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Pony Talk => Off Topic => Topic started by: SourdoughStomper on March 16, 2016, 08:43:28 AM
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Pi R Round, not Pi R Squared. :P I've never had a squared pie.
I can't eat pie anymore with all the food sensitivities. However, if I could eat any of those without consequence, I'd love a slice of apple pie a la mode. I loved lemon meringue once in awhile too. Banana cream? :drool: A chocolate or oreo or grasshopper pie would be really nice too. :yummy:
Mr. Stomper would probably vote for strawberry rhubarb. He also liked cheese on top of his apple pie. I didn't know that was a thing until I got married to him. I thought it sounded weird, but I'd probably give it a try now if I could. I also never tried mince meat, but I totally would now if I could, just to find out what it's like. Same with pecan pie. It's an odd thing to say, but I didn't try pecan pie even though I loved pecans. My loss.
I know Boston Cream Pie is called a pie, but I always felt it was more cake-like than pie-like. I don't know if that's a universal interpretation or not, so I included it on the list.
So what kind of pies are you into? If anyone has a favorite that I didn't list, let us know what tickles your fancy in a post. :)
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i don't really like sweet pies, but my nan used to make a really good berry one, and i also had key lime once and god it was soooo good~
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I had a slice of yummy apple pie for Pi Day...can't go wrong with a classic! :yummy:
My favorite is probably lemon meringue, though. There's a local family restaurant chain that makes some amazing lemon meringue pies and I always get a slice or two when I'm there. Oreo is also up there on my list, along with strawberry.
Also, does anyone else consider cheesecake a pie? I kind of always have and I loooooove cheesecake. It's not cake-like at all! :lol:
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I love rhubarb.....just rhubarb, no strawberries needed although I don't mind strawberries. I also love coconut, banana and grasshopper. I haven't had grasshopper forever! I used to have it every St Patrick's day!
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I'm a very picky eater so I can't/won't eat many things. So just chocolate or oreo pie for me really :)
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I only know and love apple and berry pie.
May I ask, what's a grasshopper pie? I hope not what the word implies.
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I love making pie. I finally got good at making the crusts nice thin and flaky. I'd make them more often, except one pie is a lot for just me and my six year old. Ok... now I've got to get those frozen cherries thawed. I can't be thinking about it and not make one! :P
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I had a slice of yummy apple pie for Pi Day...can't go wrong with a classic! :yummy:
My favorite is probably lemon meringue, though. There's a local family restaurant chain that makes some amazing lemon meringue pies and I always get a slice or two when I'm there. Oreo is also up there on my list, along with strawberry.
Also, does anyone else consider cheesecake a pie? I kind of always have and I loooooove cheesecake. It's not cake-like at all! :lol:
I'm so happy I'm not the only one that considers cheesecake a pie. All my friends have looked at me like I'm crazy when I've mentioned it.
I bought an Oreo cream pie for Pi day. But my absolute favorite pie is blackberry.
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I'm so happy I'm not the only one that considers cheesecake a pie. All my friends have looked at me like I'm crazy when I've mentioned it.
I bought an Oreo cream pie for Pi day. But my absolute favorite pie is blackberry.
Cheesecake is totally a pie. :thumb:
You know, I didn't like blackberry pie until a few years ago. It's my husband's favorite, but I always told myself I didn't like blackberries. Now I love it.
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I only know and love apple and berry pie.
May I ask, what's a grasshopper pie? I hope not what the word implies.
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It's a creamy pie involving chocolate crust and mint flavored filling. :)
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Wait, I missed Pi day?! *eyes calendar* shoot..2 days ago >>
Ill have to try to make that up. I have a killer chocolate pudding recipie that is MA safe (shock!) and I can sub a crust for a GF cookie crumble layer of something >>>
Might have to wait a week or two though.
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I know I'm crazy, but I don't like pie u_u
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Grasshopper pie...? :shocked: Don't tell me... :X
Anyway, I'm not a big pie fan. The best kind I can think of is custard pie. When I was a kid my family and I liked to go to a restaurant when my grandparents visited, they had custard pie and it was great!
Sadly, we went back there a couple of years ago, and can't say that the same anymore. They really changed the recipe. The restaurant really changed altogether. =(
Chocolate creme pie is not bad, but I really like custard pie and I miss it.
