Family Favorite Sawdust Pie – and the good folks you’ve run into
I get a little long winded in this one, y’all. Feel free to scroll down to just the recipe if you like 
If you’ve never had Sawdust pie before, I really do feel it could become a fast family favorite. The taste is rich and buttery, and whipped cream and sliced bananas set it off to sheer perfection. I just use store bought pie shells for mine (ain’t no shame in my game!) but you can make yours from scratch if you prefer. The pie is easy peasy to whip up with only a mixing bowl and a spoon, and bakes up in about half an hour. Put it in the oven as you sit down to dinner and then let it bake for about half an hour before serving warm with the bananas and whipped cream. Mmmmm.
Whats even better is that the day you make this pie is the perfect day to make another one of my very favorite things to eat: Grandmama’s Fruit Salad. You see, the sawdust pie calls for seven egg whites whereas Grandmama’s Fruit Salad calls for six egg yolks. Now if that ain’t a sign that they oughta be made at the same time I don’t know what is! I could eat that fruit salad all day long. Fortunately for me, you can make it with Splenda!
This pie is one of my mother’s all time favorites and a must have whenever we visit Paducah, Kentucky. Have you never been to Paducah? Well goodness, gracious, what are you waiting for? This small town comes alive each April when quilting enthusiasts from all over the world (yes, world!) descend to take part in the American Quilting Society’s annual show. Vendors set up from every fabric line imaginable and sewing notions and such are in more abundance than you could ever dream possible. You have to book a hotel room a full year in advance and many residents go out of town just to be able to rent their homes out for the event.
Mama and I usually drive up with Sue (her best friend and who we refer to as “Aunt Sue” because she’s been in the family long enough to have earned the title!) and spend the weekend spending all of our saved fabric money to purchase enough to usually do us for most of the year, through extensive quilting projects.
~sighs~ I miss Quilting. I used to be an avid quilter but these days just can’t seem to find the time. I gave up my sewing room in the old house when Katy Rose was born and packed everything away. Now that we have space for a new sewing room, I just can’t seem to find the time anymore. I still consider myself a quilter though, my blood runs patchwork with errant threads spread throughout!
There is a restaurant in Paducah called Patti’s that is one of Mama’s favorite places in the world to eat. They have the thickest pork chops you’ve ever seen and serve huge helpings of Sawdust pie topped with whipped cream and bananas for dessert. I think Mama goes there just for the pie! She was so excited to find the recipe years ago so that she could make it on her own but I know she still loves the treat of going to Patti’s.
While I enjoy Patti’s, my favorite part of the trip is when we venture downtown. They have the neatest little coffee shop there and I love their grape salad (the recipe for which I plan on bringing you eventually, of course). I also love going into this little antique shop and seeing if anything “speaks” to me. I read years ago in a book that you should only buy artwork that makes you happy to see it and that has become my philosophy on antique shopping. It has to make me happy, either by silently reaching out to me (you know what I mean) or by bringing back a memory from my own or my mother’s childhood. Whenever I buy anything, I prefer to find something with a little meaning to it if the option is there, even when it comes to my everyday dishes. If I can spend ten dollars and get something new at Wal Mart, I’d just as soon spend ten dollars and get something with a history to it at an antique shop or flea market. These are just little everyday links to the past, a reminder of a simpler time.
I made a big purchase this past weekend and as far as an item having a history and soul to it, I feel like I hit paydirt. Now, I’m feeling a little chatty today after having taken a week off so I hope you’ll bear with me. Sit down and get comfy, we might be here a while. Eventually, I’ll even get to the pie this post is supposed to be about!
It’s no secret that I love my kitchen. Here at Bountiful, it is my absolute favorite room in the house, and I’m pretty sure the rest of the family would agree that its theirs as well. I love, love, love to cook (wow, another big secret revealed, huh?) and as soon as we moved here I started plotting my dream kitchen island to complete the workspace. For months now I’ve had a six foot folding table up, using it as a makeshift island while I shopped online, daydreamed, and hoped to someday have the ideal fit for Bountiful’s kitchen.
Everything I saw was either far too expensive for me to even consider or just seemed too “new” – it didn’t have a soul to it. I wanted something with a history of sorts, something solid and well made by someone who put their heart into it. The easy thing to do would have been to get a contractor to come build one but woweeee, I sooo could not afford that!
