I got two awesome pies in my fridge:
apple and toll-house-cookie.

Can I officially refer to my house as a "pie house" now, or would that be
presumptuous?


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

On 10/15/2012 1:18 PM, l, not -l wrote:

> I think it presumptuous of you. The House of Pies in Houston has 40 on the
> menu; heck, most any decent diner will have more than two (quantity and
> variety) house-made pies. Let's not forget those lovely savory pies, Pi
> Pizzaria in St. Louis has at least 11 varieties available; The Pie House and
> other similarly named places almost certainly have more than two.
> Therefor, at best, I think you can claim to be "blessed with two pies".

My sister's appliance store was in the 4000 block of Westheimer, so we
would go to the House of Pies late at night. It was a fun place to
people watch while you ate a Monte Cristo sandwich and shared a slice of
Bayou Goo pie. That place is busy during the holidays, they make
thousands of pies and people line up to buy them.

Becca

On Oct 15, 3:51*pm, Ema Nymton > wrote:
> On 10/15/2012 1:18 PM, l, not -l wrote:
>
> > I think it presumptuous of you. * The House of Pies in Houston has 40 on the
> > menu; heck, most any decent diner will have more than two (quantity and
> > variety) house-made pies. *Let's not forget those lovely savory pies, Pi
> > Pizzaria in St. Louis has at least 11 varieties available; The Pie House and
> > other similarly named places almost certainly have more than two.
> > Therefor, at best, I think you can claim to be "blessed with two pies".
>
> My sister's appliance store was in the 4000 block of Westheimer, so we
> would go to the House of Pies late at night. *It was a fun place to
> people watch while you ate a Monte Cristo sandwich and shared a slice of
> Bayou Goo pie. That place is busy during the holidays, they make
> thousands of pies and people line up to buy them.
>
> Becca

the Marie Calendar's here makes some of the best pies but the rest of
the menu food is awful.

There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
waitresses were run off their feet.

Anyway their featured pie features a candied slice of bacon on top-I
love food adventures so I ordered it. It was gross and I laid it aside
after the first bite and just ate the pie.

The best pies are not so rich that you are sick of it by the end of the
slice. My faves are rhubarb cream, key lime, lemon meringue (done
right-many aren't), and pumpkin pie. Rarely I will enjoy one of those
combination choc/caramel/peanut butter/cheesecake-type pies.

I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
rhubarb pie! :-)

On 15/10/2012 9:44 PM, z z wrote:
> There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
> other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
> in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
> waitresses were run off their feet.
>
> Anyway their featured pie features a candied slice of bacon on top-I
> love food adventures so I ordered it. It was gross and I laid it aside
> after the first bite and just ate the pie.
>
> The best pies are not so rich that you are sick of it by the end of the
> slice. My faves are rhubarb cream, key lime, lemon meringue (done
> right-many aren't), and pumpkin pie. Rarely I will enjoy one of those
> combination choc/caramel/peanut butter/cheesecake-type pies.
>
> I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
> and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
> rhubarb pie! :-)
>
I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.

On 10/15/2012 8:44 PM, z z wrote:
> There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
> other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
> in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
> waitresses were run off their feet.

When it is early in the day, we mostly see ROMEO's (retired old men
eating out). We ate out Sunday morning, and we saw the same old men
that we always see, they were probably solving the world's problems.

Becca

"z z" > wrote in message
...
> There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
> other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
> in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
> waitresses were run off their feet.
>
> Anyway their featured pie features a candied slice of bacon on top-I
> love food adventures so I ordered it. It was gross and I laid it aside
> after the first bite and just ate the pie.

I think praline bacon is big in New Orleans. Haven't tried it yet.

> The best pies are not so rich that you are sick of it by the end of the
> slice. My faves are rhubarb cream, key lime, lemon meringue (done
> right-many aren't), and pumpkin pie.

The key lime and lemon meringue pies weren't sweet? Were they tart?

