Nice to see something going on in Dover.

Whoopie Pies= cake, frosting, cake....mmmmmmm :P

My mother makes "the best" whoopie pies. My grandmother, Nellie Meservey Pease, who was born in the early 1900's and lived in Appleton, Maine used to write recipes on the back of a Megunticook Bank ledger. There are several "smudges" which indicates that she cooked alot. She had ten children. I found my mother's whoopie pie recipe in it, in my grandmother's handwriting. The tradition has continued in our family, as I make whoopie pie from time to time. Once, I brought them to a literature class in a large paper sack, and in big letters I wrote, "Whoopie Pies" because it was my birthday and another's ladies. And I love to make home baked goods and share them. After class, everyone came up front and took one from the bag, and after doing a "close reading of the text" it appeared as though I "hit a home run." People love it when you feed them. And it amazes me how food brings people together. And that is a "whoopie pie" fact.

Janylee McGlinchy

I haven't had a whoopie pie in years :o( You ask for a whoopie pie here in the South and you get nothing but blank stares. But hey, at least we have fried okra....

JMcGlinc , no way man, my Mom makes better whoopie pies then your's. HA! HA! HA! Those where some good munchy food, exspecailly while we were picking potatoes as a kid, Ah the good ole days.

OK Doug & JMcGlinc looks like we may have an area of serious debate as to who makes the best whoopie pie....I am thinking that an independent study or organizing some sort of a gov't sponsored committee is in order here...probably should bring in an out of state consulting group, maybe can get some stimulus money or apply for a Home Land Security grant....I am guessing that probably some sort of non-biased randomly blind study may also assist in reaching a fair and equitable solution...oh, by the way I am volunteering to lead and work on any or all of these solutions free of charge of course!

RedHandOfUlster, Pabmainer and Doug Lavigne...

Hi. Looks like I might have a "real" job, making Whoopie Pies (mom's recipe). And they are "the best" whoopie pies you ever sank your teeth into :) I am ready to begin an "Independent Study." I like a good debate, especially when it comes to something I am good at, like cooking and writing :) And you three can be the consultants :>) When do I start baking? I am happy to set her a table at a church location. Just think about it, a poetry reading, whoopie pies, fresh brewed coffee, and some southern gospel, sweet...

Janylee McGlinchy

I'm all in!! Got milk??

If we can't fix Maine's roads with stimulus money, then we will put it towards Whoopie Pies Research, I'm getting a sugar rush just thinking about it, I really enjoy sinking my teeth into a nice big round whoopie pies, not a small one that looks kinda like a burnt hockey puck / burger thats been on the grill too long. You guys are great, gotta love the humor, these kinds of comments are much better to read, stay positive Mainers, the whoopie pie stimulus money is in the mail, and I'm gonna catch the next flight out from Arizona, well worth the trip.

RedHandOfUlster,

Whereabouts are you in the South? Do you like southern gospel? I listened to it all the way through the Carolinas, love it. I arrived back here in Florida today. Yeah to sunshine. And I may be baking whoopie pies for a living :>) I have done home baked goods at churches before, and sold a double round chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting at a deli. So, I guess it's time for me to sell whoopie pies. You know, starving author. But, I do love to make homebaked goods. I must say, that I have never had fried okra. Is it good? I enjoyed the whoopie pie debate, with you, PabMainer and Doug Lavigne, and I have to say that it is a darn shame that you guys have not had mom's whoopie pies. And I got to thinking how people have a way of remembering how you fed them and that they never forget you when you show them an act of kindness. And I bet if I were to get the literary criticism class back together, the students would remember that when they "deconstructed the text" (whoope pie) they found it to be the best whoopie pie they ever ate...

Janylee McGlinchy