Well, a few months back I went to the Nashville Flea Market with my friend, Lara. She and I were walking around and happened upon a man who made furniture. It was there that I spied the most gorgeous kitchen island I have ever seen. It was absolutely perfect. I didn’t have the money for an island then, though, so I just looked there a few minutes and moved on, not wanting to make myself heartsick over it.
Now that I knew what I wanted, I could start saving. So, two months later, as I had a little bit of a showing in my kitchen island savings, I asked Mama to go back to the Nashville Flea Market with me to talk to the man about my island. He and his wife were some of the nicest folks you could meet I talked to him a bit about exactly what I was going to be using the island for and what I’d need, asking if he could do a few things differently. He said he’d custom make mine, no problem, and deliver it to the flea market the next month. I didn’t order it then, though, because I didn’t quite have all of the money I needed even though he said it would be fine to pay him the next month. Instead, I took his card and went home and started counting my pennies.
Two weeks later, I called him to officially order my island. He asked all kinds of questions to make sure it was customized to my kitchen and needs. Bless his heart, he even sat through my talking all about my Pyrex bowl collection and how I wanted to display them.
Then came the part of the conversation I was dreading. I had saved up enough to meet the original price quoted but had just asked for a few modifications and pretty much let this man know that his island was my heart’s desire. My ship was kinda sunk when I asked “Can you tell me about how much this is gonna run?”
“How much did I tell you at the flea market?”
Oh great, here we go. My daddy is the king of wheeling and dealing and after watching him most of my life, I realize I’ve just made a supreme mistake. He knows how bad I want this and is about to take me to the cleaners.
I told him the price he quoted me and his immediate reply was “Oh no, Ma’am, this one will be a lot cheaper than that.”
~blinks~
I said “Really? Now that’s something you don’t hear every day!”
And he went on to tell me how he always did the right thing by people and he’d make sure he took care of me. Wow.
Over the course of the next month he called me a few times to make sure he was making my island to my specifications. One call focused on the space in my kitchen, how long I wanted the island to be. Another focused on width and the exact type of doors I wanted and then he even called to see how wide my biggest pyrex bowl was, because I had told him I planned on using the front of the cabinet for displaying them, but the back to hold baking items. I had planned on just keeping the baking items out of sight by having them closer to the back but when I told him what I planned on doing, he added a wall in the center, making sure to leave enough space for my largest bowls to still fit in the front.
He called me last week to let me know that my island was ready and to give me the final price, which did end up being lower than the one I had originally saw – even after all of that customization.
I went to the bank and got the money out for him, putting a little extra in the envelope to help cover all of the phone calls . My brother and sister in law, Stacey, went to pick it up for me because it was so big they had to drive my daddy’s truck to get it.
I asked Stacey if she’d explained what the extra money was for to the man and she shook her head and said “He didn’t even open the envelope to count it.”
Now if that doesn’t make you shake your head and smile at the good folks in the world, nothing will. I now have a custom piece of furniture made better than any I could have ever hoped for by a man of integrity who took pride in his work and the fact that he always does right by the folks who buy his creations. To make matters even better I can tell my kids and grandkids that not only was it made just for me, but it came all the way from Paris, too…Paris, Tennessee, that is.
Sometimes we lose sight of all of the wonderful people doing business in our world today and their acts of kindness and “doing-the-right-thingedness”, even though I feel pretty confident that we’ve all encountered these great folks (and I know all of y’all are among them!).
I’d love to hear your stories of encounters with some of these good folks in the comments section below.
It would be a great addition to our season.
~squeals~ Oooh! Can I show you pictures now?
My island from the front. He put in a wall in the center so that I can use the front for display and put baking ingredients in the back. He even called to see how big my largest bowl was to make sure there was plenty of room.
I chose a rich, barn red and then he distressed it a bit for a more farmhouse feel. Much of the wood and doors used in his furniture are reclaimed wood.
This is the back with my other set of doors.
I just grabbed some things to put in for the pic to show you how nice it is inside.
The top is so beautiful!!
And look how thick it is! The corners are rounded very nicely, too…
Now that I’m done telling you how proud I am to have this island, I reckon we oughta get to cooking something we can set on it!
Wow, have I got a cornucopia of ingredients here or what?
