...apple pie for glorious workers revolution

in soviet russia, apple pie likes you.

...coconut cream pie

o m for king gawd on easter sunday, my mother-in-law made 2 pies, including a hardcore coconut cream pie. damn, i've had slices of maybe a diner coconut cream pie or maybe even mrs. paul's, but this was the freaking beez kneez of coconut cream pies.

i can honestly say this is one of the best pies i have ever nommed. i don't have any info currently as to the recipe used, but i may have to acquire said info.

*shudder...*

coooooocoooonutttt creaaaam pahhhhh....

january 23rd is national pie day!

this upcoming wednesday is your 2008 chance to perform random acts of pieness!

i swear i am not responsible for the event or the american pie council,

but i kind of wish i was...

cribbed from their site are the following thoughts:

"share pie. whether you make or buy pie, share it. by its very nature, pie is meant to be eaten with others.

pay it forward. hand out pie slices to strangers and encourage them to do the same for others. it could spread the peace on earth and goodwill to mankind that we all hope for.

be a good samaritan. buy an extra pie at your local grocery store and give it to the person behind you in line. you may just change their life!

reach out to new neighbors you haven’t met and bring them some pecan pie – it says your thoughtful. stay awhile to get to know each other over pie and fill them in on the neighborhood.
indulge your co-workers. bring some pie to work – you’ll create a lot of good rapport and maybe even get a raise.

surprise your significant other at work and bring him or her a pie to share with their coworkers.
say thank you. know a special someone who deserves some thanks? maybe it’s a friend who did you a favor, your child’s teacher or your postal worker. what better way to say thanks than with a warm hug wrapped in a delicious crust?

got a crush? invite the “apple pie of your eye” for some pie and get to know each other better. but make it chocolate – most americans believe it’s the most romantic pie. before long, you may be calling each other “sweetie pie.”

delight your family. share the love and share your favorite memories together over a warm, fresh pie. have older family members talk about the history behind the family favorites. start a new tradition and publish pie memories and recipes, then send them to family members.

spend time with your kids and make a pie together. let them pick their favorite pie and show them how it’s done. they’ll be proud of their creation and have fond memories of you as the best parent ever for years to come!

get caught up with friends and invite them over for some afternoon pumpkin pie. you can dish on all their latest news.

throw a pie potluck get-together. have everyone bring their favorite pie and exchange recipes. we’ve heard of events where more than 100 folks come with 100 pies. have a contest to see who can come up with the most pie songs. the winning prize? a pie!

hold a charity pie-throwing or pie-eating contest or a pie auction. you can donate the proceeds to your local community food bank.

hold a pie-making contest. invite the best pie makers in town to compete for prizes in various categories. ask cooking teachers, pastry chefs and pie lovers to be judges. be sure the kids are involved – you can include pie poetry and pie art contests for them.

register for the 2008 american pie council (apc)/crisco national pie championships.

eat pie. whether you make it yourself, buy it at a supermarket or bakery or order it at a restaurant, perform a random act of pieness on yourself and enjoy some pie on national pie day – it’s great with lunch, dinner or as a late-night snack."

i like pie soda

if a body were so inclined to do such a thing as i might, one might go to target and buy the sooper dooper "dessert pack" of pie-flavored sodas. for reals.

these sodas are by the jones soda company, who obviously are smart folks if they are so inclined as to make pie soda.

according to the packaging they are only available at target. which proves that target is cool and pwns.

these sodas (sodae?) are also made with cane sugar so you don't get that schnasty corn sugar syrup mouth.

for the benefit of my adoring public i did an official tasting so you could be elucidated per said imbibables.

lemon meringue pie soda: very pleasant lemon flavor, with some 'cream soda' flavor added i suppose to give it the meringue vibe. honestly it didn't taste so much like a slice of pie as an interesting lemon concoction. but it was good.

apple pie soda: opened with a very cinnamony nose, but sadly did not kick in with the baked apple flavor. it was kind of weak on the apple. there was a hint of crust flavor though ~ interesting concept; not so psyched about the execution.

cherry pie soda: now THIS tasted like PAH. mmm doggie, this delivered on all counts ~ the cherry flavor was just that kind of pie cherry zing, topped off with a graham cracker crust back end that really captured the pie essence. heck if they shouldn't make this year-round if this is intended only a novelty drink. she's my cherry pie, i'll warrant that.

blueberry pie soda: despite cleansing ye olde palette after the cherry pie soda, it was hard to follow it up with something equally as good; this soda had a pretty good blueberry flavor but the crust just wasn't there so much. no bad, but not great.


summation: cherry pie soda roxored my world. lemon meringue pie soda was probably the next best. after that, i'd say apple pie soda and blueberry pie soda are okay. but heck, it's pie soda!

pie.

...morning after punkin pie

so thxgvg was yesterday, durr... but for my $$$'s i think the day after thanksgiving is ye bombest. the best of all (for me) is we had a whole ho-made (sorry honey) pumpkin pie all for us. mmm...

dunno about you, but i think pie for breakfast is the way to do it. i like brekkie pie.

i like birthday pie

i just wanna say I LOVE YOUS MANNNNN AND WOMANNNNS for the birthday dangerously delicious pie you all sprung on me last night at the octovember blogger happy hour. lemon chess pie is wicked good. i just had some for breakfast too. mmm... likin' that pie...

hampdenfest + pie = i like hampdenfest

ok perhaps in my other non-pie blog i said i was a bit disappointed with honfest coz the local beers were blocked out by anhiney-bush beers. this may have been an unpopular decision, but i stand by it.

but, i am happy to say i visited hampdenfest this weekend and was entirely pleased by not only lots of local beers (read: brewer's art resurrection ale), but the presence of DANGEROUSLY DELICIOUS PIES! boo-ya or wotever.

not quite sure why i have not pieblogged about d.d. pies yet, lest you think i have not yet sampled of their wares. i done do'ed that already, but let me introduce you to my fave rave: lemon chess pie. go get some! mmm...

my compadres seemed to dig on the cherry pie ~ my sweet tooth honny thought the cherry was too tart ~ although i agree it was tart, i thought it was good tart.

so in conclusion, if you have the opportunity and have not yet, please go to dangerously delicious pies. they are a welcome addition to any festive occasion, or even unfestive occasion. get you some.