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Apple moon pie al a mode

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           Two things I never mastered, knitting and rolling out the perfect piecrust, or even a barely redeemable piecrust.  My motto has always been, “don’t learn to do anything that frustrates you or that you do not want to get stuck doing from that moment on.”  For that reason, I also never learned to scale a fish or dress wild game.  If you were ever married to a hunter/fisher male you understand.             My friend Ada tried with all of her patience to teach me to knit, but I could never get my brain to coordinate with the needles between my fingers.   Ada finally gave up trying to teach me and instead knitted me three Afghans over the years.   The first, crafted of orange and olive green yarns (a hint to its age), continues to be my favorite.   I have tossed this thing over my legs on many a cold, winter night and thrown it in the washing machine more time...