Great Value brand whipped topping, Kroger brand coconut, name brand, name brand, and then my beloved local eggs. My product selection usually revolves around “Where is the sale this week?”.
I have a few brand loyalties but very few, although if I’ve had an opportunity to work directly with a company and see that it is family oriented and genuinely cares about their consumers, I buy their products whenever I can. I’ve always had great experiences with Kraft Foods, in all of their divisions, and if you live inthe South I have to tell you that the folks who run Moon Pie and Milo’s (a very popular fast food chain that most of us know for the gallons of tea they sell in all local grocery stores), are about the finest people you’d ever hope to meet. I just love good people, don’t you? It’s always heartening to run into them, especially in the business world where it seems so many companies and folks are getting more cutthroat by the day. Whenever I am fortunate enough come into contact with one of the good folks who has their head glued on straight, its just another assurance of what a wonderful world we all really live in, populated primarily by good old folks.
Don’t worry over graham cracker crumbs if you have graham crackers on hand, just put some in a plastic bag and crush them yourself and they’ll be fine. Likewise with the pecans, which the original recipe called for. Goodness, have you looked at the price of pecans lately? I have a tendency to leave nuts out of anything I can but this time of year I try to splurge and buy them. Still, walnuts are half the price and so that’s what I’ve been baking with. Since this recipe is pretty sacred to Mama, I called her to ask how she would feel about eating it with walnuts versus pecans and she was pretty dern happy that I was planning on sending her some, with full blessings on the substitution.
I separated my eggs and placed just the whites in a bowl, saving the yolks to use in the sauce for my fruit salad.
Add walnuts or pecans. As I said, recipe called for pecans but cheapie me went for Walnuts instead.
Here at Bountiful, I was delighted to find not one, but TWO huge pecan trees! This year they just didn’t want to yield for me though, I reckon they need time to get to know me a little better . I’ve bought them some nice fertilizer and have been talking real sweet about all of the yummy things I’ll bake should they decide to ante up next go ’round.
Add in coconut.
Mama usually gets her coconut in a can on the baking aisle and I usually get mine in a bag on the same aisle. Either works. Get the sweetened kind, it’s yummy! I found it on sale recently for a dollar a bag and picked up a few to freeze for more holiday baking.
We use an awful lot of coconut during the holidays down south!
Add sugar.
~sings~ Sugar… Aww, honey, honey! You are my candy girrrrrrl!!!
Come on, you know you wanna sing with me. ~grins~
Add in graham cracker crumbs.
I went to two different places looking for these things and they were out at the first place (or else I wasn’t looking in the right place, Kroger’s seems to be the most oddly arranged grocery store I’ve ever been in) and at the other place I just plum forgot them! So I went to the pantry resigned to just crush up some crackers rather than go out of my way to make a trip and lo and behold, a brand spanking new box sitting right there!
Mix all of that up good with a spoon.
and spoon it into an unbaked pie shell. I used deep dish but Mama says she always uses regular.
Bake at 325 for about thirty minutes, or until it looks done all over the top.
It will look kind of like a pecan pie with a thick coating of streusel on it.
Cut slices while warm and add a dollop of whipped cream and some slices of bananas.
Trust me, this pie is delicious but the bananas and whipped cream just MAKE it!
I used store bought whipped topping but if you’d like my recipe and instructions on how to make it from scratch (which is even better), just click here.
Family Favorite Sawdust Pie
- 7 egg whites
- 1 1/2 C Sugar
- 1 1/2 C Graham cracker crumbs
- 1 1/2 C Pecans (or walnuts – can omit nuts if needed)
- 1 1/2 C Sweetened Flaked Coconut
- 9″ unbaked pie shell
With the holidays in full swing I wanted to let y’all know that I have a TON of homemade gift ideas on Southern Plate, starring homemade mixes because they are my very favorite thing to give. When you give a homemade mix to someone, you are not only giving them a gift that will taste wonderful from your heart, but you are also giving them a convenient block of family time, either when they make it together or when they sit down to enjoy the final product. I posted several gift mixes and homemade ideas last year along with inexpensive packaging ideas and here are those for you to browse through now if you’d like. All of the mixes for last year include printable tags as well. I’ll be bringing you more as well so stay tuned!
