Sweet Potato Pie or Pumpkin Pie?

[Liberal_in_LA]

Poll question: Sweet Potato Pie or Pumpkin Pie?

[rocktivity]

1. I usually have apple for Thanksgiving

But ALWAYS have sweet potato for Christmas and New Year's!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. I don't taste a lot of diff between potato and pumpkin, but others seem to think

they are VERY different.

[etherealtruth]

2. "Some weird kinda pie like mincemeat or pecan"

Don't know why, but I find that choice hilarious

[FirstLight]

4. I was thinking

OCCUPIE!

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. lol!

[patrice]

14. Looks like sweet-potato-pumpkin-other to me! Yum!

[patrice]

5. occupie! for me please!!

[coalition_unwilling]

6. Occu-Pie (photo below):

Poster my wife made. Acrylic on posterboard. November, 2011

[Irishonly]

8. I voted pumpkin

but I don't find pecan pie weird or different. Pumpkin pie is made every year. This year a pecan pie was made also. Some years it is apple or cherry but never mincemeat.

[Why Syzygy]

9. Texas Pecan! nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

17. ewwww. Sorry, something about nuts mixed with sweet mixture turns me off

[Adsos Letter]

10. Sweet Potato, Pumpkin, Apple, Cherry, and Pecan!

We luvs us some pie! :9

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. sweet potato, peach cobbler and pecan, in that order

[Adsos Letter]

16. Cobbler!!!

Peach and Boysenberry cobblers at Christmas; warm, and with vanilla-bean ice cream on top. :9

[ZombieHorde]

12. I have never had sweet potato pie. Is that a Southern dish? nt

[riverbendviewgal]

20. The first time I tried sweet potato pie

was at a Dinosaur Bar B Que restaurant in Rochester, New York. Awesome! and they put real homemade whipped cream on top...

There are several in New York state and one is coming to Newark, NJ and after that to Stamford CT.

If you have a chance to be near any of these restaurants, try a piece of sweet potato pie and the ribs are so good too

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. Have you ever had yams? Imagine sweetened yam, mashed and baked in pie crust

Not much different from Pumpkin actually.

[Tx4obama]

28. I wish I had the time to type out the sweet potato pie recipe I have for you ...

but I don't have time today, sorry.

The recipe I have was printed in the Dallas Morning News around 30 years ago, it's from a south Dallas soul food restaurant that was famous for their sweat potato pies and it tastes out of this world :)

If you had the right recipe then I'd bet you'd say that sweet potato pie tastes nothing like like pumpkin pie.

[ZombieHorde]

29. Sounds good. I asked my wife about it, and she said sweet potato pies are really tasty. nt

[Hissyspit]

35. If there is a lot of spice and you are not paying much attention

it's possible to eat Sweet Potato Pie and not notice that it is not Pumpkin.

[Liberal_in_LA]

47. Sweet potato pies are sold in the large markets that have African American clientele

Pumpkin pie sold at white stores.

[ThomWV]

13. Alton Brown says Sweet Potato Pie, so I say Sweet Potato Pie

Alton Brown did a great show on just this subject. Sweet Potato Pie, tastes better, easier to make, requires far less prep work, and its better for you.

[SwampG8r]

42. with pumpkin

you have to almost always rely on a canned product
sweet potatoes are available fresh and that makes a huge taste difference
if i make a sweet potato pie with canned sweets they taste just like pumpkin and the filling doesnt rise in baking
with fresh you get a better reaction in the oven

[proud patriot]

15. we do both

:-) how could one choose especially with foamy white sauce for the pumpkin pie ///

YUMMY!

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Those of us with gluten alergies

Do no pie.

:-)

[Liberal_in_LA]

21. no kinda of alternative rice flour crust gluten free pie exists?

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Yeah but it's horrible.

[GoCubsGo]

37. No other alternative crusts?

Say one made of shredded coconut? Or, ground/crushed nuts, or crushed gluten-free cookies to make a graham cracker-type crust?

