Candice's LJ

After making a cheesecake for the Thanksgiving potluck, I had enough extra batter left for a pie, so i bought a graham cracker pie crust and baked up a a pie. I asked Brett if his neighbor, Lorena, would like to have it. He asked and said she would love to have it, as she loves sweet potato pie and is a cheesecake junkie. Last Wednesday, I knocked on her door, and her boyfriend, Tony, answered. I chatted with Tony for a couple minutes and he asked what was that, referring to the pie. I told him what it was, and Tony, normally a reserved fellow, came the closest to smiling I have ever seen him come. He eyed that pie like it was the last pie on Earth. Since Lorena was napping with the baby, he took it, and it was clear that he would be digging into it right away.

I went to Drew's Thanksgiving feast Thursday, and after everyone had dug in and packed up their share of the leftovers, there was still about 1/3 of the cheesecake left (it was a big cheesecake). So I brought the remains home and they are sitting in the fridge.

On Saturday, I finally see Lorena and asked her how she liked it. She loved it, but, it seems, Tony loved it more. There was one piece left on Friday. Instead of cutting it in half and saving the last bit for her, he wolfed it down. She saw him wolf it down and was pissed. Between herself, her daughters, and Tony, she had only eaten one piece. She was mad. She loved that cheesecake and didn't get enough to properly feed her addiction. I told her that there was still some of the big cheesecake leftover from Thanksgiving and that I would bring her a slice next time I was by. She obviously wants me to give this to her out of sight of Tony.

So, knowing that sweet potato cheesecake is something that people like, I will be making it again, probably for Christmas. And there will definitely be another one for Lorena.