# 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:** 4
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/61 "2014-11-25T03:53:50Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Sugar cream pie. If you’re from Indiana, you know it. If you’re not, you need to. I’ve done sugar pie which is too sweet for me, but sugar cream sounds delicious. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/62 "2014-11-25T05:26:02Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Sugar cream pie. If you’re from Indiana, you know it. If you’re not, you need to. The first time that my sister made this for my Mexican BIL, his response was “This is like dulce leche. Why didn’t we know about this?” ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/63 "2014-11-25T05:44:31Z")
I remember my next door neighbor grew rhubarb and my mom made strawberry rhubarb pie. Haven’t had one in decades, but it was delicious from what I remember. My favorite is apple pie, but no added sugar in the recipe, then it becomes too sweet for me. The apples have enough sweetness on their own. Flaky upper crust with slightly soggy drowned in apple syrup bottom crust. I’ve never had a grape pie. Never heard of it actually. Sounds extremely yum or really bad… I must try or research recipe. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/64 "2014-11-25T08:08:35Z")
Hard choice. Being Thanksgiving, I think there might be a law saying you have to have pumpkin pie. But if you don’t, shoo-fly, all the way. There is no wrong occasion for shoo-fly pie. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/65 "2014-11-25T16:45:17Z")
Pumpkin, with a big dollop of whipped cream, please. Although my wife also makes quite yummy pecan and apple pies. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/66 "2014-11-25T16:56:13Z")
Key lime. And… I found a bag of real key limes at Harris Teeter which I plan to transform into key lime pie and (for my sister) I’m using gluten free ginger snaps for the crust. There will be pumpkin and key lime on the dessert table this Thanksgiving! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/67 "2014-11-25T17:22:47Z")
I love Key Lime Pie, but usually they’re too bland. I like a KLP with a real kick. I don’t think of it as a Thanksgiving pie, though. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/68 "2014-11-25T17:37:42Z")
Cherry. Cherry pie is so perfect that when I read threads like this I can’t help thinking that none of you have ever had cherry pie, or you just aren’t bothering to mention it because it’s so obvious. Seriously, I opened this thread with a ‘of course everyone is going to say cherry but it might be interesting to see what everyone’s second fav would be.’ Live and learn. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/69 "2014-11-25T18:04:19Z")
> [@MissSwitac](#): > > I’ve never had a grape pie. Never heard of it actually. Sounds extremely yum or really bad… I must try or research recipe. I’ve fed it to a lot of people, with lots of ensuing rave reviews. I think [this](http://www.bhg.com/recipe/pies/concord-grape-pie/) is our recipe. It definitely came from an old BH&G cookbook. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/70 "2014-11-25T18:15:15Z")
While Aunt Stell did make the best Pecan Pie ever, it was her Mincemeat Pie that caused us to put such a large memorial at the cemetery. ---
**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 25, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/71 "2014-11-25T18:57:29Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > 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. Crush the pralines and sprinkle them on top. . . . Adds apples and pecans to shopping list . . . ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/72 "2014-11-25T19:06:37Z")
French Silk Pie with homemade whipped cream. > **[French Silk Pie (Chocolate Pie) | Gimme Some Oven](https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/french-silk-pie-chocolate-pie/)** > > This traditional French Silk Pie recipe (also known as Chocolate Pie) is much easier to make than you may think, and always a crowd-pleaser! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/73 "2014-11-25T19:34:14Z")
Never was a fan of pumpkin pie. So, one year my mom made me a chocolate macaroon pie, and she’s made me one every year since. A darn good pie, and pretty darn easy to make, too. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/74 "2014-11-25T22:30:29Z")
Pecan. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/75 "2014-11-26T01:06:19Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Cherry. Cherry pie is so perfect that when I read threads like this I can’t help thinking that none of you have ever had cherry pie, or you just aren’t bothering to mention it because it’s so obvious. Seriously, I opened this thread with a ‘of course everyone is going to say cherry but it might be interesting to see what everyone’s second fav would be.’ Live and learn. Is that you, Agent Cooper? ---
**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 26, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/76 "2014-11-26T03:58:29Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Cherry. Cherry pie is so perfect that when I read threads like this I can’t help thinking that none of you have ever had cherry pie, or you just aren’t bothering to mention it because it’s so obvious. Seriously, I opened this thread with a ‘of course everyone is going to say cherry but it might be interesting to see what everyone’s second fav would be.’ Live and learn. I adore cherry pie, but we were talking about Thanksgiving and my mind immediately to the wonderful, and in season, pumpkin. Great-grandma’s recipe only, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/77 "2014-11-26T20:05:22Z")
One pie at Thanksgiving? Blasphemy! One pie per person, maybe. If you don’t have half a leftover pie of your choosing, then you’re doing it wrong. XD This year’s dessert menu: Apple pie, lattice crust with sugar-sanded crust, pumpkin pie (extra ginger and cinnamon, hold the nutmeg) and pecan pie with salted, candied pecans on top, and a pumpkin-swirl cheesecake. And some lemon-scented sugar cookies, all artfully decorated by my small children, who think smiley faces rendered in blue frosting is just right for Thanksgiving. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/78 "2014-11-26T20:22:52Z")
Blueberry. Which made today rather frustrating-the two Publixes that I visited didn’t have any full-size ones, including no Mrs. Smith’s anymore, which I found to be utterly bizarre. None in their bakery either (well, a 5 inch one, and 2 full size ones-which were sugar free)… ---
**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 26, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/79 "2014-11-26T20:43:14Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Blueberry. Which made today rather frustrating-the two Publixes that I visited didn’t have any full-size ones, including no Mrs. Smith’s anymore, which I found to be utterly bizarre. None in their bakery either (well, a 5 inch one, and 2 full size ones-which were sugar free)… Interesting. I had a similar problem looking for a Mrs. Smith’s deep-dish apple. They’ve been a staple for over ten years, where have they gone? ---
**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 26, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411/80 "2014-11-26T22:18:55Z")
How could I forget about Key Lime Pie!? It’s only the best pie I make, and I make a mean KLP! My only real variation is that I use a pastry crust as I get more consistent results, although I have played with using ground almonds and pralines as part of the graham crust in the past. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-pie/705411.md?page=5)