# An Apostrophe to the Gum-Chewing Siren at My Left **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725 "2005-07-29T12:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/141 "2005-08-04T00:47:07Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > That or a good rhubarb crumble 🙂 Can only get rhubarb and strawbery pies arround here which just don’t taste right. I prefer the crumble crust for my apple pies – made with McIntosh or Cortland apples, not too much sugar but by Og don’t skimp on the cinnamon! Ahhhhh… pie-making… Slicing the apples just right, not too thick, not too thin, mixing them with the sugar and cinnamon, filling the bottom crust, piling 'em high, HIGH into a peak (and don’t forget the little dip just inside the crimped edge of the crust to catch the juices), then carefully packing the crumble mix all over the peak, getting it nice and even and firm so when the apples cook down in the oven they’ll settle to a nice even pie top with the thickest crumble crust in the middle . Damn, now I wannna make a pie. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/142 "2005-08-04T11:11:35Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I prefer the crumble crust for my apple pies – made with McIntosh or Cortland apples, not too much sugar but by Og don’t skimp on the cinnamon! Ahhhhh… pie-making… Slicing the apples just right, not too thick, not too thin, mixing them with the sugar and cinnamon, filling the bottom crust, piling 'em high, HIGH into a peak (and don’t forget the little dip just inside the crimped edge of the crust to catch the juices), then carefully packing the crumble mix all over the peak, getting it nice and even and firm so when the apples cook down in the oven they’ll settle to a nice even pie top with the thickest crumble crust in the middle . > > Damn, now I wannna make a pie. Do you peel the apples first? Robin ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/143 "2005-08-04T14:00:06Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > Do you peel the apples first? > > Robin For pie, yes. For applesauce, hell no. Leave the skins on while you simmer 'em down, don’t bother adding water, and smush it all through a [food mill](http://www.kitchenshop.com/catalog/media/product_images_L/VW-715_L.jpg) – it removes the skins while it’s smoothing out the applesauce. Use McIntosh or Cortland apples, or Macoun for that matter, and you won’t need sugar, just a powdering of cinnamon. How the hell did we get here from gum-chewing? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/144 "2005-08-04T14:02:30Z")
I forgot to mention, leaviong the skins on gives the applesauce a lovely pink color, so much more enticing than that sickly pale greenish gray. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/145 "2005-08-04T14:03:30Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > How the hell did we get here from gum-chewing? :dubious: _How_ long have you been on this board? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/146 "2005-08-04T14:05:19Z")
I like Pie. Apple Pie. Or maybe Pecan Pie. With cinnamon and ice cream on top. Dammit, now you all have made me hungry! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/147 "2005-08-04T14:06:08Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > _How_ long have you been on this board? 😃 Way too long, buster. Way too long. It’s just, every now and then it still gobsmacks me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725/148 "2005-08-04T15:08:27Z")
Since this weird train wreck has ping-ponged all over the landscape and now devolved onto recipe-swapping, it’s time to close it. Veb [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-apostrophe-to-the-gum-chewing-siren-at-my-left/314725.md?page=7)