Flavors of pie.

[redqueen]

What's your favorite? What's the best you ever tasted? Worst?

I tasted one that was sort of like pennies. Not so good.

[mainegreen]

1. Key lime made with real key limes. n/t

[GaYellowDawg]

125. Hell yes. Almost better than sex.

An authentic key lime pie will send chills through you as you eat it. It is an almost orgasmic experience. Authentic key lime and extremely good barbeque are the only things that send shivers through me as I eat. But at least I know how chocolate affects many women, right?

[TK421]

2. I never met a pie I didn't care for...I think pumpkin is my favorite

blueberry, maybe not so much..

Hmmmm...a pie that tastes like pennies :9 What the hell was it?

[redqueen]

13. It was my roommate's.

:7

[texas1928]

3. Hai....

Nope won't do it.


I like Pumpkin, Apple, Pecan, Chocolate, lots of them but not cherry.

[miss_american_pie]

4. Bourbon pecan pie is the best

Not very fond of shoofly pie. :hi:

[redqueen]

64. That sounds pretty good...

the more I think about it. :hi:

[styersc]

78. Mango.

When I was a small boy and the family moved to Miami, Fla we had mango trees in the yard. We had never seen this fruit before (from NJ) and my mom went nuts baking with mangos. Pies, tarts, preserves, wine. For years I couldn't go near a mango but as an adult I crave that pie!!!

[Catshrink]

80. Chocolate bourbon pecan pie.

Might as well go for broke.

[miss_american_pie]

95. Oh dear God

Off to search for recipes...

[geardaddy]

5. Mince beef and onion

Or leek and cheese

Or shepherd's pie

Or cottage pie

Or rhubarb/strawberry

Or apple

Or blueberry

Or cherry

Or pumpkin

Or peach

Anything but mincemeat pie.

[mondo joe]

6. Nothing like a good apple pie. Though a mediocre apple pie WILL NOT DO.

[IndianaJones]

7. the Rock says...

whats your favorite kind of pie?

[redqueen]

11. Lemon meringue or lemon chess.

But all pie is delicious. :D

[IndianaJones]

16. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT KIND OF PIE YOU LIKE! nt.

[Dr. Strange]

49. Mmmmmm!

I can SMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLL-L-L-L-L
what the Rock
is cooking.

[supernova]

8. Lemon Meringue

followed closely by Chocolate Meringue.

[Phillycat]

9. I love rhubarb. Hate cherry, especially cherry "pie filling".

[JohnnyLib2]

70. rhubarb!

Top choice.

[tpsbmam]

10. Pecan...unless

they make it too sweet :puke:

[redqueen]

12. What? How can pecan be anything but too sweet?

It's at least one-half pure karo syrup!

[tpsbmam]

17. LOL Not mine!

I cut the sweetness in recipes A LOT -- true for most dessert recipes. Things that are cloyingly sweet are just plain gross in my book. Friends laugh at me -- when they have things like birthday cakes I typically either take one bite and stop eating or scrape off the too-sweet icing and eat only the cake (if it's particularly good).

[Manifestor_of_Light]

92. I can't handle pecan pie either!

And I use less chocolate in chocolate recipes too.

Most chocolate recipes are bitter if you follow the directions. I cut the chocolate in half, or even use one-third the amount called for. Chocolate recipes are insane.

[Shakespeare]

23. My family's recipe uses a little vinegar in the recipe--you don't taste the vinegar, but...

...it does cut the sweetness. The BEST pecan pie I've ever had.

[redqueen]

37. Hmmm... I wonder what not-so-sweet pecan pie tastes like.

I've only ever had the super sweet kind.

[tpsbmam]

53. If you're like me and you don't like things that are super sweet

(except me, of course :P), it's pretty delicious. I make homemade whipped cream for it and don't make that terribly sweet either. I got the recipe off of allrecipes.com -- like one of the reviewers, I added more pecans but the rest was yummy!

[tpsbmam]

50. That's what I do -- about 3 tsp of white vinegar....

and I still cut the sugar just a tad. I don't use corn syrup, I use Splenda (or sugar depending on who is going to be eating it). Delicious!

