I'm originally from upstate NY, which is Mac country. Until I moved away, I had never had an apple pie made with anything but Macs. Now live in California and the apples out West are like rocks compared to apples in the East. I am constantly trying different combinations of local apples, sometimes cooking the filling ahead, always experimenting. I have had gone so far as having Macs shipped to me from an orchard in the East. Pricy, but oh, so worth it. So, maybe one day I will have a pie that will come close to one made with Macs, A girl can dream :-)

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