> Rarely I will enjoy one of those
> combination choc/caramel/peanut butter/cheesecake-type pies.
>
> I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
> and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
> rhubarb pie! :-)

I think I'd like strawberry-rhubarb pie more than straight strawberry pie.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

"z z" > wrote in message
...
> There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
> other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
> in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
> waitresses were run off their feet.
>
> Anyway their featured pie features a candied slice of bacon on top-I
> love food adventures so I ordered it. It was gross and I laid it aside
> after the first bite and just ate the pie.

I think praline bacon is big in New Orleans. Haven't tried it yet.

> The best pies are not so rich that you are sick of it by the end of the
> slice. My faves are rhubarb cream, key lime, lemon meringue (done
> right-many aren't), and pumpkin pie.

The key lime and lemon meringue pies weren't sweet? Were they tart?

> Rarely I will enjoy one of those
> combination choc/caramel/peanut butter/cheesecake-type pies.
>
> I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
> and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
> rhubarb pie! :-)

I think I'd like strawberry-rhubarb pie more than straight strawberry pie.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 10/15/2012 1:18 PM, l, not -l wrote:
>
>> I think it presumptuous of you. The House of Pies in Houston has 40 on
>> the
>> menu; heck, most any decent diner will have more than two (quantity and
>> variety) house-made pies. Let's not forget those lovely savory pies, Pi
>> Pizzaria in St. Louis has at least 11 varieties available; The Pie House
>> and
>> other similarly named places almost certainly have more than two.
>> Therefor, at best, I think you can claim to be "blessed with two pies".
>
> My sister's appliance store was in the 4000 block of Westheimer, so we
> would go to the House of Pies late at night. It was a fun place to people
> watch while you ate a Monte Cristo sandwich and shared a slice of Bayou
> Goo pie. That place is busy during the holidays, they make thousands of
> pies and people line up to buy them.
>
> Becca

Sometimes, instead of a Monte Christo, I like a turkey club sandwich (with
Russian or thousand island dressing instead of mayo).

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and I wonder what a Monte
Christo hot dog would taste like.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)

On Oct 15, 7:27*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> On 15/10/2012 9:44 PM, z z wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > There is a restaurant here with free slice of pie on Wednesdays. So the
> > other day I went in at 930 for late breakfast and discovered every chair
> > in the place was occupied by the over 65 club. Quite amazing really-the
> > waitresses were run off their feet.
>
> > Anyway their featured pie features a candied slice of bacon on top-I
> > love food adventures so I ordered it. It was gross and I laid it aside
> > after the first bite and just ate the pie.
>
> > The best pies are not so rich that you are sick of it by the end of the
> > slice. My faves are rhubarb cream, key lime, lemon meringue (done
> > right-many aren't), and pumpkin pie. Rarely I will enjoy one of those
> > combination choc/caramel/peanut butter/cheesecake-type pies.
>
> > I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
> > and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
> > rhubarb pie! :-)
>
> I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
> for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
> strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
> understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
> sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
> but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.

What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.

Chemo wrote:
>
> On Oct 15, 7:27 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:

> > I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
> > for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
> > strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
> > understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
> > sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
> > but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.
>
> What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.

He's obviously never had a decent apple pie. You don't get them from a
store.

G.

On 10/16/2012 4:56 PM, Gary wrote:
> Chemo wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 15, 7:27 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>>> I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
>>> for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
>>> strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
>>> understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
>>> sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
>>> but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.
>>
>> What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.
>
> He's obviously never had a decent apple pie. You don't get them from a
> store.

Cherry pie is good, so is lemon meringue pie, but a deep dish apple pie
is the most; especially served with sharp cheddar cheese.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

On Oct 16, 2:00*pm, James Silverton > wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 4:56 PM, Gary wrote:
>
> > Chemo wrote:
>
> >> On Oct 15, 7:27 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
> >>> I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
> >>> for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
> >>> strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
> >>> understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
> >>> sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
> >>> but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.
>
> >> What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.
>
> > He's obviously never had a decent apple pie. *You don't get them from a
> > store.
>
> Cherry pie is good, so is lemon meringue pie, but a deep dish apple pie
> is the most; especially served with sharp cheddar cheese.
>
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

Ain't that the truth!!

