How to Make a Blackberry Pie and See The World

Based on How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman

By Alexa, Johnny, Sara, Jake, and Kevin in Ms. Mottola’s Class

Making a blackberry 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 private jet to Egypt. Find a farm and gather some wheat. An armful or two will do. In Egypt

there is a statue that is half lion and half person.

Take a helicopter to Kenya and locate a chicken. Bring the chicken with you. There’s less chance of breaking the egg

that way. The capital is Nairobi.

Take a jet ski to Ireland and make the acquaintance of a cow. Bring the whole cow with you for the freshest

possible results. Around 70 million people worldwide claim Irish ancestry.

Take a magic school bus to Nepal. Walk to the nearest sugar plantation. Introduce yourself to everyone . Then, go into the field and cut some stalks of sugar. Nepal follows a calendar called Bikram Samval, which is based on

the different phases of the moon.

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

Wait a minute! Aren’t you forgetting something? What about the blackberries? Have the pilot drop you off in England. England is where they held the Olympics.

Get to the nearest blackberry bush. Pick a few blackberries. 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 blackberries, mix

the ingredients, and bake the pie. While the pie is cooling, invite some friends over to share it with you.

Remember that blackberry 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

Culturegrams DatabaseEgypt by Bob ItaliaEngland by Tamara L. BrittonKenya by Bob ItaliaIreland by Bob ItaliaNepal by Kate A. Conley