Some pearls come into my life kicking and screaming.  This is one of them.  With a looming snowstorm, I am taking no chances of being without food.  I go grocery shopping.  Heck, if I am going to be stuck in the house, there will be some goodies!  I have time for one store.  I choose Mariano’s.  It is my favorite grocery store and it has the most treats!

I know they have chicken on sale, and I plan on making chili.  Other than that, it is a treasure hunt.  Boom!  Bakery first.  I browse.  I’m looking for healthy.  I try to muster extreme self-control.  I fail.

Staring me in the face is a beautiful Pecan Praline Peach Pie.  I am taken a little aback.  Peaches are out of season.  But damn, this pie looks good!  Not only is the pie thick with peaches, the top crust is a blanket for praline pecans.  My mind is spinning!

The price of the pie is $9.99 – not on sale.  But jeez, I cannot make that pie for ten bucks!  That is my rationale, at least.  In the cart it goes.  While I am walking around the store, my good angel is telling me to put the pie back.  Ah, what does she know?  I may be locked in the house for a week!  It’s a good deal!  My husband will help me eat it!  Yadda, yadda, yadda.  My mind is still spinning.  The pie comes home!

Please, Lord, let this pie be worth all this mental torture – and all the calories.

A large piece of pie comes out of the tin perfectly.  I add a swirl of whip cream.  Again, the pie is deep and filled high with sweet and ripe peaches.  The crust is perfection.  Flaky, buttery – the kind you eat the whole thing without leaving the end crust.  The pecans are like candied jewels.  Just enough to make the pie special, and make me moan while I am eating it.

No surprise – I recommend this pie!  It is worth it!  It is a fine pearl to find in February during a blustery snowstorm.  It took me back to August, at the beach, on a picnic – for at least five minutes!  Thank you, Mariano’s!  Sorry, good angel – better luck next time!