# Got a plan for Pie Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172 "2010-03-11T23:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/41 "2010-03-15T18:16:11Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Ginger pie? This sounds amazing! Could I have the recipe? It’s more quiche-like. I hope you are not disappointed. 1 lb ricotta cheese 8 egg whites 1/2 lb sugar (one really full cup) 1/4 lb fresh ginger (or more) 1/4 lb butter (one stick), very soft 1/4 tesp salt 2 Nine-inch shallow pie crusts Peel the light brown skin from the ginger. Dice the ginger into tiny cubes (you may think about grating the ginger, but \*don’t \*as the result will be far too thready). Beat the egg whites for a moment to incorporate some air. Add the ricotta, sugar, ginger and very soft butter and thoroughly mix. Pour mixture into pie shells and bake until firm (or a knife inserted 2 inches from the edge comes out clean) and slightly golden, about 45 minuets at 350F. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/42 "2010-03-15T18:36:45Z")
We had peach pie a la mode – the ice cream being Blueberry Cream Pie, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/43 "2010-03-15T19:21:22Z")
Pie crust is one thing I don’t bother with doing from scratch - I can get a crust from Safeway and bake it up, and it tastes better than what I come up with on my own. I’ve never gotten the hang of pie crusts (and I do bake a lot). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/44 "2010-03-15T19:38:32Z")
I had a Pi Day games party where pies and other round foods were featured, AND I displayed my [Pi Clock](http://www.cafepress.com/apotheon.32164611). The Pi Clock is wicked awesome: it tells time counterclockwise :eek: on a unit-circle face, starting from 2 Pi at the position that’s usually at 3 o’clock on a normal clock. (There are also more [conventional versions of the Pi Clock](http://www.cafepress.com/piday.226442162) that just have multiples of Pi/6 replacing the numbers on an ordinary clock face.) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/45 "2010-03-15T19:57:23Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I had a Pi Day games party where pies and other round foods were featured, … Well there’s your problem. Everyone knows pie are square. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/46 "2010-03-15T20:03:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Pie crust is one thing I don’t bother with doing from scratch - I can get a crust from Safeway and bake it up, and it tastes better than what I come up with on my own. I’ve never gotten the hang of pie crusts (and I do bake a lot). My grandmother says that her recipe for pie crusts was never the same after they changed the formulation of Crisco, and that simultaneously the store-bought crusts have gotten significantly better, so she never makes her own any more, either. And who am I to argue with Gramma about cooking? ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/47 "2010-03-15T20:46:11Z")
I had every intention of making a pie to celebrate, but in the end I didn’t… we spent the whole day shopping for, and then playing around with, our new espresso maker instead. However, I did find time to write up a blog post about the awesomest of pies, the French-Canadian tourtiere. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/48 "2010-03-15T21:00:08Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > It’s more quiche-like. I hope you are not disappointed. > > 1 lb ricotta cheese > 8 egg whites > 1/2 lb sugar (one really full cup) > 1/4 lb fresh ginger (or more) > 1/4 lb butter (one stick), very soft > 1/4 tesp salt > 2 Nine-inch shallow pie crusts > > Peel the light brown skin from the ginger. Dice the ginger into tiny cubes (you may think about grating the ginger, but \*don’t \*as the result will be far too thready). Beat the egg whites for a moment to incorporate some air. Add the ricotta, sugar, ginger and very soft butter and thoroughly mix. Pour mixture into pie shells and bake until firm (or a knife inserted 2 inches from the edge comes out clean) and slightly golden, about 45 minuets at 350F. That sounds really, really good. Thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/49 "2010-03-16T03:31:10Z")
[I baked a blackberry pie for pi day!](http://ii.fobby.net/photography/pi.jpg) I didn’t get to it until fairly late; it came out of the oven just before midnight. So it had to wait until the following day to be consumed, but it’s okay because I temporarily redefined pi for the occasion. 3.14, 3.15, who’ll notice the difference? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172/50 "2010-03-16T05:34:20Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > Well there’s your problem. Everyone knows pie are square. \ Pie are round, cornbread are square. \<_honestly, you kids today!_\> [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-a-plan-for-pie-day/532172.md?page=2)