# US Dopers - 1980s - cherry pie in a can

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-1980s-cherry-pie-in-a-can/926602 "2020-11-27T17:06:30Z")\
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> [@terentii](#):
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> Americans just aren’t used to eating things like pies from cans. I’m wondering if this wasn’t something Sara Lee (or another company) produced specially for foreign markets.

Could well be an ‘airport gift’

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**Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-1980s-cherry-pie-in-a-can/926602/22 "2022-01-07T23:17:49Z")

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Just to update this thread… I mentioned the canned cherry pie in a recent video and a kind viewer sent me this link:

> **[VINTAGE TIN CHERRY PIE PAN DINNER TIME FROZEN PIE 6 1/4'' | #1821005880](https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-tin-cherry-pie-pan-dinner-1821005880)**
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> VINTAGE CHERRY PIE TIN APPROX 6 1/4''THIS IS NOT IN MINT CONDITION SEE PHOTOSTHANK YOU FOR LOOKING DJ

(the listing says ‘frozen’, but the product range was definitely fully canned, shelf-stable pies - and this is confirmed by the writing on the can)

This isn’t the exact product I remember - it was more of an up to date style of printing and styling, but I think this product might be the predecessor of the one I remember

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**Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-dopers-1980s-cherry-pie-in-a-can/926602/23 "2022-01-07T23:42:58Z")

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Missed this the first time around. But I think I’ve eaten one of these.

I seem to remember I bought one as a novelty back in the eighties. As I recall, it was pretty much what you would expect. A basic crust (moist rather than flaky) with the kind of cherry pie filling you normally get in a can. Not terrible but also not great. Think of it as the equivalent of a Hostess fruit pie.

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