Pie! *sigh*

[ownedsubgal]

lemon meringue pie is my favorite by far, but it has to be made just right...the lemon curd extra tart and bright, and the meringue super light and airy but perfectly golden brown on top.

second favorite would be baked (as in two crust) 100% strawberry pie, which is very rare but is Daddy's favorite, so i have been making them on his b-day for years. His special day falling in august ensures i always have perfect berries. the hard part is getting the right consistency for the filling...there's such a high water content to strawberries that it takes a lot of experimentation and careful science. so far i've found a touch of arrowroot to be the best thickener, without effecting the look or taste of the berries.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4yUoY0-VZQg/T6nNU43DB-I/AAAAAAAAAuY/C1SXqvxSAtw/s1600/IMG_1821.JPG

 

[kiwi_submissive]

What is "Feijoa", please.

Its umm a green fruit. It has a sort of sweet taste to it and is really yum. I would also recommend feijoa vodka if you can find it over that way

Agreed on the ice cream! Also, feijoa and apple? interesting combo. Next time I'm in your hemisphere I will have to try it!





It's fruit that is eaten in Kiwisub's part of the globe. I'd never heard of it until I lived in the Cook Islands, where I was introduced to L&P fizzy drink.

ETA: Wait, my bad. L&P is not made with feijoa...I'm all confused today. But it is still good.

Let me know if you are and I will deliver one to you

Hahaha we do seem to have some odd foods here.

 

[Shankara20]

A more important question - how do you make your pie crust? I do a lard and butter combo. Lard from sustainably raised pigs of course!

Crisco, eek: you mean there are 2 uses for Crisco?) and ice cold water.

Lard is great, but I keep always have Crisco around anyway....

 

[intothewoods]

Shepherd's pie.

Can't say that I've ever had a fruit pie that was as good as the raw fruit itself.

I am speechless.

lemon meringue pie is my favorite by far, but it has to be made just right...the lemon curd extra tart and bright, and the meringue super light and airy but perfectly golden brown on top.

second favorite would be baked (as in two crust) 100% strawberry pie, which is very rare but is Daddy's favorite, so i have been making them on his b-day for years. His special day falling in august ensures i always have perfect berries. the hard part is getting the right consistency for the filling...there's such a high water content to strawberries that it takes a lot of experimentation and careful science. so far i've found a touch of arrowroot to be the best thickener, without effecting the look or taste of the berries.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4yUoY0-VZQg/T6nNU43DB-I/AAAAAAAAAuY/C1SXqvxSAtw/s1600/IMG_1821.JPG

love lemon curd. did you make that pie?

Crisco, eek: you mean there are 2 uses for Crisco?) and ice cold water.

Lard is great, but I keep always have Crisco around anyway....

Crisco? Oh my word.

 

[ownedsubgal]

I am speechless.



love lemon curd. did you make that pie?

no, it was the best example i could find online. i always make a lattice crust for my berry pies.

and i agree that crisco is excellent for pie crusts, but i will usually add in some butter as well, just cuz, well, it's butter.

 

[JMohegan]

I am speechless.

You don't like shepherd's pie?

 

[intothewoods]

You don't like shepherd's pie?

I have a healthy respect for shepherd's pie, but I can't imagine not selecting a favorite fruit pie in favor of it or fresh fruit. I mean, if it is the appointed time and place for dessert, of course.

 

[JMohegan]

I have a healthy respect for shepherd's pie, but I can't imagine not selecting a favorite fruit pie in favor of it or fresh fruit. I mean, if it is the appointed time and place for dessert, of course.

For dessert, I'd rather have fresh peaches, blueberries, blackberries, apples, and so on. Why anyone thinks cooking helps the taste and texture of fruit, I can't imagine!

I guess I'd say pies are better than canned fruit, sure. But ripe, fresh peaches? Plump berries? Tart apples? No way.

 

[intothewoods]

For dessert, I'd rather have fresh peaches, blueberries, blackberries, apples, and so on. Why anyone thinks cooking helps the taste and texture of fruit, I can't imagine!

I guess I'd say pies are better than canned fruit, sure. But ripe, fresh peaches? Plump berries? Tart apples? No way.

I love fresh fruit on cereal or as part of lunch. I wouldn't say cooking fruit improves the texture either. It's just different. And there's the contrast with the crust and whatever spices/flavors are in the pie.

At the end of the day though, if I'm having dessert, I'm having chocolate.

 

[JMohegan]

I love fresh fruit on cereal or as part of lunch. I wouldn't say cooking fruit improves the texture either. It's just different. And there's the contrast with the crust and whatever spices/flavors are in the pie.

At the end of the day though, if I'm having dessert, I'm having chocolate.

