What Kind O' Pie?

Trilby • Nov 24, 2011 10:28 am
Today is Thanksgiving here in 'merka.

I'm sorry about ur not having thanksgiving in whatever land you, a non-'merkin, are in.

You can still have PIE, though.

I just had pecan pie with whipped cream and it's NOT EVEN DINNER YET!!
grynch • Nov 24, 2011 10:35 am
Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Cream Pie are both on the menu here.

( altho no, the Swiss have no idea about either )
grynch • Nov 24, 2011 10:38 am
pecan pie...

make your own?.. or buy?
bluecuracao • Nov 24, 2011 10:40 am
I'll be having whatever pie they have left at the grocery store this morning...even if it's a quiche!
infinite monkey • Nov 24, 2011 10:40 am
Not really a pie liker. Except apple. I could eat five apple pies in a row. Pumpkin is OK. I like a chocolate mousse type pie. And my cheeseburger pie.

I don't know what sis-in-law has in store but I bet I don't have room for pie!
skysidhe • Nov 24, 2011 10:41 am
Black bottom pie. Recipe includes: Bananas, chocolate pudding, whipping cream and rum.
Lamplighter • Nov 24, 2011 10:48 am
Pumpkin and apple were planned, but my wife didn't make enough crusts last night.
So the pumpkin will be traditional, and the apple will be more of a "beggar's purse"

In earlier years, our kids didn't so much like apple or pumpkin.
They made a big commotion to have Mom make cherry pie instead... until Mom told them:
"We are having cherry pie this year... just made with apples"
.
infinite monkey • Nov 24, 2011 10:50 am
Ha! My brother says I'm un-merkin since I don't like cherries. He wants to deport me.
Trilby • Nov 24, 2011 11:14 am
grynch;775361 wrote:
pecan pie...

make your own?.. or buy?


I have made my own and it's a killer recipe BUT I can never, never, never make the inside solid without burning the crust --- I mean, never.

So, this year I bought. It's Grandma Tobias pecan pie.

also having cherry pie (which is waaaay better than apple even if you put cheddar on your apple pie!) and chocolate cream pie.

Mom is doing pumpkin and mincemeat.
Clodfobble • Nov 24, 2011 11:54 am
Pumpkin and/or sweet potato pies, maybe pecan pie, and definitely chocolate pie and Jello pie (which goes in a rectangular baking dish rather than a pie tin, but that just means there's more of it to enjoy.)

We like desserts.
glatt • Nov 24, 2011 11:59 am
I think pies are over rated. We're having apple crisp. Ten times better than apple pie. I'm looking forward to it.
Trilby • Nov 24, 2011 12:02 pm
I like apple crisp, too, glatt.


What is Jello pie?

Is that a sneaky way of saying "Jello" - ?
SteveDallas • Nov 24, 2011 1:00 pm
Occupie, of course.
Sundae • Nov 24, 2011 1:17 pm
I'm afraid pie on this day is another American thing (at least to my and mine).
Some people might have eaten pies, but chances are they will have been savoury, meaning non-sweet.
I had a jacket potato, the 'rents are having pasta.

They are already selling mince pies in the shops (sweet mincemeat, mentioned before).
But I'm not a great fan.

My favourite pie is a Pieminister Moo and Blue Pie.
Beef and Stilton.
But it's the wrong time of the week AND the wrong time of the month (payday wise) to have one.

Note to self - never go to the US during Thanksgiving. You will come across as a surly furriner, not really liking sweet pies, or nuts, or pumkins or anything candied.
ZenGum • Nov 24, 2011 5:09 pm
Good one, Steve.

How about cellar Pie? All the other wayward sheep have popped back.


Oh PPIIIII--EEEEEE?!?!?!?
Lola Bunny • Nov 24, 2011 7:02 pm
I had pumpkin pie, brownie, brownie pie with raspberry cream topping, and cake. I ate all that after eating turkey and a little of all the sides. Oh yeah, and that's after I had 4 different types of appetizers. :D My stomach still hurts from overeating. :thepain:
zippyt • Nov 24, 2011 10:08 pm
none so far
Clodfobble • Nov 24, 2011 10:41 pm
Brianna wrote:
What is Jello pie?

