Squushing a berry is satisfying work: It yields pulp, juice, and two consecutive u’s, which are rare.
Toss the berries in a bowl and sprinkle with sugar, which acts as both sweetener and menstruum, dissolving the fruit. Try a continuum from bright strawberry to deep raspberry to dark blueberry to intense blackberry, as purple as the prickly Carduus.
Roll out the pastry and fit into a pie plate. Fill, leaving no vacuum. Scrape any sugary residuum from the bowl. Bake and cool.
Think about how much you like odd letter combinations, like u and u. But only in ordinary usage. You don’t go for Latin, like Equus; or mathematical, like congruum; or Marine, like arruugah. It’s not a Weltanschauung, just a pleasure in perpetuum.
Slice and serve and think about how much you like pie. Enough to switch from jeans to a muumuu.
I laughed so hard menstruum came out my nose!
I can’t wait to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing!0