James Silverton wrote:

> Cherry pie is good, so is lemon meringue pie, but a deep dish apple pie
> is the most; especially served with sharp cheddar cheese.

Huh. My order:

1. apricots, peaches, or other stonefruit
2. strawberries, raspberries, other berries
3. pear, apple, or other pomes (if there are any...)
4. "cream" pies like lemon, Boston, etc.

On Oct 16, 2:30*pm, George M. Middius > wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
> > Cherry pie is good, so is lemon meringue pie, but a deep dish apple pie
> > is the most; especially served with sharp cheddar cheese.
>
> Huh. My order:
>
> 1. apricots, peaches, or other stonefruit
> 2. strawberries, raspberries, other berries
> 3. pear, apple, or other pomes (if there are any...)
> 4. "cream" pies like lemon, Boston, etc.

I love peach pie with french vanilla bean ice cream.

On 16/10/2012 4:56 PM, Gary wrote:
> Chemo wrote:
>>
>> On Oct 15, 7:27 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>>> I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
>>> for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
>>> strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
>>> understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
>>> sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
>>> but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.
>>
>> What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.
>
> He's obviously never had a decent apple pie. You don't get them from a
> store.
>


I have had decent apple pies. I know that store bought apple pies are
pretty bad. Compared to sour cherry, peach or rhubarb, apple pie is
decent at best.

On 16/10/2012 1:18 PM, Christopher M. wrote:

>> I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
>> and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
>> rhubarb pie! :-)
>
> I think I'd like strawberry-rhubarb pie more than straight strawberry pie.
>
IMO, strawberry just doesn't work for pie, and it is a waste of good
rhubarb to combine them. Rhubarb is one of my favourite pies.

Dave Smith wrote:
> On 16/10/2012 1:18 PM, Christopher M. wrote:
>
>>> I hate warm/hot pie, hate pie ala mode, hate apple pie and cherry pie
>>> and strawberry pie, and don't you dare put strawberry jello in my
>>> rhubarb pie! :-)
>>
>> I think I'd like strawberry-rhubarb pie more than straight strawberry
>> pie.
>>
> IMO, strawberry just doesn't work for pie, and it is a waste of good
> rhubarb to combine them. Rhubarb is one of my favourite pies.
>
>
Well, we frequently had strawberry pie, and I disagree. It was
quite yummy. The big problem was choosing between that and
strawberry-rhubarb pie for Easter.

--

James Silverton > wrote:
> On 10/16/2012 4:56 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Chemo wrote:
>>>
>>> On Oct 15, 7:27 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
>>
>>>> I agree with most of what you wrote there. Strawberrries are not made
>>>> for pies, and it is a travesty to *******ize a rhubarb pie by adding
>>>> strawberries to it. I wouldn't say apple pie is horrible, but I cannot
>>>> understand its overwhelming popularity. Cherry pie OTOH.... a nice fresh
>>>> sour cherry pie, not sweet cherry, and not made with a canned filling,
>>>> but a real, fresh sour cherry pie is a gift from the gods.
>>>
>>> What a boring world it would be if we all felt the same as you.
>>
>> He's obviously never had a decent apple pie. You don't get them from a
>> store.
>
> Cherry pie is good, so is lemon meringue pie, but a deep dish apple pie
> is the most; especially served with sharp cheddar cheese.


I only like pies with old fashioned thick crunchy crust. Lard or whatever
it takes.

I don't like juicy apple. It's got to be well browned and sugar burnt on
top.

I got a good old great diner type restaurant that makes great pies. Some 5
inches high.

Greg