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I am a fan of the banana and coconut cream pies from Perkins. Can't make a pie to save my life, but I make a killer strawberry cheesecake cupcake :lol:
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I love pie. Everything tastes better as pie. Everything! Fact!
Of those I strangely love mincemeat. I love fruit mince pies! And then lemon meringue. My grandma always made he best lemon meringue. Never found one as nice.
But, I actually prefer savoury pies. I don't eat meat, but there are some delicious mock meat pies you can get. But there is a bakery in Australia called brumbies that I used to work at that sold a vegetable pie with a morney style sauce that was my favourite thing ever.
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Chocolate Chip cookie pie is the best!
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I love a nice bit of pecan pie, although it's really hard for me not to do a Mallory Knox voice while ordering it. XD It totally goes great with strong, black coffee though. I seriously need to try lemon meringue sometime as well; anything lemony is fine by me! :D
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My real answer is Apple. Plain old apple pie. ;) But I also voted for Oreo because that sounds amazing. Not sure if I've ever had it, but I know I would love it!
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Aussie here, so a good ol' meat pie is where it's at! We also love a good apple pie, but we're strangely not as into sweet pies as much... I do love them though! I had a customer come through yesterday who remarked on how us aussies love our carbs... 'tis true, but I couldn't place his accent. Someplace eastern European though - bizarre.. I thought everybody loved carbs, hehe!
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I know I'm crazy, but I don't like pie u_u
You're not crazy. I don't like pie either.
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I only know and love apple and berry pie.
May I ask, what's a grasshopper pie? I hope not what the word implies.
Grasshopper pie...? :shocked: Don't tell me... :X
Grasshopper Pie is creme de menthe...mmmmm...
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This is not fair! LOL! I love more then 6 types of pies!!! Yeah! I got a big sweet tooth!!!! I like .....
apple, cherry, Chocolate cream, Banana cream, coconut cream, key lime,(OMG that stuff was good!!!!), pumpkin, pecan, and Mississippi mud pie, or aka Oreo. Just put this in general I LOVE pie, but sadly I'm not much for berry pies! D:
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Probably pumpkin I guess.... Unless shepherd's pie counts?
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Apple pie, Pecan pie, chocolate pudding pie, and lemon pie with graham cracker crust!
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Hmm not a big fan of pie, except for that tiny sliver of pumpkin pie I will eat on thanksgiving. I'm more of a strawberry cake person, but I only eat that on birthdays! :3 I had a tiny lemon tart at a Korean bakery that I liked but I won't eat it again. Lol tarts are like mini pies! x3 IDK, I just don't like sweets anymore! I like to stick to fresh fruit!
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Darn, I missed pumpkin!
My faves are apple, banana cream, almost any berry, peanut butter, and oreo. I consider Boston Cream a cake personally, but I voted for it anyways, haha.
I also LOVE cheesecake.
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Aussie here, so a good ol' meat pie is where it's at! We also love a good apple pie, but we're strangely not as into sweet pies as much... I do love them though! I had a customer come through yesterday who remarked on how us aussies love our carbs... 'tis true, but I couldn't place his accent. Someplace eastern European though - bizarre.. I thought everybody loved carbs, hehe!
I had what was called a "boomberang pie" that was at a health food bakery and it was pretty good! It was labeled an an Australian pie, is this similar what you are talking to!? Because it was delicious! There was a ton of selections including meat and even vegan flavors! I chose an oriental flavor with curry sauce and potatoes and peas in it! The crust was buttery mmm! It didn't look like an american style dessert pie (yuck), it was like a huge pot pie you eat with your hands!
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Aussie here, so a good ol' meat pie is where it's at! We also love a good apple pie, but we're strangely not as into sweet pies as much... I do love them though! I had a customer come through yesterday who remarked on how us aussies love our carbs... 'tis true, but I couldn't place his accent. Someplace eastern European though - bizarre.. I thought everybody loved carbs, hehe!
I had what was called a "boomberang pie" that was at a health food bakery and it was pretty good! It was labeled an an Australian pie, is this similar what you are talking to!? Because it was delicious! There was a ton of selections including meat and even vegan flavors! I chose an oriental flavor with curry sauce and potatoes and peas in it! The crust was buttery mmm! It didn't look like an american style dessert pie (yuck), it was like a huge pot pie you eat with your hands!
