Alaskan Mixed Bery Pie

So my wonderful housemates finally got me some berries the other day. Today, I sent about using them. ^_^ I called up my trusty recipe-finder (Codename: MOM) and she found a mixed berry recipe that actually listed two of the types of berries I had: golden raspberries (which are the same as salmon berries...??) and blueberries! I'm unsure whether the crust recipe was hers or the one from the book...

CRUST
MIX 3 c. of flour and 1 ts. of salt.
CUT IN 1 1/4 c. shortening.
MIX (in a separate bowl) 1 egg (beaten), 1 tbsp vinegar, and 5 tbsp water.
MIX wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
ROLL out dough and put in the pie tin.

PIE
MIX 1 1/2 c. of each type of berry together (total of 3 c.)
POUR berries into pie shell
MIX 1 c. of sugar, 4 of tbsp flour, and 1/4 tsp of salt together in a bowl.
POUR mixture over berries
BAKE, in preheated oven at 450 degrees F, for 10 minutes.
REDUCE heat to 350 degrees F and cook for 30 more minutes.

So, I learned what "cutting" shortening into flour is. You literally take a knife and cut it. Forever. But it was kinda fun for a while. Apparently that's what makes it flakey.

I didn't have any vinegar, so I ended up using rice vinegar. It doesn't seem to have messed much with the taste of the dough, though. Least....I can't taste it.

Well, I mixed in the sugar mixture instead of leaving it just on top, which appears to be a good thing. With the leftover dough, I made tarts with my last little 1 1/2 c. of blackberries. I just ate one (YUM!). It seems like the sugar mixture does a good job of soaking up juices and creating a yummy mush/jell, but it didn't really get to the bottom. So, that was all liquidy. Perhaps if there was a little on the bottom, then mix the rest in with the fruit??

VERY sugary, but the tart I had, at least, was a yummy treat.

(The tarts I made with the same stuff-like little mini pies, except in a muffin tin. They cooked for 8 minutes at the 450 temperature and 5 at the 350 temp. I also, at the request of the berry-providing housemates, tried to make some with pears. We'll see how that goes....)