Ohhh, chocolate pie is good! Not the "single very best pie making food in the whole wide world" that Shank's asking about here, but not all that far behind lamb & potatoes.

 

[intothewoods]

Ohhh, chocolate pie is good! Not the "single very best pie making food in the whole wide world" that Shank's asking about here, but not all that far behind lamb & potatoes.

Anything involving chocolate -- particularly dark chocolate -- is good in my world. Even -- and don't tell Keroin but -- chocolate cupcakes.

You know, my view on cupcakes has been evolving. I may have an important statement to make on the subject in the next few days. I mean, if I am asked a direct question...

 

[JMohegan]

Anything involving chocolate -- particularly dark chocolate -- is good in my world. Even -- and don't tell Keroin but -- chocolate cupcakes.

You know, my view on cupcakes has been evolving. I may have an important statement to make on the subject in the next few days. I mean, if I am asked a direct question...

I don't have much of a sweet tooth [why the heck do they call it that, does anyone know?] so I'm not into most cakes, but I do like straight chocolate every now and then.

What is your important statement on cupcakes?

 

[RunningJib]

Oh, how you flirt with my emotions

A more important question - how do you make your pie crust? I do a lard and butter combo. Lard from sustainably raised pigs of course!

Like grandma made. How I want one of your pies

 

[mediocre]

Apple.

The classic.

This.






Warm.




With ice cream.

 

[RunningJib]

Gooseberry

I've had gooseberry pie only once. By far, the very best pie I've ever had

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G1cvrqNaIVA/S5nEo3xX9OI/AAAAAAAAC3E/baXMww1laVM/s400/gooseberry+pie.jpg

 

[DVS]

Despite my deep and abiding love for rhubarb (ah, childhood memories of freshly picked and washed rhubarb stalks dipped in sugar...) the absolute #1 best pie matter in the galaxy is, without question, blackberries.

*enjoys more childhood memories but not the one where she accidentally eats a spider whilst picking and eating blackberries*

http://simplyrecipes.com/photos/blackberry-pie-a.jpg

Sigh.

Also, a friend of mine once told me about grape pie...yes, grape. I had never heard of such a thing but apparently this is a tradition in the finger lakes region on New York. I did get the chance to eat a slice one day and it was, shockingly, quite good.

light weight! I would go out into our back yard, pick a stalk and start chewing on it right there. I loved raw rhubarb.

But your picture brings back fond memories, too if by saying blackberries you mean black raspberries. We had a patch in our back yard, growing up. My fingers were always stained purplish from going in there and eating those things. I LOVED them. But, I'm confused if they were black berries or black raspberries. Do you know the difference in the plants or how the two berries taste? I know these in my back yard were quite good and there were thorns on the plants.

Where I live now, I've got wild strawberries and a very large grape vine that is about 2 inches in diameter. I could play Tarzan on it, if I wanted to. But, I rarely get anything from the strawberries or the grapes, because birds get their first. The strawberries are never there long enough to get very big. Damn birds can't wait to eat them.

 

[DVS]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ripe%2C_ripening%2C_and_green_blackberries.jpg
Blackberries

Damn, guess I should have sized it down some!

 

[Shankara20]

I could play Tarzan on it, if I wanted to.

Now my morning is shot all to hell with THIS visual in my mind

 

[Shankara20]

Damn, guess I should have sized it down some!

well, if you got it, flaunt it.

I guess.....

 

[JMohegan]

Blackberries

Damn, guess I should have sized it down some!

That's food porn, right there. Damn.

 

[DVS]

Now my morning is shot all to hell with THIS visual in my mind

OK, get that visual out of your mind. I don't swing that way. Ha Ha...get it? I don't swing that way?

 

[DVS]

That's food porn, right there. Damn.

Sure as hell is! You can almost reach up and pick it off and eat it. Well, the ripe one. The rest are still growing.

 

[Shankara20]

For dessert, I'd rather have fresh peaches, blueberries, blackberries, apples, and so on. Why anyone thinks cooking helps the taste and texture of fruit, I can't imagine!

I guess I'd say pies are better than canned fruit, sure. But ripe, fresh peaches? Plump berries? Tart apples? No way.

The organic peaches from Frog Hollow Farms in Contra Costa county CA (link) are incredible. Making a pie from them just might be a death penalty offense, but that is a discussion for another thread.

But a little cooking of a lower quality peach, with sugar and butter, can help move fresh peach pie/cobbler is right up near the top of my list...

 

[Shankara20]

OK, get that visual out of your mind. I don't swing that way. Ha Ha...get it? I don't swing that way?

you have been telling me that for years,

but I guess hope swings eternal





Ha Ha...get it? swings not springs...

 

[Shankara20]

The rest are still growing.

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