Pie

On Daily Kos, pie is an inside joke. It all started when an ad showed some offensive scene involving women throwing pies at each other. Then, Markos threw fire on the flames. To make a long story short, the whole thing blew up and eventually became a long standing inside joke, an extra answer to many diarists' polls.

Here on E10, when we talk about pie, we mean real pie, fruit and/or nut filled pie, banana cream pie, chocolate pie, mince meat pie, chicken pot pie, shepherd's pie and maybe a quiche. The only pie discussion off limits here is rhubarb. Ick.

That being said, Thanksgiving is coming up and Carl is in charge of pie. He claims some experience with apple and pecan, and he knows how to make a crust.

The Gill family traditionally opted for the ice cream and hot fudge parfait for Thanksgiving dessert. My sister and I would spend the day or so before Thanksgiving making the parfaits, hot fudge on the bottom followed by a scoop of ice cream followed by more hot fudge, more ice cream and topped off with hot fudge. We always made a few extras for post-Thanksgiving enjoyment. We'd put the mostly finished parfaits back in the freezer to await Thanksgiving whereupon we'd top each off with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry.

My experiences with pie mostly involve Mrs. Smith or Baker's Square. My other experiences with pie involve an easy bake oven circa 1967 or so. I once attempted a homemade crust for a seafood quiche per my college roommate's recipe. When she made it, the crust was fantastic, and made the whole dish. When I made it, it was mush... disgusting. I still remember her brother politely choking it down before I told him that I was well aware this was a kitchen disaster and he shouldn't bother.

So, I need to learn how to make a pie crust. Please share your pie experiences in the comments.

I loved the turkey responses and am definitely using two or three of the recipes given to me.

Below is a President who likes his pie. He asked the right questions then, why can't he do that now?