National Pie Day | December 1

National Day Calendar ^ | December 1, 2022 | Staff

[Red Badger]

PIE PING!...................

[rlmorel]

I am a master Apple Pie baker. Completely from scratch:

I prefer to use Mitsu apples, and include either dried cherries or cranberries...:)

[C210N]

Not to be confused with March 14.

[outofsalt]

OK... First you hit me with the meat post, now Pie?!

[Liz]

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[the OlLine Rebel]

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.

[Red Badger]

Gotta have dessert!................

[Red Badger]

How do you get it to rise in the center?...............

[Red Badger]

True! Pi Day is not PIE Day!...............

[rlmorel]

The absolute BEST blueberry pie I have ever had was at this place up in Northern Maine (an area known for its blueberries):

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.

[FamiliarFace]

Add plenty of apples there?

[leaning conservative]

I don’t care for apple desserts, but your pie is beautiful!

[rlmorel]

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!

[Red Badger]

1914 Carrot Pie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXzoWm7lY9E

[rlmorel]

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!

[rlmorel]

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!

[V K Lee]

Blueberry Land.
Blueberry Hill on that map?

[mylife]

yummy 2.14

mom just made some great rhubarb

[mylife]