How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Grandma's sleeves were already turned back, or she'd be turning them back now. She pointed at me. "Scoot uptown and bring me a twenty-five-pound sack of sugar. Tell them to stick it on my bill. After that I want every gooseberry off them bushes out back." She turned on Mary Alice. "And you're going to learn a thing or two about pie crust." (4.39)
If Grandma Dowdel is going to enter the pie competition, then she's going to make sure that she wins. She's going to be baking pies up until the very last minute so that she gets the recipe just right.
Quote #2
We tried and tried again. Grandma grew careful about balancing her ingredients, holding the measuring cup up to the light. She was like a scientist seeking the cure for something. I had to go back uptown for more sugar and then another big can of Crisco. And we had to sample them all in search for the perfect pie. Mary Alice says she's never since been able to look a gooseberry in the face. (4.42)
The kids help Grandma Dowdel with her gooseberry pie exploits, but it's not easy. She forces them to taste test so many pies that they've had enough pie for an entire lifetime…and can't stand the taste of gooseberry afterward.
Quote #3
When she got to her own pie, Grandma froze. Next to it was another lattice-topped gooseberry pie. There was no doubt about it. Only gooseberries are that shade of gray-green. And it was a very nice-looking pie. The edges of its pastry were as neatly crimped as Grandma's. Maybe better. (4.67)
To Grandma Dowdel's great dismay, there's another gooseberry pie in the competition—and it looks pretty darn delicious. This makes the whole family sweat; what if her pie isn't the best one?