My mother was locally famous for her pecan pies. (West Virginia born and bred.) When I was younger it was one of my favorite holiday pies. She still bakes one for Thanksgiving and Christmas because my nephews and my son still love them. As I have gotten older intensely sweet things such as pecan pie don't appeal to me so much. Maybe a very thin sliver to take me back to my childhood.

Even though I had a large, lovely pecan tree in my backyard for a number of years after moving south, I have never made a pecan pie myself. Twas a big help to Mom, though, for me to gather and shell pecans to mail to her, as pecans have become very expensive over the years.

I've lost my touch with pie crust from lack of practice in the past 7-10 years. Ditto biscuits. For me, the crust makes the pie, regardless of the filling.