Gratefully,
Christy
- Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix and Snowman Soup kits
- Pecan Pie Muffin Mix
- Chocolate Gravy Mix
- Sugar Free Cappucino Mix
- Fruit Crisp Mix
- S’more’s Kits
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Kick off the season with the Southern Plate family by telling us some stories about good folks you’ve run into and how they showed you kindness or helped strengthen your faith in the world around us.
Do you have a story from your childhood of a good hearted person who made a difference? Have you met someone lately who showed you a kindness or perhaps the cashier at your favorite grocery store just always manages to make your day a little brighter with their smile.
Please share with all of us in the comments section.
It’s a wonderful world filled with some awfully good people, I look forward to hearing your stories!
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Oh this looks great! Have you ever made it without nuts? The boys are allergic to them.
Oh and LOVE just LOVE the cabinet!
Hey! I’ve never made it without nuts but it will be perfectly, absolutely fine without them so you go right on ahead! you won’t even miss ‘em and y’all will just love this pie!!!
Gratefully,
Christy
P.S. I keep going in there and running my hand over the top of it. I just can’t believe it’s mine!
I swear we must be related WAAAAAAAAAYYYYY back in our family trees cause holy, you and I are a lot alike. My youngest daughter is even called Mady Rose. Anyhoo, I just had to tell you how much I enjoy your blog and look forward to it everyday. You make me smile everyday. I was going through withdrawls all week and kept checking it to see if you had put up a secret post. I have made so many of your recipes that my kids are asking if it is “that internet lady’s” recipe after most meals.
Keep up the good work and I truly wish you all the success that you so deserve!!!
Laura you are so sweet!!! Thank you SOOOOO much!!! Now you know that I just outright adopt anyone who reads Southern Plate, right? So whether we are related in our past or not, we sure are now! lol
I can’t thank you enough for this comment. Honestly, Laura, every day I am so surprised that people come here to read all of my ramblings and tangents. It is kind of scary because I can’t imagine why folks keep coming back so I’m kinda afraid that one day everyone will just up and come to their senses and stop!
Please give your kids and extra hug and kiss on top of their heads from the “internet lady”! ~grins~
My cheeks are hurting from smiling so much now!
Gratefully,
Christy
Christy,
Have made alot of your mixes to give as gifts this year. I need the gift tags you had on a while back..They were holly leaves and berries. Can you put them on again so I can print them out?…Making the sawdust pie to send to a friend in Florida this week.
Thanks
Hey Paula!
~HUGS~
Thank you so much! I love gift mixes and bet you got some happy receivers on your hands!
I’m not exactly sure which gift tags you are talking about, I included gift tags with every mix I put up last year and they’re all still on the posts with the mixes. Whichever mix you are looking for the tags for should have the link to click on that post and get to the tags to print out. I hope this helps!!
If you can’t find them, let me know what mix it was and I’ll just go up to the little search box at the top right and type it in and be glad to shoot you the link!
Gratefully,
Christy
Christy, I LOVE your island! Several years ago, my husband inherited his great grandma’s beautiful cranberry glass, and we had no place to display it. We, too, went to our flea market and came across a custom cabinet maker. He made a beautiful hutch, especially to our specifications, for a crazy low price!
I’d so much rather give work to the local craftsman, than to go lay down a lot of cash for some factory made piece of furniture. My hutch is mine, and only mine..and fits that cranberry glass to a “T”.
Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness, Misti! What a treasure you have! I agree with you completely! Are you a member of the SP Family on Facebook? I’d just love for you to upload a photo of your cabinet and cranberry glass on the family page if you are!
Thank YOU!
Gratefully,
Christy
http://www.facebook.com/southernplatefamily
oh that island is beautiful!! I wish I had room in this itty bitty place for something like that. My table serves as and island… which leaves me wanting a table. Go figure…
Will have to try the pie!! I so love reading your posts, and since we are all sick it was nice to have a chat without having to talk myself! Thank you ever so much for welcoming us into your home {and family}, it really does mean a lot to us. I love seeing how fast this place is growing and that I can say I’ve been here long enough to remember almost everything getting posted!
as for an example of kindness, mine would be you. Though we haven’t met in person we did exchange several emails when southern plate was fairly young and you had free time… and talking with you about the memories of my grandmother, and you helping me to learn to recreate her biscuits and gravy… well it helped the hole in my heart to begin to mend. your emails, and facebook posts always brighten my day, and I thank you from the very bottom of my heart for that.