I don't know what a boomerang pie is. But a meat pie as you'd get in Australia, New Zealand or the UK is like puff pastry filled with meat and gravy. There are lots of variations. The typical one you'd get most places (and they even sell them at gas stations) is mince beef and gravy. But you can get steak and onion, steak and kidney, ones with red wine, or mushrooms, bacon, sometimes cheese. Cottage pies are also common. In Tasmania a weird but popular variant is using scallops (as in the seafood) and curry. You can get strange specialty flavours that might be asian inspired or something, but typically, meat and gravy.
oh and by gravy I mean brown gravy.
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I like peanut butter chocolate pies... The best of both worlds. Blueberry and Cherry are the next two favorites.
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Pineapple pie, rhubarbpie (just rhubarb, no strawberries) and chocolatecream pie for me. :)
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Wow, I've never heard of most of those pies! Another Aussie here, and to us pie usually means a meat pie. Meat pies come in all different qualities, from fatty ones with very questionable meat content to amazing gold-medal winning chunky steak. Chicken-vegie pies are popular too, and it's considered un-Australian not to at least offer tomato sauce with a meat pie :) Mushy peas are also a great side!
Apart from that we have apple pie, lemon meringue and some berry pies, usually in the freezer section at the supermarket. I love apple pie, and am constantly looking to find a recipe the same as the one we used to make at work (no luck yet).
Gotta admit, all those weird creamy pies with banana and cream and chocolate make me feel a little ill! Maybe they're more like what we think of as cheesecakes. Pies over here are flaky pastry and meat or fruit.
(I've never been able to get my head around pumpkin pie, either-- it's a vegetable, veges aren't meant to be sweet!)
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(I've never been able to get my head around pumpkin pie, either-- it's a vegetable, veges aren't meant to be sweet!)
Technically, pumpkin is considered a gourd, not a veggie.
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(I've never been able to get my head around pumpkin pie, either-- it's a vegetable, veges aren't meant to be sweet!)
Technically, pumpkin is considered a gourd, not a veggie.
I'm an Aussie too, daffodil, and you should make a pumpkin pie yourself. You will not regret it. It doesn't actually taste like pumpkin, you kind of just get the sweetness from it (as it is a sweet vegetable). Have you ever heard of people using beetroot to make a dense chocolate cake? It's a bit like doing that. It's actually very, very similar to a custard tart.
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(I've never been able to get my head around pumpkin pie, either-- it's a vegetable, veges aren't meant to be sweet!)
Technically, pumpkin is considered a gourd, not a veggie.
I'm an Aussie too, daffodil, and you should make a pumpkin pie yourself. You will not regret it. It doesn't actually taste like pumpkin, you kind of just get the sweetness from it (as it is a sweet vegetable). Have you ever heard of people using beetroot to make a dense chocolate cake? It's a bit like doing that. It's actually very, very similar to a custard tart.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds are members of the enormously diverse Cucurbitaceae family, which contains more than 100 genera and over 700 species. They have been providing mankind with food and utilitarian objects since before recorded history. Various members of the genus Cucurbita are known as squash or gourds.
Names differ throughout the world, but in the United States, any round, orange squash used for pies or jack-o-lanterns is likely to be called a pumpkin. But the term “pumpkin” really has no botanical meaning, as they are actually all squash. Squash are divided into two categories: tender or summer squash, and hard-skinned or winter squash. Examples of summer squash include zucchini, pattypan, straightneck, crookneck and other types. Winter squash include small to medium hard-skinned squash such as the acorn, small hubbard, miniature pumpkin and spaghetti types, as well as the large hard-skinned types, including banana, butternuts, cheese pumpkins, cushaws, and large hubbards, among others.
Botanists use distinctive characteristics of leaves, seeds and fruit stalks to classify the different species. The origins of these species are lost in time, but all are assumed to have originated in the Western Hemisphere, principally South and Central America and Mexico. Variety selection for the many distinct shapes, sizes and colors has occurred in all cultures worldwide.
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Yes, Bluerose, and a tomato is a fruit, but I'm not going to add it to my fruit salad. In Australia pumpkin and butternut squash are both used as a savory thing. Roasted with potatoes, in soup, that kind of thing. Not ever in desserts. So we call them vegetables, the same way as we would a tomato. It is therefore, not uncommon for an Australian to think it weird you'd put them in a sweet pie.
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Steak pie!!!! I love a good steak pie. Chicken, ham and leek too. I made a good cottage pie, but despite the name there is no pastry involved.
