I usually make fun of mysteries that include recipes--I'm
sure many of us do--but MIAMI BLUES ends with Susan
Waggoner's prize-winning recipe for vinegar pie. I've never
heard of such a pie outside of this book, but after all the
food that was mentioned (including an SOS, which I guess is
the chipped beef and gravy on toast that Junior has for what
turns out to be his final meal), I was getting powerful
hungry and got to thinking I should try making one. Betsy,
was this a favourite pie around the Willeford house?
One thing Hoke said cracked me up: "That's some family, isn't
it? Incest, prostitution, fanaticism, software."
It was probably mentioned before, but I just noticed that
Susan ends up married to Frank Mansfield, I guess the same
guy as in COCKFIGHTER. If anyone's looking for a copy of the
movie adaptation, there's a video tape for sale on eBay right
now. I think they turn up every so often. This one's only
offered to Americans, though.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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