Jury Duty and Apple Crisp Recipe

It happened. I knew it would. I was summonsed for jury duty for Dec. 5. Everyone—I am told—eventually has to do jury duty in DC. I think it is because so many people here don’t switch over their licenses/register to vote that the pool is small. My first emotion was disbelief. I really thought I could avoid it. I really thought I wouldn’t be called ever for some reason. I guess I thought I was special. Second emotion was a swelling of patriotic pride. Visions of Law and Order and 12 Angry Men conjured up in my mind. I broke out into “And I am proud to be an American…”—okay, no I didn’t. Justice would be served with me on the jury. Lady Liberty would be proud. Third emotion = reality. Cynthia was on jury duty for a trial that was supposed to be for a day or two but it took almost 3 weeks. She had to go into work early and come after to keep up with things at her job. UGH. I am hoping that I don’t actually have to serve. I won’t know until that day. I could go on a jury that day, at a later time, or never have to serve.

In other news and speaking of all-American pride, here is an Apple Crisp recipe as requested:

4 cups sliced apples (I recommend Macintosh)
¾ cups brown sugar
½ cup flour
½ cup oats
1/3 cup butter
¾ tsp. cinnamon
¾ tsp. nutmeg

Put the apples in a grease 8 x8 x 2 pan. (We have been doubling it for a 9 x 13 pan—I don’t measure the apples but it is about 6 or so medium sized ones). Bake for 30 minutes (more like 40-45 for the larger pan) at 350, until brown and tender. You will have a good idea that you are close when the apple juices are boiling underneath. Serve warm with ice cream.