Yesterday, a box arrived on our porch; no idea what it was, as I was only expecting an order of white chocolate to be delivered on 1 August. Out came this silver package . . . . . . which contained an ice pack and . . . . . . the white chocolate I was expecting next week. WELL, I couldn't waste the opportunity to use it, could I? I asked Neal if he would prefer white or semi-sweet chocolate on the pic. He said, "Yes," so we decided - as one does with pizza - to do each pie half of each, then we could decide which we like better. My "decorative squiggles" look ugly; let's hope they taste ok. This one is a KEEPER; the taste was good; not too sweet, and the berry juice didn't soak through the crust. I put the second pie in the freezer, just to see what would happen to it.
2 AUGUST ADDENDUM Yesterday, I took the second strawberry pie out of the freezer; today, we had some and it was still delicious. So, if you, like me, prefer making TWO pies from ONE recipe, and using a shortbread crust rather than a deep dish regular crust, know that you can freeze one of them safely.

OOH LA LA! TRYING TO BAKE SOME FRENCH COOKIES HERE