{"id":20241,"date":"2026-03-11T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/the-apple-pie-that-almost-ruined-thanksgiving\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:09:37","slug":"the-apple-pie-that-almost-ruined-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/the-apple-pie-that-almost-ruined-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apple Pie That Almost Ruined Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every November, as Thanksgiving Day approaches, one memory comes to mind. One that always makes me smile. The time my cousin Johnny brought an apple pie to Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>First, some backstory. At my big Turkish family\u2019s holiday get-togethers, baklava is the norm at the dessert table. There\u2019s rolled baklava, square-shaped baklava, diamond-shaped baklava, haystack-esq baklava, walnut-filled baklava, pistachio-filled baklava, chocolate-dipped baklava\u2026well, you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/emotional-and-mental-health\/the-great-baklava-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Read More: The Great Baklava Challenge<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One year, though, back when I was in high school, my 20-something cousin Johnny decided to change things up a bit. He showed up at my parents\u2019 house for Thanksgiving with two items that had never before graced our table\u2013apple pie and a can of whipped cream.<\/p>\n<p>Those two items caused one of the biggest controversies in Aydin family history. It was even more dramatic than the time my mom \u201cforgot\u201d to make baklava for Christmas. I distinctly remember my mom and aunts discussing the incident in the kitchen in hushed tones.    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple pie?\u201d one of my aunts said. \u201cWhat are we supposed to do with this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I can still recall my mom\u2019s bewildered expression at it all. If there\u2019s one thing is this world my mom distrusts it\u2019s fruit-filled desserts, a no-no in our culture\u2019s cuisine. \u201cWhy would you bake fruits into a dessert when you can eat them fresh?\u201d she often says. (For real, she says that about once every two months!)<\/p>\n<p>The whipped cream only made things worse. They would\u2019ve been less shocked if Johnny had showed up to dinner dressed as a turkey. Still, my mom didn\u2019t want to hurt Johnny\u2019s feelings. In a true act of love, she put the pie out on the dining room table, accompanied by the whipped cream. It went mostly untouched.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/faith-prayer-devotions\/stories-of-faith-faith-prayer-devotions\/the-lords-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Read More: Finding the Lord&#8217;s Words Halfway Around the World<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, things are different. We actually have pie at Thanksgiving\u2013my sister Kristin regularly makes pecan pie (the fear of fruit-filled sweets persists, but desserts topped with fruits or nuts have been given the okay). We still laugh about the drama caused by Johnny\u2019s apple pie. I\u2019ll never forget it. It wasn\u2019t just about the pie for me.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up, I sometimes felt like an <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/faith-prayer-devotions\/stories-of-faith-faith-prayer-devotions\/the-lords-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outsider because of my culture<\/a>. That Thanksgiving, though, was one of the first times I realized that my family\u2019s peculiarities were actually a good thing (even if we tended to overreact about pie!). It\u2019s what made us, well, us. And one of the many reasons I\u2019m so crazy about them.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? Which Thanksgiving sticks out as your most memorable? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every November, as Thanksgiving Day approaches, one memory comes to mind. One that always makes me smile. The time my cousin Johnny brought an apple pie to Thanksgiving. First, some backstory. At my big Turkish family\u2019s holiday get-togethers, baklava is the norm at the dessert table. 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