Is that a sneaky way of saying "Jello" - ?


It's this stuff. It's Jello, yes, but with fruit in it, plus whipped cream, plus a pretzel crust. It's redneck baking, for sure.
Trilby • Nov 25, 2011 7:07 am
Wow Clodfobble - that looks sooooo good!!

And may I say - you are an amazing woman. I know you hear that from all of us - but you really, really are just tremendous.

:)
Spexxvet • Nov 25, 2011 1:35 pm
Brianna;775357 wrote:
Today is Thanksgiving here in 'merka.

I'm sorry about ur not having thanksgiving in whatever land you, a non-'merkin, are in.

You can still have PIE, though.

I just had pecan pie with whipped cream and it's NOT EVEN DINNER YET!!


Pecan pie is the best, and my mommy's is the bestest of the best.
zippyt • Nov 25, 2011 1:38 pm
my mommy's is the bestest of the best.

Nuh Uhhh !!!
Mines was WAY Betterer !!! ;)
Spexxvet • Nov 25, 2011 1:46 pm
Does she put love in her's? Huh? Does she? ;)
zippyt • Nov 25, 2011 1:47 pm
Love and a Bit of Bourbon
Spexxvet • Nov 25, 2011 1:49 pm
Ok, you win. My crappy mother never put in bourbon.
Lamplighter • Nov 25, 2011 1:51 pm
First liar always loses... :rolleyes:
Spexxvet • Nov 25, 2011 1:53 pm
You know, it probably wasn't real love, either. She probably used like Splenda love or something. I've seen a box of "Luv" in her pantry, I'll bet that's what she used. :sniff:
zippyt • Nov 25, 2011 1:53 pm
No winners , No Loosers dude ,
Moms is the Bestest brand
monster • Nov 25, 2011 6:42 pm
Sundae;775401 wrote:
Note to self - never go to the US during Thanksgiving. You will come across as a surly furriner, not really liking sweet pies, or nuts, or pumkins or anything candied.


There's a few of us about ;) I miss meat and potato pies from the chippy.
zippyt • Nov 25, 2011 9:24 pm
No pie but an Ok Cobbler from the dutch oven ,
Good but still sloppy ,
Got to work on that
wolf • Nov 25, 2011 10:44 pm
I went to a buffet with wrongwaycorrigan. I had blueberry. momwolf didn't like blueberry, so I rarely got to have it since the supermarket doesn't sell individual slices, and the half-pies are nearly always apple or cherry.
Spexxvet • Nov 26, 2011 9:11 am
monster;775712 wrote:
There's a few of us about ;) I miss meat and potato pies from the chippy.


Sounds yummy, but what is it, exactly?
Spexxvet • Nov 26, 2011 9:17 am
Never mind, it's a pot pie

If you get it from the chippy, is it deep fried?
Sundae • Nov 26, 2011 10:00 am
Ah! Now I know what a pot pie is!
And no, not everything from a chipshop is deep-fried.

Except perhaps in Scotland...
Spexxvet • Nov 26, 2011 11:01 am
Sundae;775825 wrote:
Ah! Now I know what a pot pie is!
And no, not everything from a chipshop is deep-fried.

Except perhaps in Scotland...


Don't get me wrong.... the thought of a deep fried pot pie makes my mouth water.
Pete Zicato • Nov 30, 2011 10:17 am
The Zicato family is all about dessert - going back several generations. So we had five pies at Thanksgiving.

Two chocolate, one apple, one pumpkin, one pecan.
Pete Zicato • Nov 30, 2011 10:26 am
Sundae;775401 wrote:

Note to self - never go to the US during Thanksgiving. You will come across as a surly furriner, not really liking sweet pies, or nuts, or pumkins or anything candied.

