Comments on: The Wrong Pie

By: anon

anon — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:39:18 +0000

Pumpkin pie doesn’t taste like pure nutmeg unless the cook’s hand slipped. While it isn’t my favorite pie (I, too, favor pecan, pronounced pe – CAHN, the Texas state nut), made with cream, brown sugar and fresh ginger it is very good.

By: Gozer

Gozer — Sat, 27 Nov 2004 02:43:29 +0000

You all need to make your pumpkin pies with cream cheese and rum. Truely the ambrosia feasted upon by the gods.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 13:01:28 +0000

Ha! Saying it twice doesn’t make it true DD. That said the old Bluey can be a bit variable.

By: derrida derider

derrida derider — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:09:53 +0000

Pumpkins are great food – for pigs. Anthony, here’s one Aussie who doesn’t revere pumpkin – too much roast Queensland Blue in my childhood.

By: derrida derider

derrida derider — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 04:08:49 +0000

Pumpkins are great food – for pigs. Anthony, here’s one Aussie who doesn’t revere pumpkin – too much roast Queensland Blue in my childhood.

By: Hektor Bim

Hektor Bim — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 03:57:58 +0000

I find pumpkin pie delicious, but I do find pecan pie the best. I grew up in Louisiana (Cajun country), and everyone there said puh-kahn, so pronunication clearly varies from one part of the South to another. I personally find pee-can grating, but hey, different strokes for different folks.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:42:39 +0000

Pumpkins are noble and in Australia are treated with respect – by baking them, making soup, risotto, whatever. (We can even accept Flo’s scones). Not ‘pumpkin pie’ though. This hideous concoction is an abomination in the eyes of all right-thinking people.

By: bza

bza — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:40:13 +0000

I stand corrected, and blush.

By: chris waigl

chris waigl — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 22:22:06 +0000

Das Wurzelgemüse. Only das, except if you want to form a questionable plural of Gemüse. And as far as I'm aware, pumpkins aren't Wurzelgemüse. Bon appétit.

By: bza

bza — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:56:06 +0000

That should be “über die Wurzelgemüse.” Or “das.” But no “den.” And everything made with sweet potatoes is disgusting, unless it’s fried or curried. Prefereably both.

By: rosalind

rosalind — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:38:28 +0000

Blueberry pie is the best of pies and yes, pumpkin pie is an atrocity.

By: Jason G. Williscroft

Jason G. Williscroft — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:33:18 +0000

Fine. But you haven't truly experienced the sentimental—nay, religious—urge to participate in wholehearted Thanksgiving until you've tasted the true American original: the sweet potato pie. Pumpkins are late-comers, upstarts, and may only be forgiven their intrusion on the Thanksgiving sideboard in consideration of the sensible avoidance of unnecessary Halloween waste. There's still time! I've posted an adaptation of Fannie Farmer's recipe here.

By: digamma

digamma — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:01:54 +0000

Make whatever type of pie you like, Kieran. My mother, an Irish export like yourself, lets all her culinary creativity run wild on Thanksgiving, and the holiday is all the better for it. I never go to Starbucks – they really don’t have cream? I know Au Bon Pain does.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:59:30 +0000

Brits don’t understand pumpkins. Americans on the whole either have their food too sweet and fatty or too low-fat and ‘healthy’. Commercial pie pastries are almost always depressing. Adding these things up however does not amount to a blanket condemnation of pumpkin pies. Even in the best, admittedly, the texture can be a bit bland and they are best enjoyed with other dishes rather than as the basis of your whole diet, but the best are definitely very good indeed and should not be dismissed from culinary consideration.

By: Styrian Oak

Styrian Oak — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 12:59:36 +0000

Nothing, repeat nothing can compete with thick soup made of pumpkins from Styria (based on a good plain consomme of course, and with the help of a table spoon creme fraiche or two spoons of fresh sour cream). Add some roasted pumpkin seeds, croutons, and a dash of Styrian “Kernöl” (pumpkin seed oil), and you have a starter that’s really delicious. The Governator loves it.