🧑‍🍳 Rank 'em: Pies

[Krimson]

I don't deal in anything sweet potato, including pie or casserole. Maybe that changes one day... there are things I enjoy now that I wouldn't have had on my plate 25-30 years ago. But for now, I'll just stick with all the other potatoes.

I like sweet potatoes with salt and butter but don't add sugar or marshmallows or anything else sweet.

 

[Secondand26]

Cheesecake should be considered a pie.

My MIL made a cheesecake (Southern Living recipe I believe) that started with “…crumble an Edward’s pecan pie…” - took her about 3 hours to make, but it was to kill for.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

I like sweet potatoes with salt and butter but don't add sugar or marshmallows or anything else sweet.

Not sure which way I'd go if I had to do it, but most likely salt and butter. I just really don't care for a lot of "sweet" foods unless they are in the dessert category. There's some breakfast foods like cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, pancakes with syrup, etc. but that's about all I can think of right now. And it's pretty rare that I have those...

Maybe I'll try a baked sweet potato soon with salt and butter and report back. I have had sweet potato fries at a couple of restaurants before and those were [2 thumbs down].

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

If I have Pot Pie, and quiche, and cheesecake...I've now got three! Ranked outside the top five...

Reminds me. A place a few miles from here serves chicken pot pie in a cast iron skillet. REALLY good! Mexican workers telling you "hot plate" ... child's play.

Nice bar area as well. They give everyone a little "box" where you can choose which audio feed you want to hear...picture the mini jukeboxes you've see except these are portable, and free. Sit at the bar, carry it to your table.

Circling back: The same applies for a few places that people rave about their pies. Hell, I can't walk away from the cheesecake.

Their blueberry cobbler looks good ... but, is that a pie?

No, it's a cobbler (to me). Then again, you can categorize it however you want.

I love cheesecake too, but only eat it maybe 3 or 4 times a year. You'll laugh, but every now and then I'll buy a shitty Sara Lee version from the store, which is like going to Waffle House for a good steak, but whatever. I also enjoy a Pepperidge Farm chocolate cake about once a year, so I don't have much shame and even less standards.

 

[Hardkore]

Just to add one to the list, I have a recipe for EggNog Pie.

 

[PurlJam]

Apple
Pecan
Key Lime
Chocolate
Buttermilk
I couldn't even put Pumpkin on the list.

 

[Hardkore]

Just to add one to the list, I have a recipe for EggNog Pie.View attachment 29712View attachment 29713

Well it turned out pretty good. It was a little thicker than the cream pies you find in the stores. The main difference I did was instead of the oven baked pie crust I used graham cracker crust. Next time I may use a bit more eggnog to it.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

I don't eat many sweets, but I make an exception at Thanksgiving. My wife makes an incredible pecan pie, always with Golden Eagle if available, otherwise Yellow Label.

Pies in a pan:

1. Pecan
2. Chocolate (my grandmother made an incredible chocolate pie)
3. Key Lime

Fried pies:

1. Peach
2. Sweet Potato
2. Apple

 

[It Takes Eleven]

No, it's a cobbler (to me). Then again, you can categorize it however you want.

I love cheesecake too, but only eat it maybe 3 or 4 times a year. You'll laugh, but every now and then I'll buy a shitty Sara Lee version from the store, which is like going to Waffle House for a good steak, but whatever. I also enjoy a Pepperidge Farm chocolate cake about once a year, so I don't have much shame and even less standards.

I think we've had this conversation before, but:

Go eat the white chocolate marble cheesecake at Southern Ale House, my best friend's wife makes those for them. Also, the cheesecake at Mark's Mart in Northport carries her cheesecake, "That Cheesecake", exactly the same recipe as the one at Southern Ale House, but it's a whole cake and the smaller version at about 9 inches. You can also order them through her Facebook page, I believe, and pick them up at the farmers market once or twice a month.

 

[rick4bama]

Well it turned out pretty good. It was a little thicker than the cream pies you find in the stores. The main difference I did was instead of the oven baked pie crust I used graham cracker crust. Next time I may use a bit more eggnog to it.

Daughter love Eggnog so I'm thinking of making her one! Got the graham pie shell already.

 

[TerryP]

I've been thinking about this since I saw this thread four or five hours ago.

I cannot remember the last time I had a piece of pie. I don't think I have one in this century.

It would be yesterday.

And the only correct answer (if I didn't say this already; strawberry pie.)

I got a lot of strawberries at the market; a lot. So, froze some.

This is GOOD.

Six C frozen strawberries.
1 C sugar
1/4 C corn starch
'bout a teaspoon of lemon juice (I squeezed some, whatever.)
'bit of Vanilla

Dry stuff, mix.
Put it all in the skillet ...
Low / M for 3-4, the Med for 15-20. (how thick to you want it.)

Throw it in the 'fridge 'til it gets cold.

Pre-bake crust...let cool, dump the filling. Chill in 'fridge for a little while.

DAYUM good...and so simple.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

It would be yesterday.

And the only correct answer (if I didn't say this already; strawberry pie.)

I got a lot of strawberries at the market; a lot. So, froze some.

This is GOOD.

Six C frozen strawberries.
1 C sugar
1/4 C corn starch
'bout a teaspoon of lemon juice (I squeezed some, whatever.)
'bit of Vanilla

Dry stuff, mix.
Put it all in the skillet ...
Low / M for 3-4, the Med for 15-20. (how thick to you want it.)

Throw it in the 'fridge 'til it gets cold.

Pre-bake crust...let cool, dump the filling. Chill in 'fridge for a little while.

DAYUM good...and so simple.

Or, go to Shoney's.

Years ago, late eighties/early nineties, we were examining a bank, in or near Enterprise, and a buddy and I went to the Enterprise Shoney's for supper. My buddy is a free spirit and is prone to interesting decisions (like deciding to canoe from the smallest navigable creek that creates the Tallapoosa River and paddling all the way to Fort Morgan, 658 miles, when he was 65). He looked over the menu and announced to the waitress, "There is nothing on the menu I want. Just bring me a pie." She said, "we only sell whole pies to go." Him, "how many pieces of pie are in a whole pie." Her, "Eight". Him, "Then bring me eight pieces of pie, and throw in a can of whipped cream."

She did, and he dispatched all eight slices in one sitting, along with the contents of the whipped cream can.

 

[OldPlayer]

1. Cherry
2. Dutch Apple
3. Apple
4. Pumpkin

 

[TerryP]

Or, go to Shoney's.

Right!

I don't even know if there's one around here.

 

[TerryP]

Poll on Thanksgiving pies:

 

[Krimson]

Poll on Thanksgiving pies:

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Think that 46% voting pumpkin and sweet potato do it for sentimental reasons only.