First, girl please. I made your fruit salad. Let me tell you I was in an accident and can’t taste and smell any more. Food has always been a passion of mine (I have the hips to prove it!) and it hit me hard. Finding your site was such a joy. I remembered so many of the recipes, trusted them and wasn’t scared that I was serving something yukky without knowing it. I never cared but for hubby and guests, I would worry.
I think I ate almost half of that batch all myself. While I could not taste it, the texture was perfect. It was all I ate Thanksgiving. Thank you for that.
Your island is beautiful and the display of your bowls is wonderful.
Your blog is just a treasure for me. It was one of the first I ever read and one that inspired me to start my own. Of course I ordered your cookbook immediately in the summer.
Happy Holidays!
Christi, that pie looks incredible and I definitely want to make one, but either I’m overlooking it or you forgot the actual recipe with measurements, etc.
By the way, your island is gorgeous! Wish I had room in my kitchen for something like that.
I agree with Laura…I felt lost for a whole week! My husband couldn’t pick Paula Deen out of a lineup, but when I make something new he asks “is this Christy’s”!
Thanks for giving the Shout-out for Paducah! I live here, and can attest to the fact that there are now MANY great restaurants and shopping opportunities. Patti’s is definitely a local landmark, and people travel many miles to indulge in Pork Chops, Flower-Pot Bread with fresh Strawberry Butter, amazing desserts, on and on. You mention Coconut…next time you are at Patti’s, you must try Miss Patti’s Three Day Old Coconut Cake… it is sublime!
Don’t wait for April….come visit Paducah anytime ~
We really loved a restaurant in Paducah on a trip years ago. I think the name was Rafferty’s. Do you know it? I don’t remember much except they had an amazing house salad with warm bacon dressing. I’d love to know how to make that.
I know this is a longshot, but Christy has me reminiscing.
Beverly…yes, Rafferty’s is here in Paducah. Their salad dressings are made in-house and are wonderful. If you had a salad, then you surely had one of their buttery croissants with honey drizzled on top? You’re making me hungry already this morning!
You’re hungry? You can got get some, I’m too far away!
Hey Christy, your island is BEAUTIFUL and so much better than some soulless over-priced pre-fab from a big box store. Your grandkids’ grandkids will remember the story, and cherish the island.
I want one; can you tell us the name of the craftsman in Ky for when I build my dream kitchen?
oh my gosh! i am totally green with envy over that beautiful island!!! oh, i just cannot wait until we save enough money for the kitchen renovation that our poor old kitchen so desperately needs!!!
and thank you so much for this site! my husband loves it when i make something from here! he was delighted that i finally made your crockpot dressing again ~ it is a surefire winner!
Christy,
I love your recipes and have tried many of them. My family thinks I’m such a good cook. “Boy, do I have them fooled!” I told them the last time they were my guinea pigs. My brother told me I could experiment on him any time. Thanks for making me so popular with my family and friends. I know I must be dense, but I couldn’t find the exact measurements of the ingredients anywhere in your post. You usually have them at the end of the recipe. Help!!!
Thanks for all you do and all you share.
This pie sounds sooo yummy……but do I use the whole bag of coconut, box of graham cracker crumbs, and how much sugar? Maybe I am not seeing well today but i do not see measurements??
Thanks!
Christy just realized that she got so wrapped up in her story that she forgot to post the recipe. She asked me to tel y’all that she will update the post here in about 20 minutes when she gets back home.
Thanks!
Ricky
Yeah…what he said ~grins~
I really want to make this pie. I will have to decide on whether to leave the nuts out (allergic son) or wait until there are enough people to share with and he can have an alternate desert.
I really wanted to comment on your story about your kitchen island. You almost made me cry. You could have been describing my grandpa. He worked many jobs to support his family, but what I remember him for best was his carpentry. He was basically self-taught and did great work … usually without blueprints. His motto was that if a man paid you a dollar for a job, you gave him $1.25 worth. My grandpa passed away November 14, 2000, but your builder sounds just like him. My husband and I try to embody those values in our lives and teach them to our children. Thanks for the memories.