Pie is not required. You can fake American by eating vast quantities of turkey and dressing. Prolly be some of that string bean/cream of mushroom soup/fried onion rings stuff too. Definitely be some mashed potatoes.
infinite monkey • Nov 30, 2011 10:32 am
And corn casserole!
Trilby • Nov 30, 2011 11:06 am
infinite monkey;776671 wrote:
And corn casserole!


we call it 'maize casserole'

:lol:
infinite monkey • Nov 30, 2011 11:12 am
Sure and that'll throw 'em for a loop, eh wot?

:lol:
Trilby • Nov 30, 2011 11:25 am
Maybe in the UK it would be 'grain casserole' - ?
infinite monkey • Nov 30, 2011 12:02 pm
Yeah 'cause of the Corn Laws.

It's like Bopsey Kernels now. Bopsey Kernals on the Rod, great for a heat and eat on the rolling ground kiln, in aluminiminimunium papier, wi' a dab o' clarified potted grease, and a tech of the ol' sodium, eh now.
Sundae • Nov 30, 2011 1:05 pm
I looked it up.
So pffft! :p:

Actually it was nothing like I expected.
It's not really a casserole though, is it?

Looks yummy though.
I would wreck that.

I drew a blank on Bopsey Kernels though :thepain3:
infinite monkey • Nov 30, 2011 1:22 pm
It is the yum.

I made most of that stuff up.

I dunno about casserole. My sis-in-law's concoction seems like a casserole. It's casserolesque, anyway.
monster • Nov 30, 2011 1:38 pm
casserole means anything in a casserole dish and threatened with an oven here, Sundae. Dear Americans, casseroles have meat, potatoes and a few veg. maybe. And are usually slow-cooked.

:D :bolt:
zippyt • Nov 30, 2011 1:44 pm
Uhh Mon , that would be a Cassoulet
infinite monkey • Nov 30, 2011 1:50 pm
Yeah 'cause of the Corn Laws.

It's like Bopsey Kernels now. Bopsey Kernals on the Rod, great for a heat and eat on the rolling ground kiln, in aluminiminimunium papier, wi' a dab o' clarified potted grease, and a tech of the ol' sodium, eh now.


Yeah, and pies are meat.

Sis-in-law's cornstuffs IN a casserole dish IN the oven. We need to add some kind of finely chopped meat product for legitimacy? Can it be real meat or does it need to be brain or stomach or gristle? :lol:

Oh, eh, wot blimey lot pot?

This is why we wanted independence.

;)
Pete Zicato • Nov 30, 2011 4:11 pm
When Mrs. Z was younger, she and her roommate went to a potluck party where everyone was supposed to bring a casserole. They brought M&M casserole to a party. (M&Ms in layers of plain, peanut, plain, in a casserole dish) It was a hit.

Later, on a whim, they submitted the recipe to the Post-Dispatch in St. Louis. The paper loved it there and even did a food section story on Mrs. Z and roomate - and printed the "recipe" in full.
Pete Zicato • Nov 30, 2011 4:14 pm
monster;776712 wrote:
Dear Americans, casseroles have meat, potatoes and a few veg. maybe. And are usually slow-cooked.

I'd call that a crock-pot dish.
infinite monkey • Dec 1, 2011 11:26 am
Pete Zicato;776730 wrote:
I'd call that a crock-pot dish.


Yes, because that's what it is.
Sundae • Dec 1, 2011 3:36 pm
I thought a crockpot was something that had to be plugged in?
I've always avoided the recipes because I don't have one.
Pete Zicato • Dec 1, 2011 3:52 pm
Sundae;776960 wrote:
I thought a crockpot was something that had to be plugged in?
I've always avoided the recipes because I don't have one.

Yes and no. Crockpot is a brand name for a slow cooker. It's basically a dutch oven with its own heating element. You could do the crockpot recipes in a dutch oven with the heat turned sufficiently low.
dungeonsandlizards • Dec 21, 2011 3:23 pm
I love peach-mango pie. ^_^
DanaC • Dec 21, 2011 3:25 pm
'Pie'occupies a different cultural space over here I think. Different connotations entirely.

Oo et all the pies?