# What's your pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411 "2014-11-23T17:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/41 "2014-11-24T05:50:54Z")
Grapefruit pie, preferably pink. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/42 "2014-11-24T14:12:51Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Grapefruit pie, preferably pink. I’m intrigued… is it like a lemon pie only with grapefruit? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/43 "2014-11-24T14:17:41Z")
Pecan pie is my number one pie, followed by blueberry. I will eat pumpkin depending on my mood. Sometimes I really like it, sometimes I don’t. No ice cream or whipped cream or Cool Whip on my pies thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/44 "2014-11-24T15:10:42Z")
Peanut butter chocolate, just like they served at the first Thanksgiving. I’ve never been a big pie lover, and only tasted pumpkin for the first time a couple of years ago. Did not want. I’ve yet to sample pecan pie so maybe this will be my big year. I’m sure there’s a million different recipes, but is it carmelly or what? Does it taste like pralines? The texture does not look appealing but I’m willing to try it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/45 "2014-11-24T15:40:24Z")
One year I was in charge of pies for a very large Thanksgiving gathering. 25+ people so I made two of everything. Apple, blackberry, pumpkin, pecan, blueberry, mince, the works. When all was said and done I had several bowls with a touch of filling left in each and one more pie crust. So I dumped in the pumpkin custard (it made a thin layer about 4mm high) and baked it off till it thickened. While that was happening I scraped all the rest into one bowl and tasted it, adding cinnamon and a touch of brown sugar. I dumped that on top of the pumpkin and baked it all together until it bubbled and the crust was a lovely brown. It was the best pie I’ve ever made, and most years I make some version of it. My family refers to it as a “mixed berry” pie. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/46 "2014-11-24T17:42:54Z")
Pumpkin pie. Yeah, I know how terrible your typical store-bought pumpkin pie is. And it’s a shame, when it’s so easy to make a good one. Here’s how: 1. Buy a can of Libby’s canned pumpkin. 2. Look at the recipe on the can. Buy anything else on the list you need (2 eggs, a can of evaporated milk, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves), plus a deep-dish graham cracker crust. (I’m partial to Food Lion’s store brand.) 3. Follow the recipe, with the following adjustments: a) Double the amounts of cinnamon, ginger, and cloves called for on the can. b) Only use maybe 75-80% of the milk in the can of evaporated milk. (You can use the rest as cream in your coffee over the next few days.) That’s it; nothing to it really. And it makes for a much better pumpkin pie than the run of the mill. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/47 "2014-11-24T18:16:56Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Boysenberry for me, please. I freeze the berries when I harvest them, just so I can have boysenberry pie at the holidays. Also pumpkin, but only if the filling is made from home-processed pumpkins, not that blechy commercial canned stuff. The key to a successful pie with that blechy commercial canned stuff is to take it out of the can and cook it for a few minutes in a saucepan before you put it in the crust, and to add the spices while you’re doing that. This gets rid of the tinned taste, makes the pumpkin taste much richer, and integrates the spices better (tip courtesy of American’s Test Kitchen). My preferred pie is my mother’s home-made cherry pie; second is my mother’s home-made applie pie. Honorable mention for the season is my mother’s home-made mincemeat pie with rum sauce. I’m sensing a theme here. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/48 "2014-11-24T18:31:55Z")
Apple remains my favorite because it’s what Grandma used to make. Standard crust or lattice please - I find crumb toppings add an undesirable additional sweetness. That said, I am not very pie prejudiced - pumpkin, sweet potato, apple-pear-cranberry, pecan, chocolate pecan, chocolate cream, key lime, any sort of berry, it’s all good. Except Mississippi mud. Yuk. ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/49 "2014-11-24T18:42:09Z")
I’ll make pumpkin, apple, and pecan pies, plus a pear-cranberry crisp for the gluten-intolerant. As I’ve already eaten most of a pumpkin pie by myself, I’ll probably have a piece of the apple pie. Mmmmm. Pie. I’m not familiar with this concept of a chocolate cream pie. Anyone have a recipe they’d care to share? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/50 "2014-11-24T18:46:42Z")
For Thanksgiving this year-- pumpkin pie with creme brulee top (basic pumpkin pie where when its almost done, you sprinkle a layer of sugar on top and then finish it under the broiler). I’ll make a second but haven’t decided what yet. In the past I’ve done an apple cider cream pie which is always a winner. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/51 "2014-11-24T18:52:05Z")