Sweet-wise, not really sure on my favourite, though apple and blackberry is a classic. Oh! Banoffee pie. LOVE that :lovey:
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Yes, Bluerose, and a tomato is a fruit, but I'm not going to add it to my fruit salad. In Australia pumpkin and butternut squash are both used as a savory thing. Roasted with potatoes, in soup, that kind of thing. Not ever in desserts. So we call them vegetables, the same way as we would a tomato. It is therefore, not uncommon for an Australian to think it weird you'd put them in a sweet pie.
Pumpkins are sweet, though, that is why you should not think of them like a vegetable because they are actually more like a fruit.
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It's how they are used in Australia. In savory things. They aren't sweet like an apple is sweet, they're more sweet like beets are sweet. And while you can use beets for sugar syrup or in a cake, if you actually think of eating beets you'd put them in a salad. It's a different kind of sweetness. Even in pumpkin bread and scones in Australia and NZ they aren't sweet. They're both totally ok to have cheese and tomato on them. No other country (save maybe Canada, because they get it from America) uses pumpkin as a sweet thing.
And you can think of them however you want. If I want to think of them as a vegetable I will. They are closely related to zucchini. I wouldn't use zucchini in a cake. I much prefer to use pumpkin baked with potatoes or in pumpkin soup, both savory, than I would in a pie. If you want to think of them as fruit go ahead.
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I have never had pear, though I love anything chocolate. I had a customer once bring in some fresh srawberry rhubarb.
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I never really had squash up until a few years ago, where I had to try to find foods I was safe with. Squash is one of them.
I hate potatoes. And I don't like sweet potatoes. But I have to try to take a few (sweet potatoes--I react to potato) in every once in awhile.
Im not used to things being sweet when they should be savory. Sweet potatoes...are sweet. You could turn them savory with herbs but its easier to add a bit of maple syrup.
Its the same with squash. I see it as savory but they can go sweet instantly. So, pumpkin pie isn't really farfetched. An acorn squash pie probably wouldn't be, either.
Its like bacon that's been covered in chocolate or added to icecream. I personally cant have it but I know the profile works out..even though it to me is weird. Basil instead of mint for a dessert is another one. Weird but works :)
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It's how they are used in Australia. In savory things. They aren't sweet like an apple is sweet, they're more sweet like beets are sweet. And while you can use beets for sugar syrup or in a cake, if you actually think of eating beets you'd put them in a salad. It's a different kind of sweetness. Even in pumpkin bread and scones in Australia and NZ they aren't sweet. They're both totally ok to have cheese and tomato on them. No other country (save maybe Canada, because they get it from America) uses pumpkin as a sweet thing.
And you can think of them however you want. If I want to think of them as a vegetable I will. They are closely related to zucchini. I wouldn't use zucchini in a cake. I much prefer to use pumpkin baked with potatoes or in pumpkin soup, both savory, than I would in a pie. If you want to think of them as fruit go ahead.
Ah, but zucchini muffins and zucchini bread is so sweet and so good. You should really try it! Zucchini is also considered a gourd/squash and not a vegetable. I am surprised at the food group differences in the countries.
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Pumpkins, squash and gourds are members of the enormously diverse Cucurbitaceae family, which contains more than 100 genera and over 700 species. They have been providing mankind with food and utilitarian objects since before recorded history. Various members of the genus Cucurbita are known as squash or gourds.
Names differ throughout the world, but in the United States, any round, orange squash used for pies or jack-o-lanterns is likely to be called a pumpkin. But the term “pumpkin” really has no botanical meaning, as they are actually all squash. Squash are divided into two categories: tender or summer squash, and hard-skinned or winter squash. Examples of summer squash include zucchini, pattypan, straightneck, crookneck and other types. Winter squash include small to medium hard-skinned squash such as the acorn, small hubbard, miniature pumpkin and spaghetti types, as well as the large hard-skinned types, including banana, butternuts, cheese pumpkins, cushaws, and large hubbards, among others.
Botanists use distinctive characteristics of leaves, seeds and fruit stalks to classify the different species. The origins of these species are lost in time, but all are assumed to have originated in the Western Hemisphere, principally South and Central America and Mexico. Variety selection for the many distinct shapes, sizes and colors has occurred in all cultures worldwide.
