One time on Usenet, Blinky the Shark > said:

> I made this today, and I'd like an opinion or two from the Esteemed Pie
> Makers Of RFC (EPMORFC).
>
> http://www.producepete.com/recipes/grapepie.html
>
> It tastes fine, but it seemed kinda runny. Now, I haven't made a pie in
> ages, so I adhered to the recipe. But note the *superscripted* "1" in
> the line for the water/cornstarch mixture. I wondered at the time if
> that was supposed to be part of a fraction - perhaps 1/2 - that got
> incompletely entered in the page source.
>
> Would, indeed, 1/2 cup of water seem a reasonable amount in this
> context, for that 3 tbsp of cornstarch?
>
> Thanks for your thoughts.

I'm not a pie maker, but I do use a cornstarch and water
mixture to thicken sauces. That being said, the above sounds
like a heck of a lot of water to me. I usually use two parts
cornstarch to three parts water (tablespoons, mostly).

I looked at a few other grape pie recipes via Google, and
none of them use cornstarch (although one calls for tapioca).
Maybe one of them would be better:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

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Jani in WA