# Mmm... pie... do you always peel the fruit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 20, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859 "2009-09-20T19:01:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Blisters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Blisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blisters)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859/21 "2009-09-23T05:15:28Z")
> [@NajaNivea](#): > > Also… any other suggestions on how to use up an avalanche of plums? I’m about tapped out for jam, tarts, and dumplings… I’ve got more in the freezer than I’ll be able to use before next plum season… and my trees are still so weighted down with fruit they’re losing limbs. I’m plagued with plums! There is a group where I live (SF Bay Area) made up of gardeners that trade their crop. If you have too many zucchini, you might trade with your neighbor who has too many apples/plums/whatever. I thought it was the coolest idea ever. Barring that, a local food closet, senior center, or the co-op nursery school would probably appreciate a donation, if you don’t mind not getting a “return” For our family, it is persimmons…the tree is just heavy with them and one can only eat so much persimmon…especially if one (me) doesn’t like the taste. Yick. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859/22 "2009-09-23T06:03:34Z")
I also spend some time painstakingly, yet quickly, laying in and [crimping](http://readingroom.janktheproofer.com/crimppiecrust.htm) the pie, right index finger width by left flash, pinch and rotation. It really transforms a pie, it might not taste better, but people will think it does. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859/23 "2009-09-23T23:13:13Z")
Thanks for the tips ;). This crust turned out kinda ugly partly because I overstuffed the pie and the top crust juuuuuuuuuust barely covered it, and partly because I tried out a different crust recipe with a higher fat-to-flour ratio. Tasty, but zero structural integrity. Everywhere I tried to crimp it just dissolved, so finally I just patted it down and called it good. Normally I just use the classic crisco pie crust recipe with a little extra sugar and a splash of vanilla in the water–same ingredients as yours but slightly different volumes. **Blisters** : I miss persimmons. The only thing I know how to make with them is persimmon cookies (mmm…). I haven’t eaten a persimmon in years! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859/24 "2009-09-24T16:13:38Z")
Ooh and thanks again **Hokkaido Brit** for the [“plumsauce”](http://www.rawdogleather.com/images/plumsauce.jpg) idea. It’s a little dramatic-looking in the crock pot, but delicious! I just quartered and pitted the plums, shredded up a big, obscene hunk of fresh ginger, threw in a handful of brown sugar and some cinnamon and let it simmer on low for a few hours. I stick-blended about 25% of it, and added in a few cups of chopped fresh plums about an hour or so before turning the heat off, so there would be some bigger pieces of fruit left. We do steel-cut oats in the crock pot for breakfast a lot, I bet this is going to a super-nummy oatmeal topping. I’m going to _love_ pulling these baggies out of the freezer this winter 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859/25 "2009-09-24T22:21:14Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The peels are an essential part of Grape pie (although you DO have to peel them to remove the seeds). > … Very true - I was inspired to try making these per [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439804&highlight=grape). I saw the Concord grapes in the grocery the other day. BTW - to use up the plums - you can make the pie filling now, and freeze it, and then when you want fresh pie out of season, trot it out, thaw a bit, assemble and bake pie, and yummmmm. I did this with some extra batches of grape pie filling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmm-pie-do-you-always-peel-the-fruit/510859.md?page=1)