{"id":5870,"date":"2021-10-07T19:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T23:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2021-10-07T19:49:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T23:49:09","slug":"apple-crisp-then-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/hope\/apple-crisp-then-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Crisp Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"apples<\/a>When I made apple crisp last week, I thought I knew the recipe by heart so I didn\u2019t bother to check it, and while what came out of the oven was good, it wasn\u2019t wildly good the way apple crisp ought to be.<\/p>\n

For me, October is a messy month of birthdays for loved ones who have died\u2014my father and both parents-in-law. Instead of celebrating with phone calls and cakes, those of us left behind send wistful texts and remember. Tastes of cinnamon and slippery-hot apple slices are portals to before, when my mother-in-law first shared her apple crisp recipe with me and I marveled at just how much butter was actually involved. I wear for a nighty the big, yellow shirt my dad gave out when we all took a bike ride to Minnehaha<\/a> for his 70th<\/sup> birthday, now 18 years ago. How it rained that day, and how he relished the company.<\/p>\n

On the lighter side, October means apples and pumpkins and kids ramping up about costumes and swordplay. I made a new friend this week. How special is that? And I haven\u2019t even mentioned the glory of the leaves here in New England.<\/p>\n

My point is this: memory is sweet and poignant in October. Our ghosts exist side-by-side with the present, percolating up unexpectedly to claim us and to exhort us to live fully. The sunlight casts a graveyard slant over the still-green lawns and ashy hydrangeas, a mix of summer and winter, of past and future, pivoting on now.<\/p>\n

Grama Dawn\u2019s Apple Crisp<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Peel and slice 8 Granny Smith apples.<\/li>\n
  2. Mix together
    \n1 tsp cinnamon
    \n\u00bd cup sugar
    \nand sprinkle onto the apples. Put them in a pie pan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    1. Combine
      \n1 cup flour
      \n1 stick butter
      \n1 cup sugar
      \ninto a topping and pile it in a huge mountain onto the apples.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \n
      1. Bake at 350\u00b0F for an hour.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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