Eunie's Pecan Pie

Eunie’s Pecan Pie

Eunie, or Auntie as my cousins called her, was Daddy’s sister. Her given name was Gertrude. She never married, but she helped my Uncle Garland bring up his children after their mothers died. When I was quite young, she worked in a dry goods store. Eunie loved coffee and was always hunting for the cup she had set down somewhere. One time she pulled into the driveway, got out of the car and found that her coffee cup had ridden all the way to town and back on her bumper. She was great about taking all of us cousins swimming, but she was nervous about water and spent the whole time we were at the lake walking back and forth warning us not to get out too far. We used to laugh that we would never get in over our knees if she had anything to say about it. She was a great story teller and loved to do various types of crafts.

Eunie was naturally left handed, but her teacher tied her hand so that she had to write with her right. My daddy was so upset at having seen his sister treated that way that he sent left handed me to school with a note, although I don’t think they tried to change people in my day. It was completely out of character for my parents to make waves, so he must have been really concerned.
Eunie could slice a country ham so thin you could almost read the newspaper through it, and she made the best pecan pie I ever tasted. Our family always called it peecan pie when I was growing up, and I still do, but I most always say butter pecahn ice cream, maybe because we didn't say that much at home and I said it as I heard it in restaurants.

Recipe:
1 cup sugar
½ cup light corn syrup
¼ cup melted butter or margarine
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup broken pecans
Mix sugar, syrup and butter. Add beaten eggs and pecans. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake 40-45 minutes in preheated 375 degree oven.