Why Pecan Pies Have Gotten So Expensive? It’s China’s fault!

[Admiral Yi]

Cream pies are all about the sweet.

They're mostly about the velvety texture.

[Razgovory]

Fruit pie:

What a fucking idiot.

Honest mistake.  Tyr's thinking of pies made by Jim Pecan, who while completely sane is quite fruity.

[garbon]

Apple

No

Yes

[Ed Anger]

Maybe

[HVC]

Pecans pies while tasty, should really be called corn syrup pies, but I guess that doesn't sound as nice.

I add my vote to BB's apple pie nomination for best pie. Also, am I the only person who likes rhubarb pie?

[Razgovory]

Apple

No

Yes

Fruit fight!

[Capetan Mihali]

I agree with Yi and Sheilbh.    Apple is plebeian, pumpkin is sovereign, and coconut cream is sublime.

[grumbler]

I agree with Yi and Sheilbh.    Apple is plebeian, pumpkin is sovereign, and coconut cream is sublime.

Your taste is all in your mouth.

Apple pie is complex, pumpkin much less so, and coconut cream last of all.  Good apple pie is as good as pie gets, though people who have never had good apple pie might not realize that.  Good pumpkin pie (spices balanced just right) is right up there, but not quite as good.  The worst pumpkin pie is probably still better than the worst apple pie.  The best coconut cream and the worst coconut cream are pretty much indistinguishable, though both are pretty tasty (if you can stand coconut at all) in a mediocre sort of way.

[OttoVonBismarck]

I've never had a bad coconut cream pie, but the spread between "worst ever" and "best ever" is pretty narrow.

The only time I've ever had a bad pumpkin pie was one year when my wife did not follow the recipe accurately and put in 1/4th the amount of sugar called for--it resulted in basically something that tastes like unsweetened pumpkin filling which is really pretty horrifying. But normally unless you commit such an offense you can't fuck pumpkin pie up. Now, I have had creative pumpkin pies that go to a new level with toppings and different spices that are really, really good.

Apple pie is regularly mediocre, but when done correctly is amazing--grumbler is essentially correct on all points. I think a good Key Lime pie is also a thing of wonder, and it's very often done badly.

[frunk]

Good lemon meringue pie is the best, with perfect tartness.  All non homemade lemon meringue pie is crap, too sweet and with insubstantial meringue.  My mom is one of the few who makes it right.

[Berkut]

The only thing better than good apple pie is a good apple crisp.

Which is just an apple pie with delicious crumbly topping.

[Brazen]

Another Euro vote for the superiority of the pumpkin over the pecan. I much prefer a savoury meat or cheese pie, but treacle tart is the king of pastry-based desserts.

[Barrister]

Also, am I the only person who likes rhubarb pie?

You are not.

[CountDeMoney]

My mother doesn't do many pies, but she has a holiday apple bread recipe that knocks Santa's socks off.  And her pumpkin nut bread is divine.

[Tonitrus]

Like some have already said...I generally dislike apple pie, but I've also had apple pie that was absolutely divine.

Pumpkin pie can also be good, and sometimes bad.

But the king of pies, is Key Lime.  As said above, bad key lime pie is very bed, but great key lime pie is food of the Hods.

I may have to suspend judgement, though, as I don't think I've ever had a coconut cream pie.