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    Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: My grandmothers are both from Kerala, India and I make apple pie with port and a cheddar crust, pumpkin chiffon pie, and chocolate pecan pies for than... more »
    DoubleExpresso - Better When Frozen!!: one grandma from Italy. another one of patrician Connecticut (Mayflower, bitchez) stock. the former made pizzelles and italian fried dough. the latter... more »
    Ratinski: My grandma was a single mother/schoolteacher from central Illinois who raised three daughters alone after my grandfather died in a car accident in 195... more »
    lalaland13: My grandmothers are Oklahoman. At least one of the three (counting a second wife) has some Native American in her blood. But my grandfather did most o... more »
    morninggloria: We're Nordic, Irish, French, and British. We had cigars. more »
    brendastarlet is on it: Massachusetts and Russia, meaning pumpkin pie with a shot of vodka. more »
    Stabby McStabberson: kansas city, missouri, of very, very, pretentiously, waspy, anglophile, old, colonial, DAR, ship-after-after-mayflower american. pumpkin and mince. st... more »
    MadameDecline: Mine's from Scotland -- you'll be getting no pies and you'll like it, ya greedy bastards! more »
    sybann: Flourless chocolate cake. No pie. But as a half-southerner had I been dessert responsible, it would have been pecan at the very least and probably a c... more »
    hfree: One's from Oregon and one's from Georgia. We have rum nut apple and pumpkin chiffon. Both are from the Oregon side. Although for Christmas this year w... more »
    littlebunnyfoofoo: I have a Louisiana grandmother who made meat pies! Little individual sized pies of heaven. Anyone else ever had real Louisiana meat pies? I'm serio... more »
    Wit is periodically disensouled: Er, don't most people have two grandmothers? One was from old Pennsylvania Dutch/Irish stock and the other was Irish/French Canadian from Michigan. We... more »
    The HZA.: My Grams is a Pollack from Minnesota but now lives in eastern Washington. She tends to make at least pecan pie, because she knows its my fave. Her str... more »
    perfidia: My Granny was from South Africa. Therefore my mum, as a fresh-off-the-boat immigrant, made meat pasties with chutney sauce for her first Turkey Day. more »
    eleanorstrousers: One from Tennessee and one British, but here since her thirties. I will be taking pie guesses now. One hint- there were two kinds of pie each. Winner ... more »
  • #clementinepaddleford

    Darling Clementine

    "Tell me where your grandmother came from and I can tell you how many kinds of pie you serve for Thanksgiving," wrote Clementine Paddleford.
  • #alicewaters

    Screw The Story's Plot: What Did They Have For Lunch?