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.
Now, THERE is a pie I like! I REALLY like that one warm, with nice vanilla bean ice cream on top of it!
I have never made one. But they are rare, now. Nobody seems to want to make one.
Pi day is March 14th, 3.14 in other words.
I know, I know, it’s a homonym, but so what?
Chocolate Mousse Pie, Pecan Pie.
Does cheesecake count as pie, or cake?
What about Quiche?........................
Wow!!!!!!!!
The one thing I remember about rhubarb, is that during WWII, when rationing was in effect in the UK, people were coming up with all kinds of ways to scrimp and save on food costs, and the newspapers were printing these suggestions. One recommended using the leaves in a salad, and the newspaper had to print a retraction the next day!............
Some of the best pies I have ever had were from Pie Junkie in OKC.. Little shop, but a 5 stars place. Also, a seafood restaurant, whose name escapes me, in Sequim, WA had my fav pie ever: Marionberry with vanilla soft serve....Nothing beats a really good pie.
I love going into a diner and seeing those cabinets full of available pies!
That sounds like something I can try! Sometimes, Mitsus aren’t available...:)
Thank you
Brandy Alexander Pie
One of the NYT’s three most-requested dessert recipes (the other two were cheesecake and pots-de-creme). Cooking Notes: The chiffon filling will be fluffier if you let the egg whites come to room temperature before whipping. The filling is made by folding whipped egg whites into a base thickened with egg yolks and gelatin. Be careful not to chill the base too much or the filling will be lumpy. Chocolate shaved into curls with a vegetable peeler is a classy garnish.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups gingersnap crumbs
1/4 cups melted butter
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
2/3 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, separated
1/4 cup Cognac
1 / 4 cup Cocoa Cream
1 cup heavy cream
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the crumbs with the butter. Form in a 9-inch pan and bake for 10 minutes. Cool.
Pour 1/2 cup cold water in a saucepan and sprinkle the gelatin over it. Add 1/3 cup sugar, salt and egg yolks. Stir to blend.
Place over low heat and stir until the gelatin dissolves and mixture thickens slightly (it won’t be as thick as a custard). Do not boil! Remove from heat.
Stir the liqueurs or liquor into the mixture. Then chill until the mixture starts to mound slightly (this means that if you push a spoon (or your finger) through the mixture, it will clump up into a mound rather than stay flat as a liquid would).
Beat the egg whites until stiff, then add the remaining sugar and beat until the peaks are firm. Fold the meringue into the thickened mixture.
Whip the cream, then fold into the mixture.
Turn the mixture into the crust. Chill for several hours or overnight.
Brandy Alexander Pie
Gorgeous pie-making, rl!
On the WH State Dinner menu.
Butter-poached Maine lobster, American osetra caviar, delicata squash raviolo,
tarragon sauce, calotte of beef, shallot marmalade, triple cooked butter potatoes,
sunchoke, and creamed watercress along with red wine reduction.
We had a huge patch of rhubarb growing behind our garage when I was growing up. We’d break off stalks and eat it raw. (I guess the leaves are supposed to be poisonous. I do love rhubarb pie, but NOT with strawberries!
I have never even seen rhubarb.......................
Rhubarb grew wild in western NY, and around our house in Alaska, too. Maybe it likes to have one cold season for it to survive.
Yes, according to Wiki, it requires at least 9 weeks of cold...............
Wish I could give you a slice, AW!
It’s the thought that counts, FRiend!
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