[Road Scholar]

14. Apparently y'all never had any Sweet Potato pie.

:toast:

[supernova]

20. This is true

:9

I loves me some sweet potato pie.

[Shell Beau]

21. I'll take pumpkin over sweet potato any day!

:P

[TK421]

22. I like sweet potato pie!

:thumbsup:

[redqueen]

25. I have!

Very tastey. :9

[Road Scholar]

28. It's a favorite at my house.

:9 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[tpsbmam]

54. New Yorker now living in the South....

but I have yet to eat sweet potato pie. Damn, now I'm starving!! :9

[philosophie_en_rose]

15. Lemon Meringue with Pecans.

It has to be made with real lemons. Gently place pecans on the meringue before cooking.

:9

[Shell Beau]

18. Chocolate pie! Mmmmm!

oh and pumpkin pie!

[ThomCat]

27. Chocolate!

Or good Apple Pie. :9

[Swede]

19. My favorite is pumpkin.

Although I have never tasted a pie I didn't like.

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. Pecan, peanut butter cup, cheesecake, or tollhouse, No fruit pie for me, thx!

[Goblinmonger]

26. Sour cream raisin

Like an orgasm in a flaky crust.

[Shell Beau]

29. They could have come up with a better name!

Never had it. Doesn't sound too pleasant to me!

[redqueen]

30. That sounds interesting...

I'll have to look up the recipe!

[Rambis]

31. Black Currant or Black Berry

yum yum!

[Shell Beau]

32. I love me some blackberry cobbler which is kinda like pie!

[IndianaJones]

33. cobbler is better than pie...peach...mmmm. nt.

[redqueen]

34. Cobbler is just upside down pie.

You silly.

[IndianaJones]

35. I don't like the crust on pie, especially the edge. The cobbler gets soft and saturated. nt.

[Shell Beau]

42. Well you my friend are un-American!

:P

Nevermind! I thought you were saying you don't like cobbler!

[geardaddy]

36. I forgot one

Steak and kidney pie. Yummers!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

38. I love almost any pie - but I'd say...Pumpkin!

Although my mom's lemon meringue and chocolate cream pies closely follow. Then I'd say cherry, then peach, then Dutch apple. But I can't omit banana cream, either? Suffice it to say that I LOVE PIE!

[geardaddy]

39. Pizza pie?

;)

[DainBramaged]

94. YES!

YUMYUMYUMYUMYUMYUM

Twice or more a week, and I don't have to bake it!!!!


YUMYUMYUMYUMYMYUM

[momophile]

99. I have to agree

I'm not that crazy about all the other pies. oh, I'll eat them, but they don't call to me like pizza does.

[applegrove]

40. Blueberry made with wild blueberries is always my fav. I like lemon meringue too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

110. I love wild blueberry too!

Especially if you top it with homemade vanilla bean ice cream!

[youthere]

41. Favorite is key lime or pecan...worst I've had was...

the pumpkin pies one of my brother's wife made one Thanksgiving...she didn't have a lot of cooking experience, and they were her first pie attempt. They were beautiful but she'd forgotten to add the sugar.

[redqueen]

43. Oops...

it's the thought that counts, though. :)

[youthere]

56. We all gave her an A+ for effort.

[Parche]

44. LEMON MERENGUE GRAHAM CRACKER CRUST

:woohoo: :hi:

[EnviroBat]

45. Bikini Pie...

Mmmmm

[BarenakedLady]

47. ...

:spank: :spank:

Oh wait, I meant

:applause:







:evilgrin:

[EnviroBat]

97. Ahaaaa!

I can't help it, I'm a fan...

[redqueen]

52. Yes but what does it taste like?

:7

[EnviroBat]

96. Warm and yummy!

With some honey added...

[LSK]

46. Key Lime

[sakabatou]

48. Mint or apple

"Grasshopper Pie"

[redqueen]

60. Mint? Just mint by itself?

That sounds interesting.

I wonder if anyone makes a chocolate mint pie. Like those girl scout cookies... only in pie form.

[sakabatou]

84. Well...

It has a chocolate crust with mint-chocolate filling with whip-cream and fudge ribbons :9

[Greyskye]

51. Banana cream, pecan, any kind of berry

And cheesecake. That really should count as a pie, despite the name!

