Store bought pies/crusts only should be purchased as decoy pies - so the less savvy guests will eat those and save the

Nov 25, 2024
3:25:18pm

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True god-given pies for you. Usually the store bought pies look better than the homemade ones to the untrained eye, which helps to improve your odds of being able to gorge yourself on the best ones.

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BlueMatter

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Pie Thoughts, by Jdub

jdub FORMER USER

10:53am

Agreed on all fronts. I have 4 pies to make for Thursday.

reagan21

10:55am

Frozen Marie Calendars Dutch Apple is not awful

Gunga Galunga

10:55am

Apple is one of the easiest pies to make. Just make it.

reagan21

10:55am

I'm not making any pies. My brother and his wife have pie duties.

Gunga Galunga

10:59am

Apple is the easiest and the best.

paulb

11:04am

None of the frozen Marie Calendar pies are awful. I fully admit homemade pies are 100% better. But I'm still going to

scall

10:59am

Heed this man CB! He probably doesn’t remember it, but I’ve received a couple

The Pope

10:59am

Good call on the biscoff cookie crust.

reagan21

11:00am

Can we post this pie dough recipe? Maybe this is the year I quit Pillsbury for

paulb

11:04am

2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tsp granulated sugar, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup

reagan21

11:19am

I didn't realize you were asking for the biscoff crust. Food process one package

reagan21

11:37am

Yeah that’s what I do for the crust as well. Though, I actually pack/press the

The Pope

12:05pm

when I pack, I find its too hard to cut out and I like the sandy texture when

reagan21

12:06pm

I have a hard time supporting the Pillsbury pie crust suggestion.

Ted Lasso

11:01am

If you're patient, it's not that difficult. I'll be prepping my pie dough this

reagan21

11:05am

If you're making 1 or 2, agreed. If you're making 15 plus, nope. But I also wrote this for everyone

jdub

11:06am

We are homemade pie crust purists. Just look at these

Ted Lasso

11:23am

I cook and bake a lot and I've never been able to make what I would consider a good homemade pie crust

Skeptical Optimist

11:06am

If it's too sticky then you have too much moisture....which is also why it would

reagan21

11:10am

Gonna disagree on a couple of points

Skeptical Optimist

11:03am

RE: Gonna disagree on a couple of points

jdub

11:09am

I don't want to go toe to toe with you on pie. I'll lose every time.

Skeptical Optimist

11:13am

I admit to a strong anti Cool Whip bias.

jdub

11:15am

Stability is its only advantage. Otherwise, heavy cream >>> Cool Whip

Himni

11:30am

Cool Whip is like the WalMart bakery: what’s the point of wasting kcals on that?

BYU'01

6:55pm

At the end of the day, though, rule #1 is some pie is usually better than none, even with CW.

jdub

11:16am

That’s the thing. Some of us need a low entry point, but will move to more home-made, mess-up-able ingredients as we

mvtoro

11:50am

Absolutely

jdub

12:49pm

No doubt homemade whipping cream tastes better than Cool Whip.

JuicyJam

11:44am

I tried the Kroger brand (Smith’s ) refrigerated crust. It was better than Pillsbury IMHO

jollaksentie

11:04am

I may have to try them. Costco had a sale on Pillsbury, so we're stocked up.

jdub

11:34am

There are a lot of homemade pies worse than Marie Calendar's

novacoug1

11:06am

This guy knows how to pie.

botticus

11:15am

All great points. A few more:

Himni

11:28am

For the longest time I thought I hated banana/coconut/all cream pies

Gorgias

11:35am

When you die, if you have a choice between Regular Heaven and Pie Heaven, I’d choose Pie Heaven. Because it may be a

mvtoro

11:56am

Jack Handy was the best!!!

reagan21

11:59am

Shhhh. If you have to name the reference, it’s no longer fun.

UNLVcougar

12:06pm

Narrator: It was never fun.

reagan21

12:07pm

Mr. Anderson at MV home of the Toros, would read these to us in class. So good

The Pope

12:09pm

I had him for calculus. Jack Handy or Dave Berry every day! 🤘🏻 Awesome guy. (But that spray-on hair… 😬)

mvtoro

12:11pm

I'm before your time, but also a Toro. I'm Facebook/real life friends with one of my teachers still

jdub

12:52pm

Parker may be the best combination of coach and actual classroom teacher I’ve even heard of. Arguably best HS football

mvtoro

1:01pm

You’re a fatty tuna?

CBaass

1:52pm

This kind of insight keeps me coming back to CB. Especially about margarine!

Pangare

11:57am

#10. Cake is never better than pie. Unless it’s a very well made tres leches.

UNLVcougar

12:07pm

or its for your birthday and there are presents too.

Pangare

12:16pm

I actually get pie for my wife’s birthday. If it’s for a bunch of kids, they can have cake.

mvtoro

12:22pm

A Chart to Describe it from our Friend Tim

B Blue

2:27pm

Chart needs to vary width of the bars to show how much cake or pie actually exists at each level. Even if accurate, the

mvtoro

2:41pm

Yes. A 25th percentile pie is like 90th percentile cake

Himni

3:07pm

I guess the question is, is it possible to have a gourmet pie? I’m not aware

UNLVcougar

5:52pm

I agree with #8 but it's just too easy and quick. I am going to try making my own cookie crust this year. Never tried it

byuluvr

12:08pm

Baby steps. Progression is eternal 👊🏻

mvtoro

12:12pm

#7 is an eternal truth. Real whipped cream is ALWAYS better than CW.

Penske Material

12:29pm

Haven't tried the Pillsbury frozen crusts yet. I typically the Marie Callendar's ones and like them. So much quicker

BlueBlood94

12:55pm

I would say go with what you know and like. My opinions are just that--opinions.

jdub

1:00pm

Pecan is my favorite

Magneto

1:21pm

Here Here on Point 6. Margarine is snake spit. Yuck.

DJROSS

1:29pm

I am only baking two pies this year due to we already celebrated Thanksgiving due to family schedules and others

DJROSS

2:19pm

Not us. I had lemon pie over the weekend and it's meat pie tonight, as a warmup

Himni

3:10pm

LOL i Gave away most of my turkey. I should have kept more to make a meat pie. That would have been great.

DJROSS

3:30pm

Store bought pies/crusts only should be purchased as decoy pies - so the less savvy guests will eat those and save the

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