One more thing, we had a pecan tree while I was growing up. They really only produce every other year. Freeze all you can while in a peak year.
The pie looks great, but where is the recipe?
I love Patti’s Settlement. I enjoy their (I think it’s called) Aloha Chicken … and love their Flowerpot Bread w/ Strawberry butter. I’ve also had the sawdust pie there. Most excellent!
Oh, Christy, thank you!! This is a great recipe and it would be good with any fruit on top I think.
I must tell you that finding this blog has been a real Godsend. I’ve been stuck up north for 6.5 years now and have been watching Paula Deen just to hear someone who sounds like me. Your blog with all the wonderful recipes (and ingredients I recognize) give me a little taste (pun intended) of home.
That’s the prettiest island I have ever seen. I can’t wait to show my Mama the pictures.
The pie looks absolutely delicious!
FYI – I made your banana pudding for one of my Thanksgiving dishes. My family loved it!
I LOVE the island!!! I have been telling my husband I wanted one for years and promises me one when we buy a house next year. We have just moved to AR and are beginning to look for that perfect house. So far nothing in our price range grabs me. My heart swelled the other day when I heard my husband tell the realtor “The kitchen has to be big and spacious and special. And it has to be big enough for an island.” So someday I will get mine too!
The pie sounds great and I may try it tonight. I made the chicken divan (using turkey) yesterday and it was a hit at my house. And the fruit salad was a huge hit at Thanksgiving. Making it with Splenda makes it seem a lot less guilty eating it too! LOL
Christy – That island is beautiful! I bet you are proud of that.
I was born not too far from Paris, TN.
I love your island. Can you give us the contact information for the man who made it? Thanks!
pie looks great. wanted to let you know my butterball turkey cooked up so juicy. Thanks so much for the great giveaway.
love the island. i wish my kitchen was big enought for one of those.
That island is absolutely gorgeous! It’s awesome you were able to find such a wonderful man to make it. Bless his heart! I get all teary-eyed just thinking about the memories that you and your family will have around that island for years to come! And one of your children (or grandchildren!) will talk about those memories and fight over who gets the island just as much as people fight over a rolling pin, and oh man… *sniffs* I love happy stories.
Thank you for the post, Christy! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
This looks so yummy, I will definately have to try it.
Rose must be getting to be a poplar name again. My youngest daughter name is Ivy Rose.
Thank you Christy, for that wonderful story! This is exactly the type of story that we need to share every day…there are so many good people that we come in contact with; yet, we seem to only hear about the bad.
Thank you for sharing this with us! Happy holidays, and keep the recipes coming.
How pretty your collection of pyrex dishes look in your new island. Last year i did you S’more’s Kits for little kids in our neighbor hood. This year I am going to try you Snowman Soup Kits.
Loved the tags too.
Hi…your island is beautiful and a wonderful display for your Pyrex! I just loved your story about this sweet furniture maker! Just warms my heart. Looking forward to making the pie…looks so yummy!
Bountiful Blessings!
Christy,
I just finished reading about your kitchen island being made in Paris, TN and couldn’t help but respond since I’m from Paris also. I just love all of your posts – they make me feel like we are sitting at the kitchen table talking over a cup of coffee (or glass of Splenda sweet tea). Thanks for all that you give us and just keep it coming.
Many blessings to you and your family.
Your island is just gorgeous and the fact that it has meaning to you and you made a new friend in the process is just the icing on the cake. (I frequently think in food terms.) I have also just been astounded at the price of pecans this year and made my sweet potato casserole with walnuts this time. I have never heard tell of sawdust pie but it looks very good. Sort of reminded me of a giant oatmeal cookie. In fact I wonder how a handful of raisins tossed in would work out. I am looking forward to all the Christmas candy and cookie making so will be sure to watch the site for new ideas and old favorites. Too bad we can’t all be together for an old fashioned cookie exchange.
Oh, what an island! Fabulous, and a perfect showcase. The finish is just beautiful, love the barn red. You did good!
Wow do I just love your island. And what a wonderful story with it .
Pie sure does sound good too. Will certainly give it a try.
As for Paducha I vacationed there years and years ago. Loved it there. My ex-in-laws bought a big boat there from an old retired gentleman when they retired. It was dry docked and before putting it in the water they completely redid it. We came down from Michigan with our kids and spent several days there. neat town. Also been in Paris Tn. a few times. .
