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FOOD FOR THOUGHT By
Wanda A. Adams
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Never let it be said that I shirk my duties as a recipe detective. Last month, I had an attack of the worst pain in my life and had to have emergency room gall bladder surgery (went swimmingly, I'm back in the pink, thanks). So I'm sitting in Queen's emergency room, literally rocking back and forth to distract myself from the pain, which is creeping up toward 9 on a scale of 10, when this very friendly woman came into the triage office to confirm my insurance information.
In between checking my policy numbers and preparing my hospital bracelet, she suddenly registered my name and looked up. "You're the food editor!" she said. I'm thinking, "Not right now. Right now I'm just a big hurt," but I smiled and acknowledged my identity.
At which point, she introduced herself as Eileen Sato, said she was a Maui High graduate and had been meaning to send me some old Maui High cafeteria recipes. I'd asked for them in the column last June on behalf of the Friends of Old Maui High School group, which is planning an all-classes reunion next September and organizing a project to rebuild the classic building and create an educational center.
About then, recipes were the last thing on my mind, but I dove into my purse, shoved a card at her, and croaked, "E-mail me!" just before I doubled over in pain again. And a few weeks later, after I returned to work, she came through with several recipes, including the unusual apple crisp that was a school favorite. Unlike other crisps, it's made in a pie crust.
By the way, if you're a Maui High alumnus, check out www.oldmauihigh.org or e-mail friends@oldmauihigh.org or call (808) 877-2524 or write P.O. Box 792165, Pa'ia, Maui, HI 96779.
MAUI HIGH APPLE CRISP
For the filling:
For the topping:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-inch pan, bottom and sides, with pastry. Bake 15 minutes at 425 degrees. Remove from oven and reduce heat to 375 degrees.
In a saucepan, combine filling ingredients and cook until thickened. Pour over baked pie crust. Combine topping ingredients, and sprinkle evenly over apple filling. Bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees. Cool and cut into squares.
Make 32 squares.
Send recipes and queries to Wanda A. Adams, Food Editor, Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Fax: 525-8055. E-mail: wadams@honoluluadvertiser.com.
For more information about our 150th anniversary cookbook, call 535-8189 (message phone; your call will be returned). You can order the cookbook online.
