EMBRACING YOUR GEEKNESS...


i'm missing new england fall this year and i am also missing out on my most favorite activity in the fall... apple picking. okay that's fine, i can deal with that... but please don't ask me to miss out on everything i love about a new england fall!!

story time:

about 4 years ago, i had gone with my ward to our ward camp out that was (up until this year) held at camp joseph (joseph smith's birthplace) in vermont. while among the beautiful trees and such a friend of mine suggested that a few of us go to "town" not far from the campground and get some treats at the local store. once at the store we encountered a man that has forever changed the way i look at apple pie (okay i know i am being dramatic... just go with me). this man was standing in the middle of this small grocery store handing out free slices of apple pie with a scoop of ice cream.

it was AMAZING!

come to find out that we were eating VERMONT MYSTIC APPLE PIE, a frozen pie that had just been heated up and handed to us by the owner. after much inquiry, we found out that he had just recently started this company and that yes, he had just started selling his pies to some WHOLE FOODS in the boston area. we were thrilled.

after returning home we ran to the nearest whole foods and purchased our very own pie for thanksgiving that year... we were not disappointed!

ever since then it's been a love affair.

so this year, as i have had much time on my hands, i became homesick and in need of surrounding myself with things of the home i just left, i got online to see if there were any whole foods in utah. lucky me... there are. then i looked up the VMAP website (go here) to see if they sold their pies out here... THEY DO!

so the other day while i was in salt lake city, i stopped into the whole foods to find my pie! they didn't have it and because it was so important to me (because i am a major geek), i ended up in a full on search with the frozen produce man who helped me try to locate a pie in the salt lake area. when that failed he looked up the product in their book and low and behold-- found that my pie was available for purchase.

i was overjoyed!

then the man looked at me and said- "well how badly do you want this pie- because if we order this for you, you have to buy a full case (6 pies)."

i hemmed, then hawed... then realized that it was worth it! hahaha!

so now in the next few weeks i can expect a full shipment to come in and i am so excited to have a little piece of home with me on this my first thanksgiving in utah in over 5 years!!

but umm... i don't need all 6... does anyone in utah want to buy an amazing pie for $10???