Red October Berry Pie

The farmer's market had raspberries, inexplicably for October. I think it's a sign.

To recap:

(1) The People (US Treasury Dept.) have seized the means of production (banks).

(2) The party that aims for a unitary executive inveighs against elite greed while celebrating the virtues of the proletariat. The other promises to make it make it much easier for the central planning authority to direct production of individual factories.

(3) Today, Helicopter Ben went before the planning commission to recommend further "stimulus" help make sure we don't leave our Road to Serfdom too quickly.

Well, this particular kulak thinks we ought to celebrate the inevitable march of history. I propose a raspberry-rhubarb pie, but inflated (you know, like the currency will be).

Ingredients:

Basic flakey crust, double

filling:
~5 cups rhubarb, chopped into 1/2" chunks
1 1/2 cup and 2T granulated sugar
~2 cups raspberries, preferably fresh (like from the farmer's market the day before)
2 T lemon juice
3 T cornstarch

glaze:
1/4 cup milk
2T sugar

Procedure:

1) Roll out the bottom crust and get it into a 9.5" pie pan. Preheat the oven to 400F.

2) Combine rhubarb, 1 1/2 cup sugar, raspberries and lemon juice in a large bowl. Let sit for 10min while combining cornstarch and sugar in a small bowl.

3) Roll out the top crust, then pour the filling into the bottom shell. Moisten the rim of the bottom crust, put the top crust on.

4) Mix the glaze ingredients together and brush over the top, poke some vent holes, and place in the oven for 30min. Rotate 180deg, reduce temp to 375F and bake another 1/2hr. (it helps to put a foil-lined cookie sheet under the pie in the second step)

5) Let cool for at least 2hr and enjoy with your comrades.

Calling the events of this month "the October Revolution" is, in many ways, a discredit to those who actually suffered under real Communism. It also smacks of "reducio ad hiltarium", or at least a specious slippery-slope argument. However, any move in that direction should evoke a very strong response, and calling Republicans commies when they adopt populist policies is kinda fun. It also explicitly avoids pointing out their move towards the group that the original reds claimed to hate most.