Hey cool! Biology was one of my fave subjects in school, awesome to know how plants are related and classified :) It's interesting how different cultures use food differently. My old boss was Italian, and he couldn't stand the thought of putting fruits in savoury dishes, like pineapple in sweet& sour sauce, or apples with pork. In England I've heard they don't eat pumpkin at all- it's traditionally fed to pigs! (Maybe someone from the UK can confirm this!)
Yeah, sweet potatoes are another one I can't imagine as a sweet food (despite the name!). They're used interchangably with potatoes, known as a healthier lower-gi alternative. Over here sugar comes from sugar cane, and nothing else. (We do love vegies in breads and muffins, but they're savoury. The only exception really is carrot cake. And the sort of paleo-raw-food health places that substitute veges for things like beetroot in chocolate cake etc. to reduce sugar and calories. Which sort of gets into vegan and specialist no-sugar no-carbs diet territory.
I think it depends on what you're exposed to growing up, as to what you think about how foods should be used. I do know a few aussies who like bacon maple-syrup pancakes and eating McDonalds chips with soft serves, though it grosses me out personally. I've heard in America almost all processed food is sweetened, moreso than over here. Even Big Macs have to have a pickle or they're classed as confectionery. So I guess if you're used to having sugar in savoury dishes the lines between sweet and savoury get blurred. (I've never been to the US, just going on what I've heard in the media.)
We're quite multicultural in terms of our food, but we don't have much American, it leans toward European and Asian styles where most of our immigrants came from. There are a few American-inspired restaurants starting to pop up that sell classic American food where sweet and savoury are used differently but it's considered a bit of a niche market.
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I wouldn't say they put pickles on as much fast food as they put ketchup on it. And I hate ketchup, and it's loaded with sugar. I think what they do most is mix different tastes. Sweet with salty. Bitter with sweet. Salty and savory.
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Pumpkin is botanically speaking a fruit. As are many things often considered vegetables and savoury such as peppers, aubergine etc. Meanwhile, some vegetables like rhubarb are often considered fruit. I say make your pies out of whatever fruit or veg you like. ;)
Daffodil, we do eat pumpkin! Pumpkin pie is ok but I find adding more sugar to already sweet fruits makes it a bit sickly. In fact, I often find my American friends' taste for sweetening even savoury things a bit baffling! :lol:
I have never heard of many of these pies...coconut cream, boston, peanut butter, grasshopper, french silk? :blink: I like nice home made mince pies at Christmas and lemon tarts in the summer. :)
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I love pie. It's one of my favorite kinds of desserts. My votes went to apple, cherry, berry (because I like blackberry), and pumpkin. Of course I like others, but those are the ones that are actual favorites.
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Ugh! you made me choose only 6?! :throw: I love pie!! savoury, sweet... actually I love almost all types of dessert :dribble: :dribble: :dribble:
I chose Cherry, chocolate cream, banana cream, Key lime peach and custard but I could happily eat all of those on the list and more that aren't :P
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I voted pumpkin, but I've never had an Oreo pie (I've never even heard of that one), but it sounds like something I'd enjoy - maybe once I try it that will belong on the list.
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There's a pie shop in Rutherglen Victoria that makes the best pies I've ever had. Their kangaroo steak pie is to die for. I've driven hours just to get one. And their chicken pies are amazing too.
My local bakery does a really good steak and Guinness pie.
Now I want a pie but it's 4 am.
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Blueberry pie and Apple pie. :biggrin:
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Apple pie, hands down.
One of my favourite foods of all time. Especially with blackberries added. :lovey:
I'm still kicking myself for not trying it when I was a kid. My aunt was famous in the family for her home-made apple pie with custard. I never got to taste it. :(
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I love all pies.....
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I chose other, I really don't like pie. I'm a weirdo.
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My favorite pie is the Finnish quark pie. Always with raisins. And baked into a "pulla" (sweet bun) crust. :yummy:
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Shoofly (molasses) pie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoofly_pie
There's debate as to whether this really qualifies as a 'pie' instead of a 'cake' but I consider it a pie, personally.
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STEAK PIE!! Nom!
The majority of those pies, we seldom see in Australia... unless you go to an authentic American restaurant (yeah, we have that at least. Without it, I would never have tried key lime or pecan pie!)
... peanut butter though? What is that like? I'm imagining it like a peanut butter cookie, or muffin...?