[ceile]

55. Shepherd's pie

I only pie I do-hate sweets.

[DS1]

57. thigh

[redqueen]

65. heheheheheheheh

:D

[Guava Jelly]

58. Apple

:D

[Flaxbee]

59. almost any sort of fresh fruit pie -- blackberry, blueberry, cherry, banana cream, apple...

pear (usually a cobbler). If the pie can handle pecans easily, throw them in there.

I also love pecan pie. LOVE pecan pie, heated so much the 'filling' turns gooey, with ice cream on top. Heaven.

[Dr. Strange]

61. Intimate Immensity

[redqueen]

66. Nerd!

:loveya:

[MissMillie]

62. I'm surprised no one else said my favorite - PEACH!!

I love peach pie!

[dropkickpa]

63. I love pie

My favorites are fruit pies. Except for cherry. I hate cherry anything. And pudding pies, don't like those one bit, but that's because I hate pudding.

[redqueen]

67. You hate pudding too?

Yes! I knew I wasn't the only one!

:bounce:

[dropkickpa]

68. Milk is gross

I don't like real whipped cream, milk (chocolate or otherwise), ice cream, etc. I use milk for cereal (skim) and cooking (whole, bought only in the quantity needed). I don't like the smell, taste, or mouth feel of milk/cream, and pudding just grosses me out.

I do love me some cheese, though.

[redqueen]

69. Yes, cheese!

I only don't like pudding. I love all the other dairy products, though. But not yogurt. Everything but pudding and yogurt is ok by me. :)

[RetroLounge]

71. I was told to be very careful how I answer

:D

So I'll just say banana creme...

:9

RL

[redqueen]

75. Heh...

yes well... I wouldn't have minded reading the other answer, I'm sure. :)

[RetroLounge]

83. I was also warned not to post pics...

:shrug:

O8)

RL

[Guava Jelly]

98. And just who wears the pants??

(Her of course)
2 bad about the pics though ;)

[kath]

72. best ever -- pecan pie at the Camellia Grill in New Orleans. Warmed on the grill, with a scoop of

ice cream on top. One of my best food memories of all time...

LOVE rhubarb pie!

[Justpat]

73. Blackberry pie is my all time favorite.

With vanilla ice cream.


OK. Now I'm drooling.

[laylah]

77. I am with

you on that! MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm! Then again, my Gram's fresh apricot pie with ice cream was my fave for many a year.

[Gormy Cuss]

74. Pumpkin, followed closely by pecan.

Pumpkin with a pecan streusel is like ambrosia.

[yellowdogintexas]

76. coconut cream pie, with whipped cream not meringue is my #1 favorite

but almost any pie will do, truly..except maybe rhubarb.

Pecan
Kentucky Derby Pie
German Chocolate Pie
French Silk Pie
Lemon Pie
Chess Pie
Buttermilk Pie
Cherry Pie
Peach Pie
Strawberry Pie

apple pie is good but not on my top list


Really good cobbler is a whole different creature

[Tikki]

79. raspberry rhubarb.....

yum, yum, yum....



Tikki

[Catshrink]

81. Costco cherry pie or Costco Peach pie.

oh yum. Peach is my favorite, but cherry is awesome.

[lightningandsnow]

82. Pumpkin is my favorite.

There's a pumpkin scone they serve at starbucks... and it tastes a little like pumpkin pie. Yummy.

[Bluestar]

85. Cherry pie is my favorite; although my mom made a wonderful

lemon meringue and a coconut cream that was out of this world.

The best pie I ever tasted was at a little restaurant (old style) in Nebraska. It was family-owned and they used real lard in the crust. Mmmmm! Very bad for the arteries but the best I ever had!

[nam78_two]

86. sweet potato/chocolate.nt

[jgraz]

87. Butterscotch Banana Cream

everyone should try this once before they die

[zingaro]

112. oh my gods

to Google I go... :9

[Adams Wulff]

88. Fruit of the Forest Pie.

Strawberries, blackberries, rhubarb, blueberries, raspberries. And maybe some other stuff.

Had my first taste in Tincup, Co. with a very good cup of coffee. And HOT!