Yes I have been to Paducah Kentucky! Actually my son is attending Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky which is just down the road! We live in Oklahoma, but have made the trip at least 9 times every season as our son plays baseball at the university. I LOVE Kentucky and I agree that if anyone has never been there they need to go! Your recipe looks yummy so of course I’ll be giving it a try!
OMGosh…..This pie has all my favorite ingredients in it!! This is going to grace our Christmas Buffet….I might just make Mini-Pies in my mini-muffin pan instead tho.
YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And That Island is BEAUTIFUL!! Made by a true Southern Craftsman and Gentleman. You don’t find many treasures like that in this big ole world. It’s wonderful to see there are still people like that, tho.
Kinda restores your faith in people doesn’t it?
The kitchen island is gorgeous! I love the story of the customization and the wonderful gentleman who built it with his heart.
Can’t wait to try this pie – I’m thinking of putting the dry ingredients together as a pie mix for Daddy and giving him the instructions to add the egg whites and pie shell. He’ll love it!
I love your island. He definitely did a great job on it. It is a treat to find someone that is not only good at their trade, but also honest and has a good soul.
The pie sounds great and easy. Can’t wait to try it. I made the fruit salad for Thanksgiving and it was so good. I ate the last of it yesterday. Didn’t make as much as it called for because I knew my husband wouldn’t eat it and whatever the neighbors didn’t eat, I would be bringing home to eat myself. I will make it again for Christmas and hope there are leftovers for me to eat for a few days.
Kristy..your island is BEAUTIFUL!! Nothing like a handmade ..well built piece of furniture. What a nice story behind it too..
Please know that ….We love your “ramblings and tangents”…you feel like a close friend that we’re sippin’ sweet tea and talking recipes, family and life with…….I wouldn’t want to do this Rachel Ray…….
I can not wait to try this pie!
Your recipes get me the greatest compliments! THANKS!
Marie In North Carolina
Christy,
Your new island is gorgeous. A beautiful piece of furniture and what a terrific story. It is so nice to know that there are wonderful people in the world. Oh, and Christy, you are one of those people. I enjoy reading your blog. I feel like I am part of your family. Thank you!
The sawdust pie seems delicious and easy to make. I will have to try it. My hubby has never eaten so well. LOL
Enjoy your new island!
Wow, that pie looks like baklava filling in a pie shell! It looks and sounds so fabulous, I will definitely have to try it some time. After things settle down with the little newborn I just had on Saturday.
That is not an island. That is a work of art. He must be a wonderful man.
Wow wow wow! I have to make this. Just this morning I was thinking of what to make for a BBQ (yes it’s that kind of weather down here) that would be easy to transport. Looks so good.
I have never been to Paduca, next time.
I love the island. When I first saw the post, I saw the word “Sawdust”. I just knew that you were going to have my Grandmother’s “Sawdust Pudding”. My cousin got the recipe card, because she always made it for him when he came home. I wish I had gotten a copy of the recipe. Maybe someone has it. It is a frozen dessert/salad. It had a graham cracker crust. She always made it in the Large Pink Stanley Plastic Bowl. It had lemon juice,cool whip and I can’t remember the other ingredients. Glad to see you back.
Dear Christy
The man who made your beautiful kitchen island was a gentleman and a craftsman. He is the sort of person I would order some furniture from if I lived nearer.
I am glad that you related this tale as it warmed my heart ( the weather today is -3 and grey – yuck!)
I love the idea for this pie and will try it out after I have been shopping next.
xx
Oh WOW Christy! I absolutly looooooooooooooooooooooove the island! My hubby Joe and I went to an antique store last year and bought an island. I fell in love with it at first sight. It was built with old wood from some where! I love mine too. I use the bottom for storing ingredients as well. It is super heavy too! My gosh. I can’t move it. Joe has to…lol…The man that made your’s did an awesome, awesome job! I know you are so proud of yours. I’m excited for ya!
Oh by the way, the pie looks good….lol…Hope you have a blessed day!
Vickie
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I made this last night for a dinner party that we went too!
It was awesome! In fact the host, wouldn’t let us take the 2 pieces that were left home. I made two of them and they were both a big hit. In one of them I did add chocolate chips.
Thanks for posting this, it really was a hit!