The Pie Basket November 23, 2018 @goldenoakfarm

So on Wednesday I decided to make 2 pies instead of 1. I had all the ingredients, so I made them. That evening I was trying to think how to transport them, when I remembered I had a pie basket in the attic.

Due to memory problems, several years ago I cleaned out the attic and organized it. Then I made a map of what was there and where. So I dragged out the map, and sure enough, there was a pie basket along the south wall. My husband went up with me to excavate the area and we finally found it, moved over into the old wicker baskets.

What should have been there…

So I got it downstairs and opened it and the above is what I didn’t see. It had either not had an insert or it had been lost. Well, I had to have an insert. So I went down to my box collection, but nothing was the correct size or alterable.

So I started scouting around the cellar because I was not about to go to the barn, a 1/8 mile walk in windy cold at 7:00 at night. I found some cedar shingles we kept down there for shimming things. Now I needed something sturdy for legs. I walked by the garden supplies area, and there they were. Tiny clay pots I’d never use for plants. I was in business!

I got my nuts, bolts and tools out of the pantry and set to work. A box cutter cut the shingles just fine. My husband found 4 bolts and nuts for them for holding the flower pots on. He held the pieces while I drilled with the hand drill. It took about 45 minutes to find the stuff and make this.

I reversed the shingles so the taper from one is against the width of the other. This cut some of the slant. I used 2 small bolts and nuts where they met on one side to hold them together.

I put one of the pie dishes in and positioned the pots in the corners, to determine where to put the bolts. I had used my largest glass pie dishes for both pies, so it had to fit around them.

It fit fine around the dish. The pots were just the right height.

The top plate fit in perfectly too. So now I have an insert. There was a bit of a problem with the nuts coming unscrewed from the bolts on the legs during the rides down and back.

I had only fastened them finger tight as I didn’t want to break a pot. I’ll have to put glue on them or something so they don’t keep falling apart.

Pear slice, left, wild blueberry, right, both with pecan crusts

Source:
Insert: https://www.etsy.com/listing/654035513/vintage-pie-shelf-wicker-pie-basket?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_e-home_and_living-storage_and_organization-shelving&utm_custom1=0ef5194a-6428-4771-8dda-b419c71cae3f&utm_content=go_270949475_21143555075_69017211275_pla-106556364995_c__654035513&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI39SZtMXq3gIVuP_jBx1vfgdaEAQYBCABEgKlyvD_BwE

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