[amborin]

89. buttermilk pie

from an old southern charlston recipe is delicious

the recipe was from a ny times interview with the chef of a charlston restaurant, whose name i forget

other favorites: peach, strawberry, apple, boysenberry, mince

[Kool Kitty]

90. Coconut cream pie.

Pecan pie. Key lime pie. Chocolate cream pie. I love me some pie!

[Fox Mulder]

91. There was this girl's pie I ate once...

and it was very good. It was warm, sweet, and creamy. She made the best banana creme pie.

[FVZA_Colonel]

93. The best pie I ever had was plain old pecan

inside of a true and total dive joint in New Orleans a year or so before Katrina, after a plate of red-beans and rice (with plenty of sausage in it as well). It sold me on that type forever.

[tigereye]

100. raspberry pie at a little bar and restaurant right near Presque Isle in Erie, Pa

best I have ever tasted. We went back twice to get more!



and, other than pies I have made myself (peach-blueberry pie I made one 4th of July), blackberry pie with lattice crust at Eat N Park. I kid you not.


:hi: RQ!

[HERVEPA]

101. What the hell's wrong with you unAmerkins

Apple Pie, of course. (my favorite by far)

[redqueen]

106. I know at least one person said apple!

All pie is good pie. :)

Unless it's all wrong... then it's just wrong.

[RebelOne]

102. Nothing's better than chocolate cream pie.

[trof]

103. Nobody picked 'Humble'?

;-)

[datasuspect]

104. hair

[redqueen]

107. Yes...

but what did it taste like? I'm curious to know the flavor. :)

[CTyankee]

105. Warm Door County WI cherry pie with frozen custard on top.

In season, late July, early August. The BEST.

[amborin]

108. the recipe for buttermilk pie

i've made this about 5 times now....it is delicious

here's the recipe from the ny times:


THE CHEF: Robert Stehling; A Southern Sleeper, Tart and Light
New York Times, August 31, 2005 | By MATT LEE and TED LEE (NYT)



''THE first time I tasted buttermilk, I wasn't so impressed,'' Robert Stehling said on a recent morning, as he removed from the oven a homemade pie shell he'd baked for 10 minutes, weighted with pinto beans.

Anyone with a passing familiarity with Mr. Stehling's cooking at the Hominy Grill here -- where the thick, cultured milk finds its way into biscuits, tangy salad dressings, a marinade for fried chicken and a heavenly pie -- will be forgiven for raising an eyebrow at this point.


''But the second time, the buttermilk was poured over hot cornbread, in a glass,'' Mr. Stehling continued. ''The way the whole thing was transformed really did impress me, and it totally changed the way I thought about buttermilk.''

Tart buttermilk pie, a classic farmstead recipe that lives on in countless dusty card files but few homes, is something of a Southern sleeper: in the right hands, it can bring down the house.

In Mr. Stehling's case, his deft touch with the lemon juice and nutmeg that season the pie, and its almost chiffon-light body, have made buttermilk pie one of the restaurant's most popular dishes.

In his home kitchen, he separated a couple of eggs into two bowls. To a third, he added six soft hunks of butter and, with the circular jabs of a wooden spoon, whipped it into a thick, creamy mass.

He added organic sugar and continued stirring until the mixture had lightened in color and appeared fluffy.

''I don't own a food processor,'' Mr. Stehling said as he added the egg yolks. ''All those famous guys -- Carême, Escoffier -- they never needed one.''

The mixture rapidly took on a goldenrod hue.

''You've got to get your flour in here before you add the liquid ingredients,'' he said, scattering about three level tablespoons into the mixture and working it in with his spoon. He then squeezed half a lemon (its top facing up so that no seeds escaped) over the bowl and added salt and freshly grated nutmeg.

''The nutmeg in this recipe really balances out the sharpness from the buttermilk and lemon,'' he said.

He poured about a cup of whole buttermilk in a thin stream into the mixture, stirring all the while, until the liquid appeared thick and milky-yellow.

He then turned his attention to the egg whites.

''You're looking to get lightness out of these, but not a real rise like a soufflé,'' he said, whipping the whites with a whisk, slowly at first, then faster, until they were foamy and drooped from the whisk in soft peaks.

