I know why you are here—to see what pie it will be today. CARNE ASADA IN A CORNMEAL CRUST. One of my favorites. It’s up there with chicken pot pie for me. Marinated meat grilled outside with the sweet peppers and all the other veggies. Fresh salsa filling, and a crunchy cornmeal crust makes this a taste bud and texture delight. IMNSHO (in my not so humble opinion). Bidding starts at $95. This one is a doozy to make. Place your bids in the comments below.
Now on to what happened yesterday. We got an offer from a good friend in New Mexico to match any bid up to $200. I had an insane day with a 2-hour workshop I had to give 40 minutes up the road, and an insurance issue that has been my bane for months, and an editor asking me for changes and photos of some bakes to go with my article which meant I had to bake two additional food items in addition to the pie yesterday. All of it was passionately fun (except the damn insurance issue) but took up so much time, and I knew I wouldn’t be able to keep up with trying to encourage bidding. So, I took a chance—I posted the option to just bid $200 to meet the match and we all go home. It happened! By 11am I had a match, and the veggie cottage pie sold for $400.
I would love more matches. They make everyone’s bid go further. If you are out of town and want to join in the fun and thrill of pie-bay, let me know you’d like to make a match. Any amount is wonderful and appreciated. Maybe you don’t even like pie, maybe you prefer cake (I don’t want to know) but you want to play the game and help the kids at Ocean Discovery Institute, then offer us a match.
Thank you all for your support, whether is monetary or just a big hoorah daily. I am often discouraged as any challenge is a huge roller coaster, but when I know people are excited and wanting to know that it looks successful, I rally and keep going.
Now, I need to fire up the grill and get my pie started. Hasta pronto! Two bags of flour down!