Cherry with a slice of melted old cheddar on top, homemade pumpkin with whipped cream,Pecan pie with homemade pralines( extra cayenne), tie for fourth between saskatoon,blueberry and apple with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream. Fifth place goes to pretty much any other pie. I lurvs me some pie! ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/52 "2014-11-24T19:05:39Z")
Add my voice to the chorus: you only get ONE pie at Thanksgiving? Criminy. My answer is pumpkin. It’s the only reason for the season. Full disclosure: I’m a cake person. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/53 "2014-11-24T20:05:58Z")
I do not have much of a sweet tooth, so if there is no pie at all, I will not be upset. On the very seldom occasion that I eat pie, I am partial to Apple if it is light on the cinnamon and brown sugar. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/54 "2014-11-24T20:15:20Z")
Sugar cream pie. If you’re from Indiana, you know it. If you’re not, you need to. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/55 "2014-11-24T20:47:11Z")
My life has been enriched. I’ve never heard of sugar cream pie, buttermilk pie, grapefruit pie, or “mixed berry” pie. I am emailing that list to myself for further exploration later. Talking about pie always makes me think of one old relative who, if asked his preference, would scowl and say that he only liked two kinds of pie . . . hot pie and cold pie. Back when my mom and her sister were overseeing the regular Thanksgiving gathering and pot luck, we would have several kinds of pie (who doesn’t do that?) but always at least two pumpkin pies and two lemon merangue pies. Sometimes Mom made the lemon merangues and sometimes she made the pumpkin pies, too. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/56 "2014-11-24T22:42:22Z")
Pear pie, made with very ripe pears, cooked with an abundance of crystallized ginger is absolutely mouthwatering. Seriously, if you do it, give people extra napkins. On the “Only _ **one** _ pie” front, I used to experiment with a mixed pie. See, well cooked pumpkin pie can crack on top if the recipe isn’t moist enough. So I’d taken to putting a layer of thinly sliced apple on top for the last 20 minutes of baking. People liked that. Emboldened by that, I copied something I read in _Cooks Illustrated_, they put a layer of brown sugar underneath their sweet potato pie, so i thought, why not a layer of pecan praline on top of the crust. For all 3 pies in one. Hey, the football game isn’t going to watch itself, I have to streamline. Alas, I never could get good praline consistency to survive the pumpkin pie cooking on top of it. Unless I used so much sugar, that most people didn’t want to eat it. A recent _Martha Stewart’s Living_ has a number of pie recipes. The important thing about this is, they’re all different crusts, in addition to different fillings. I’m glad to have that as a resource. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/57 "2014-11-25T00:29:42Z")
I like pie. 1. Pecan 2. Apple-- the NYT printed a recipe a couple of years ago for an apple pie that has some cheddar in the crust, a walnut/oat streusel topping, and Hatch green chiles in AND IT’S AWESOME and I’ll never bother with a standard apple pie again. 3. Pun’k’in or sweet potato. 4. Egg nog custard. Or a stack of 3 or 4 and 1, or 3 and 4, or… 5. Blackberry-mango 6. I like mince but no one else does. Bastards. 7. I just ran into a recipe for cranberry pie with thick pecan crumble topping. I think I’ll try that this year. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/58 "2014-11-25T02:55:35Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I simply can’t name a favorite pie, there are so many good ones. Now, pecan, I’d be making that this year but it was my dad’s favorite and he died in September. > > So I’m doing chocolate pie, the recipe for which came from my beloved grandmother. Chocolate pie with whipped cream on top! MMMMMMMMMMM. Care to share the recipe? I’m supposed to bring a chocolate pie to the in-laws, and don’t have a recipe. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/59 "2014-11-25T03:00:25Z")
I adore pumpkin pie, but I make the real deal, not one of the lightweight chiffon-y ones. Failing that, I’d be up for a homemade maple-apple pie. Served warm. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/60 "2014-11-25T03:02:22Z")
Only one pie? I’m fairly sure that’s a human rights violation! My personal favorite is apple pie, with a crumb topping. But my mom \*\*\*always \*\*\*asks me to make sweet potato pie. I think at Christmas this year, I’ll make both…my mom will complain, but what the hey. I also love real Key Lime Pie. My favorite pie memory is going to Village Inn and having warm raspberry pie with vanilla ice cream. O.M.G. We went a lot when I was in college. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411.md?page=4)