He poured about a quarter cup of the buttermilk mixture into the bowl of egg whites, and folded it in patiently with his spoon. He then transferred the contents of the egg-white mixing bowl into the buttermilk batter, folding in the whites until the filling was uniformly blended.

Mr. Stehling retrieved the pretty crimped-edge pie shell. ''I pour as much filling into the shell as I possibly can without it spilling over,'' he said. ''The pie shell is still hot, so the custard's already starting to fluff around the edges. See?''

Fifty minutes after putting the pie in the oven, he peeked at it. The surface was a rich bread-brown (the degree of browning is the cook's choice), and the filling had puffed up slightly.

Mr. Stehling laid three chopsticks about three inches apart on his marble counter for a makeshift cooling rack.

''I think it's important to get air under there,'' he said. ''Otherwise, the crust will get pasty on the bottom.''

''And I'm real careful to not move it too much, to let it sit,'' he said, ''because if you try to move it while it's hot, it gets fissures and starts to pull away from the crust.''

After the pie cooled, Mr. Stehling lifted a large slice from the pan. It revealed its trademark layers, with an inch of a glossy light-yellow custard on the bottom and a frothy, lighter, cake-y layer above.

''I never did figure out why it stratifies like that,'' he said. ''For a while I was obsessed with getting rid of it, but I think if I did, my customers would complain.''

''Cooking should have some mysteries to it,'' he said. Referring to the author of ''On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen,'' he added: ''Harold McGee can make it all science, but the fun in cooking is as much a result of things that go wrong as the things that go right.''

Buttermilk Pie
Adapted from Robert Stehling
Time: About 1 hour

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs, separated
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon lemon juice, more to taste
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
1 8-inch deep-dish pie crust, blind-baked until very lightly browned.
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine butter and sugar until well blended. Add egg yolks and mix well. Add flour, lemon juice, nutmeg and salt. Add buttermilk in a thin stream until blended. Set aside.

2. In another bowl, whisk egg whites until they form soft peaks. Pour about 1/4 cup buttermilk mixture into egg whites and fold gently by hand to combine. Pour egg white mixture into buttermilk mixture and fold gently until just combined. Mixture will be somewhat lumpy.

3. Pour filling into baked pie shell. Bake in middle of oven until filling is lightly browned and barely moves when pie is jiggled, 45 to 50 minutes. If you have added more than one tablespoon of lemon juice, it may take longer for pie to brown, so bake 5 to 10 minutes longer, if desired. If edge of crust browns too quickly, cover with foil. Cool on a rack and serve warm or at room temperature. Refrigerate leftovers.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

[MrScorpio]

109. Good old fashioned apple

Love it

[x-g.o.p.er]

111. Best? Apple. Worst? 3.14...

Thank you, I'll be here for the next hour or so.

[AwakeAtLast]

113. I've had a chocolate pecan that was pretty good

Although I had to share one slice with two other people. It was a tad sweet....;)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

114. Best: Apple, Worst: Strawberry Rhubarb.

Why the fuck do you put that shit in a pie? Rhubarb? What is that anyway?!
Duckie

[MassLiberal]

120. Oh my god, I LOVE rhubarb

whoever made it for you must not have known how to do it!!

[Tektonik]

115. Doesn't matter

Cake>pie :P

[KaryninMiami]

116. Peanut butter and chocolate pie- yummy. nt

[hippywife]

117. Any kind except

rhubarb, and if it's got a really good flaky crust, I'd even eat that. I love double crust fruit pies better than any dessert in the world. :9

[triguy46]

118. My wife has made an award winning pecan pie...

Neither the kids nor I will eat anyone else's because we know we will be disappointed.

[MassLiberal]

119. mud pie

that chocolatey, peanut buttery, graham crackery combination, covered in warm fudge sauce.

YEAH.

[Wapsie B]

121. Groundcherry Pie.

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

[southerncrone]

122. Apricot

[OmahaBlueDog]

123. Hey L.A. pie lovers -- is the House of Pie restaurant stll around?

The last time I was in LA was in '96, and I loved House of Pie. Someone told me they've all gone away.

[Cant trust em]

124. Warm apple pie, cold vanilla ice cream

other than that I'm more of a cake man.