Fried Pies
Last week-end, I continued my quest for the holy grail of fried pies... "Bruce's Fried Pie." Anyone living in (or visiting) the Central Texas area during the 70 and 80's will mostly likely remember the small pies created by the "Bruce Fried Pie" company. I don't know were all they were sold, I just know that we use to get ours at either the U-Totem and Circle-K stores. Which were stores just like the 7-11 found around town now. For the last several years (OK eight years) I have been looking for them, not long ago during yet another Interet search I discovered that the company had closed down in the 90's and the owner moved to California. Creating a massive void in the culinary fabric of Austin\Central Texas. Yea, I know what your thinking... just get a Mrs Baird's or Dolly Madison fruit pie and get over it. Well I believe to taste a fresh Bruce's Fried Pie was a truly a blessed event. The fruit filling was abundantly adorned with fruit and su