Posted on 12/01/2022 5:47:45 AM PST by Red Badger
NATIONAL PIE DAY
Each year on December 1st, dessert lovers across the United States enjoy a slice of their favorite on National Pie Day. Pie is so delicious we celebrate it twice a year. The more popular date is January 23rd.
#NationalPieDay
While it might be the lesser of the two celebrated PIE days (don’t forget National Pi Day on March 14th), it happens to fall smack dab in the middle of a major pie-making season.
Take away ice cream as a dessert choice, and most people are either cake people or pie people. Or, to put it another way, most people have cake or pie with their ice cream! The day combines our bumper fruit crops with a booming holiday season full of baked goods, cool weather, and rosy-cheeked children. It’s definitely time to tie on those apron strings and get baking.
Of course, we make more than fruit pies! Savory pot pies provide comfort on a cold winter’s day and the satisfaction a family cook needs when caring for a family.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL PIE DAY
Bake up your favorite pie or enjoy some leftover slices from the holidays. Visit the National Day Calendar® Recipe pages to discover some delicious pie-making.
We also offer some others, too. When it comes to pie, or any food really, it is best enjoyed with others. Invite someone over for your best pie and coffee. Maybe there’s a friend you haven’t seen for a while. Pie starts conversations, and they’re a great way to #CelebrateEveryDay too!
Recipe links at site:
Pecan Pie
Blueberry Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Use #NationalPieDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL PIE DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar ® continues researching the origins of the 2nd Pie Day.
Pie FAQ
Q. Can I serve pie all year long?
A. Yes! Pie is one of those dishes that can be served any time of year.
Q. Do I have to slice a pie in wedges, or can I treat it like a pizza and slice it in squares?
A. Slicing a pie into wedges allows you to serve every element of the pie in equal portions. And it’s not a pizza.
Q. How many pie days are in December?
A. We celebrate two pie days in December: National Pie Day and National Pumpkin Pie Day.
Q. Should a pie be served hot or cold?
A. Most pies are best served warm. However, some exceptions remain.
PIE PING!...................
I prefer to use Mitsu apples, and include either dried cherries or cranberries...:)
Not to be confused with March 14.
OK... First you hit me with the meat post, now Pie?!
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My mom used to make the best.
Apple CRUMB pie. With winesap apples (Stayman). They’re the best apples for anything. But so rare to find these days.
Gotta have dessert!................
How do you get it to rise in the center?...............
True! Pi Day is not PIE Day!...............
Now, I know what you are thinking, because that is exactly what I thought: "It is a "Tourist Trap". And it is...:)
My wife and I were up there when everything was closed down because of COVID, but they did keep the concession open, which served blueberry pie. It came with a dollop of good vanilla ice cream on top (the kind that has the small, dark specks of crushed vanilla bean in it)
I regard myself as a pie connoisseur, so I didn't have high expectations, but...it was absolutely superb.
Add plenty of apples there?
I don’t care for apple desserts, but your pie is beautiful!
LOL, heap and pack the apple chunks high. Real high!
The Mitsu apples are lower in water content so they don’t shrink as much when they cook, and I mix in some tapioca to absorb any water that does get forced out of them. I also put pats of butter on the pile of apple chunks before the top crust goes on...:)
I use Mitsus, because if you try this with Macs, they shrink considerably, and you end up with a high, hollow pie! It still tastes okay, but when you cut it to serve, the upper crust just goes to pieces because the apples are so far down, and it doesn’t look as visually attractive.
Heh, my wife always tries to convince me to buy pre-made crusts to save time, but I won’t hear of it.
Hell, if you don’t have time to make a real crust, you don’t have time to make a real pie!
Yeah! I just love making them, the way my mom did. I forced her to teach me how she did it before she passed on...:)
I made sure I watched her, too. My lovely mother was willing to share, but she left things out of her recipies when she told you or wrote them down.
So I cooked with her and took notes as she did it. Boy, could she cook.
I don’t even care much for Lemon Merengue pies, but just wow, she made gorgeous ones, like a tumultous North Atlantic ocean, except the ocean, instead of dark blue or black was the snowy white merengue, and instead of the brilliant whitecaps, the white waves are topped at their tiny crests with just the right amount of tan browning!
I also beat an egg, and brush the entire top to give it that wonderful color.
And, warm out of the oven, with a big glass of cold milk...just perfect!
Blueberry Land.
Blueberry Hill on that map?
yummy 2.14
mom just made some great rhubarb
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