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By Chef Terry
What is a Pie?
According to Wikipedia:
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough
casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury
ingredients.
Pies are defined by their crusts. A filled pie (also
single-crust or bottom-crust), has pastry lining the baking dish, and the
filling is placed on top of the pastry, but left open. A top-crust pie, which
may also be called a cobbler, has the filling in the bottom of the dish and the
filling covered with a pastry or other covering before baking. A two-crust pie
has the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell. Flaky pastry is a
typical kind of pastry used for pie crusts, but many things can be used,
including baking powder biscuits, mashed potatoes, and crumbs.
Pies can be a variety of sizes, ranging from bite-size to ones
designed for multiple servings.
How many kinds of Pies are there?
There is no clear answer to that question, though some
folks/organization have attempted to that question. They ranged from nine to a million to
infinite number of possibilities.
What is the best estimate on when Pies
were known to be eaten?
While Wikipedia and other resource indicate that date being
around 9500 BC, Egyptian – but as we begin getting a better understanding of
other cultures, Native Americans, for example, Pies may have been around much
earlier.
What your favorite pie says about you?
by
Ericka Lynn , posted Nov 25 2011 3:58PM
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Apple
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Wholesome and a bit middle of
the road, playing it safe.
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Banana Cream
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An overachiever who just
wants to relax and not be in charge.
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Blueberry
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Outdoorsy and determined.
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Cherry
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Oversweet, in need of
tartness and passion.
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Chocolate
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Suave, seductive, strong,
addictive.
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Coconut Cream
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Probably a man seeking an
exotic-lite escape from reality.
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Lemon
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Bright, energetic and
sharp-tongued.
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Mincemeat
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An Anglophile who watches
Masterpiece Theater, listens to NPR and fantasizes about being in England,
sipping port with pie.
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Peach
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A sun worshiper who's found
sunshine on a pie plate.
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Pecan
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Simple in your tastes and
seeking more sweetness in life.
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Pumpkin
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Attached to your past but
comfy in your present.
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Rhubarb
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Old-fashioned (or a total
hipster).
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Sweet Potato
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Family-oriented with a real
sense of Southern hospitality.
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(Written by Food Network's
Gale Gand.)
What is
your favorite(s) kind of pie?
Pies
have been family favorites for decades and there numbers significant as well as
excellent eating with good friends and kin folks. Unsure that I could just have
one favorite pie myself – there are so many that are just plain good. I am sure to say thank you each and every
time and look forward to the next one.
Please do not forget that wonderful scoop of ice cream with you pie.
Yum!!!
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