Table Talk

When my mother was growing up, my grandfather owned Mother's Pies which sold fresh pies to local hotesl and restaurants. For birthdays they always had pie, not cake. During WWII, Papou was exempt from service because he was a provider to the Coast Guard and Army bases in their area. When Dorothea was in high school, Papou opened Grandmother's Pies, which sold frozen pies to grocery stores. To this day she claims she can't make a pie because she only knows how to make 10 at a time. I still don't buy it! Mother's Pies closed in the 1960s, and Grandma's Frozen Pies was sold to Table Talk, a large regional baker.This pie plate is from Table Talk, back in the day when people would buy fresh pies in the pan and pay a 10 cent deposit for the plate. Many people never returned the pans, which is why you can easily find them on eBay, or in my father's basement. Table Talk Pies, America's Favorite Pie, is a company based right near me in Worcester, MA. That's pronounced Woo-ster or Woo-stah, NOT War-cess-ster.
For more vintage goodies visit Suzanne @ Colorado Lady, our hostess for Vintage Thingies Thursday. She's sharing an interesting recipe along with her vintage finds.