Sadly, I don't really like pie. Fruit pie is always too sweet for me, plus I don't like warm baked goods at all and a lot of pies seem to be served that way. I might manage a few mouthfuls of cold pie, particularly if it was something tart like rhubarb but after that I'm over it.
I live in the land of the meat pie, most of which are pretty much dog food wrapped in pastry though if you are willing to fork out for a gourmet one you might get something slightly more edible. Still half a cup of warm gooey meat and gravy just never appeals to me and the only time I will eat such a thing is if it promises to have chillies in it and if I am starving and if it is cold and if there is nothing else available.. so basically it has to be on a road trip at some godforsaken petrol station in the winter. That said I have actually made meat pies that I liked, since I made them completely to my taste. They had a lot of kidney beans in them and steak and chillies and onions and a layer of cheese under the pastry, they were pretty good but bore no resemblance to any commercial pie you could buy.
When I was a little kid my grandma used to make apple pie and the crust was very very flaky and soft and being a kid who had not yet fully grasped that she didn't like sweet stuff I ate a lot of it. But then the crust secret was revealed to me, grandma used huge dollops of lard and when I actually saw what lard looked like and smelled what lard smelled like I thought I was going to puke. So after that I kind of just ate some filling and pushed the pie crust around on the plate. Also by that time grandma was blind and the plates were always coated in a grey film of grease and every thing in her apartment was about 2 inches deep in dust so it was a bit unappetizing but of course I told her it was delicious. Grandma also cooked with suet but the less said about that the better.
My mom used to make key lime pie and that was SO GOOD, once again it was the tartness that sucked me in. I wanted to make it myself when I was an adult but when I asked her for the recipe it turns out it came from a packet. The whole freaking thing was instant. And I'm sure if I ate it now it would sicken me with its sweetness, though I have some fond memories of it.
That is my story of my life with, and without, pie.
I live in the land of the meat pie, most of which are pretty much dog food wrapped in pastry though if you are willing to fork out for a gourmet one you might get something slightly more edible. Still half a cup of warm gooey meat and gravy just never appeals to me and the only time I will eat such a thing is if it promises to have chillies in it and if I am starving and if it is cold and if there is nothing else available.. so basically it has to be on a road trip at some godforsaken petrol station in the winter. That said I have actually made meat pies that I liked, since I made them completely to my taste. They had a lot of kidney beans in them and steak and chillies and onions and a layer of cheese under the pastry, they were pretty good but bore no resemblance to any commercial pie you could buy.
When I was a little kid my grandma used to make apple pie and the crust was very very flaky and soft and being a kid who had not yet fully grasped that she didn't like sweet stuff I ate a lot of it. But then the crust secret was revealed to me, grandma used huge dollops of lard and when I actually saw what lard looked like and smelled what lard smelled like I thought I was going to puke. So after that I kind of just ate some filling and pushed the pie crust around on the plate. Also by that time grandma was blind and the plates were always coated in a grey film of grease and every thing in her apartment was about 2 inches deep in dust so it was a bit unappetizing but of course I told her it was delicious. Grandma also cooked with suet but the less said about that the better.
My mom used to make key lime pie and that was SO GOOD, once again it was the tartness that sucked me in. I wanted to make it myself when I was an adult but when I asked her for the recipe it turns out it came from a packet. The whole freaking thing was instant. And I'm sure if I ate it now it would sicken me with its sweetness, though I have some fond memories of it.
That is my story of my life with, and without, pie.
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Best pie I ever had was one at a local restaurant, thick banana cream with banana pieces inside, a massive amount of whipped cream on top and an awesome crust. The size of the slice was like a quarter of a pie. Nothing will ever top it.
Homemade turkey pot pie can be awesome (good idea for using leftover holiday turkey). Never tried to make one, though.
Buying retail fruit pies is a gamble. I dislike it when the apples in the apple pies are undercooked. I don't want crisp apples in a pie. If I wanted crisp apples I'd just eat a dang apple by itself.
I'm not a big fan of the seedy berry pies. If you can't chew what's inside a pie, what's the point?
Homemade turkey pot pie can be awesome (good idea for using leftover holiday turkey). Never tried to make one, though.
Buying retail fruit pies is a gamble. I dislike it when the apples in the apple pies are undercooked. I don't want crisp apples in a pie. If I wanted crisp apples I'd just eat a dang apple by itself.
I'm not a big fan of the seedy berry pies. If you can't chew what's inside a pie, what's the point?
Not much of a pie person. I enjoy an occasional slice of peach pie (if it's not overly sweet and is served warm w/ vanilla ice cream) or sweet potato pie. A well-made chicken or turkey pot pie can be good comfort food. And that's it. Even those, I can happily go years without any of them.
Well, except for pizza, which I love. But I don't think of it as pie.
Well, except for pizza, which I love. But I don't think of it as pie.
Pumpkin Pie, followed by Blueberry Pie.
Cheesecake, which is, in fact, custard pie, is my favorite. Mein Auntie Hilde made one that had no parallel. I was topped with a layer of sweetened cream cheese.
Pumpkin Pie is inescapable. With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, I am guaranteed to have some sometime within that quarter year.
Pumpkin Pie is inescapable. With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, I am guaranteed to have some sometime within that quarter year.
Apple pie
cheesecake and
Key Lime Pie
cheesecake and
Key Lime Pie
Give me an Apple Pie and I'll be happy.
Fruit Pie - Either Blueberry or Dutch Apple.
Cream Pie - French silk
Cream Pie - French silk
I love pecan pie 
Ooh, I forgot about key lime pie. Good stuff! There's a place near me that makes something even better: key lime pie ice cream! I can't begin to tell you how good it is.
Ben and Jerry's had a limited run of Key Lime Pie ice cream a year or two ago. It was amazing.
Ooh, I forgot about key lime pie. Good stuff! There's a place near me that makes something even better: key lime pie ice cream! I can't begin to tell you how good it is.
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I also like apple and cherry pie...sweet potato during holidays. Boston creme pie!!! 
There used to be a restaurant near the local mall that served something they called Harvest Pie from late October to Christmas. It was a pumpkin pie topped with a layer of pumpkin chiffon, garnished with whipped cream and a little sprinkling of cinnamon, and God, was it good! It's been close to ten years since the place closed, and I still miss it.
Now cheesecake, that's my specialty. Love making them as much as I love eating them. I've been making cheesecakes for nearly twenty-five years, and I've got lots of recipes.
Now cheesecake, that's my specialty. Love making them as much as I love eating them. I've been making cheesecakes for nearly twenty-five years, and I've got lots of recipes.
OK in keeping it clean, Apple cinnamon pie.
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