you for the freshest possible results. Most German schools end right after lunch every day.

Take a horse to Colombia. Walk to the nearest sugar plantation. Introduce yourself to everyone. Then, go into the field and cut some stalks of sugar. People often greet each other by kissing on the cheek.

Better fly home. You don’t want the ingredients to spoil.

Wait a minute! Aren’t you forgetting something? What about the plums? Have the pilot drop you off in Turkey. Did you know that there are 78 million people who live in Turkey?

Get to the nearest plum tree. Pick a few plums. Give one to the chicken, one to the cow, and eat one yourself. Hurry home, stopping at Jones Beach to pick up a jar of salty seawater.

Now all you have to do is mill the wheat into flour, evaporate the seawater from the salt, boil the sugar, persuade the chicken to lay an egg, milk the cow, churn the milk into butter, slice the plums, mix the ingredients, and bake the pie. While the pie is cooling, invite some friends over to share it with you.

Remember that plum pie tastes delicious topped with vanilla ice cream, which you can get at the market. But if the market happens to be closed…

YOU CAN EAT IT PLAIN!

Our Sources A Visit to Colombia by Mary Virginia Fox Culturegrams Database Czech Republic by Kristin Van Cleaf Germany by Robin Nelson Russia by Bob Italia Turkey by Kristin Van Cleaf