But, when it comes to Thanksgiving, I skip the crust and make pumpkin custard. The filling is the best part, and I don't need all the extra fat and calories from the crust.

[Liberal_in_LA]

48. The crust is why I like pie.

[GoCubsGo]

49. Only if it's good crust.

A bad crust, such as most of these pre-made crusts, ruin a good pie. I actually love good homemade pie crust. I'll take the scraps and bake them with some cinnamon and sugar for a snack. The problem with making a crust is that you have to buy a can of shortening, and if you don't make pies that often, the stuff just gets rancid and goes to waste. Or, it tempts you to make more pies that you don't need to be eating. :-)

[cecilfirefox]

19. Sweet potatoe pie> Pumpkin pie. Hands down! nt

[tammywammy]

22. Pumpkin pie with fresh made whipped cream.

Yum.

[marmar]

23. Sweet potato pie.

I've never understood what people like about pumpkin pie.

[SwampG8r]

43. agree

the whole idea of pumpkin pie is an invention of Big Pumpkin and is a robbery of sweet potato pie to begin with

[TexasProgresive]

24. Pecan but why is that weird? Now expensive would be apt. $13 to 15 a pound n/t

[sakabatou]

26. Pumpkin or apple. Either is good.

[annabanana]

30. ALL OF THE ABOVE!!

You parsimonious SOB!

[Hissyspit]

33. Really! Why Isn't "BOTH" a choice.

[HopeHoops]

31. We do one pumpkin and one strawberry-rhubarb.

[Are_grits_groceries]

32. Ain't nothing weird about pecan pie.

I have eaten it all my life.

[Hissyspit]

34. Pecan Pie is "weird?"

What the hell?

Have you ever had pecan pie with chocolate chips and bourbon? (Derby Pie)

[SwampG8r]

44. num nom nom

i got a good recipe if you need it

[Liberal_in_LA]

51. ewwwww

[mmonk]

36. Yes.

Oh, you want us to choose?

[OxQQme]

38. Speaking of pies

my ex used to make a pie using walla walla sweet onions that was most excellent. No top crust. Crunchy custard consistency.
Any body else heard of this? Gotta recipe?

[SwampG8r]

45. walla walla sweet onion pie

INGREDIENTS:

1 pastry for single pie crust
4 sweet onions, such as Walla Walla, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 tablespoons butter
2 eggs
1 cup half and half
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 pinch ground nutmeg
2 ounces Gruyere or Swiss cheese, shredded (divided)
chopped fresh parsley
PREPARATION:


Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Line 9-inch pie pan with pastry, crimp edges and prick the bottom with a fork.

To keep the bottom from puffing and the sides from falling, line the crust with parchment paper or a large coffee filter and fill it with beans or rice.

Bake for 20 minutes, carefully remove the liner and bake for another 5 minutes. Set aside to cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F.

Meanwhile, saute onions in oil and butter over low heat until golden yellow. Beat together eggs, half-and-half, flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg, then add onions and half of the shredded cheese.

Pour into prepared crust; sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Garnish with parsley, if desired.

[alphafemale]

39. Pie from vegetables! ick. What's next a cake made from carrots? nt

[SwampG8r]

40. sweet potato for me

i make a sweet potato pie that will make you slap your grandma
and i have a recipe for a bourbon chocolate chip pecan pie that will make you slap her again
anyone wants them for xmas baking (or any other holiday or even just because you want to watch all your friends go granny slappin) pm me i will send and you will be ruler of all pies until next year

[HappyMe]

41. Pumpkin

Apple and pecan, too. I didn't make pecan because the pecans were too expensive.

[lpbk2713]

46. "Weird" is in the eye of the beholder.

Pecan pie is delicious.

[begin_within]

50. Key Lime

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[IcyPeas]

53. not my cup of tea.

[saras]

54. Pumpkin pi is the ratio of the circumference of the pumpkin and the radius of the pumpkin

Because pumpkins are rarely, if ever, perfect spheres, pumpkin pi is usually not exactly equal to mathematical pi.