Jan.23--National PIE DAY!

[Holiday Joy]

I opened the newspaper this morning, and our food editor has a column announcing that Jan 23, TODAY, is National Pie Day! Yum! She suggests celebrating it by eating a piece of pie or trying your hand at baking a pie for you and your family.
I think something as important as National Pie Day can be celebrated by our friends here from other nations too, don't you? arty:

 

[jodilee10128]

OH NO I made pie yesterday!!! If i only would have known. :slap:

It was very yummy though.

 

[SmilingSandra]

I think they are actually referring to pi as in pi = 3.14! But I'll take pie anyday.....pecan pie with some whipped cream...YUMMO!

Edited: I went back and checked and today is indeed Pie Day as opposed to March 14th which is Pi day. Why not celebrate both with a slice?

 

[luludou]

Wow talk about lucky we're having chicken pot pie for supper!

 

[Terrylee5151]

I have been so hungry for a piece of Peach pie.....I am sitting in a motel in Cleveland right now so I guess peach pie is out....but the Cheesecake factory is around here somewhere. I just might have to find out how close we are to it.

 

[Holiday Joy]

Nope, SmilingSandra -- but you're right -- there's also a mathematical Pi Day! We celebrated it last year, though I don't remember when it actually is. This one is declared by the American Pie Council, according to my newspaper. Both days are a good day to serve pie, though!

Edited to say that I just saw SmilingSandra's edit --! Yes, pi day is March 14th: 3-14. My family would like to see pie/pi day at least once a week, as long as they get pie!

 

[happy2bme]

I have an apple pie in the freezer. I think I will thaw it out and celebrate this evening!!

"heartstrings: Melanie

 

[christmascreations]

I have to head out to the store as soon as my son gets done with his homework so a pie might have to be figured in with some cool whip of course. If I had known sooner I could have been prepared more...lol on the Calendar for next year it goes!!!

 

[Cathymac]

So what is your favorite pie? Mine is a tie between pecan and coconut cream. What about you?

 

[Ahorsesoul]

Pecan, like the one I made today.

 

[jodilee10128]

So i had some left over pie crust dough in the freezer from the pie i made yesterday and some frozen strawberries from this past summer that I had not used yet. Soooooooo. I thought I would 'WHIP UP' a pie. WHAT A DISASTER! NEVER make a pie without a recipe. Good thing I baked it with a cookie sheet underneath. My oven would have been a MESS. Basically, I did not use enough flour to thicken the filling and frozen strawberries give off ALOT of liquid. So the top of the crust was done, but the bottom was not at all cooked fully and soggy from all the liquid from the berries. Needles to say, we had to use bowls to serve the pie in, it was like soup. Even after I let it sit for 30 minutes to cool off and set. Here's to National Pie Day, next year I'll use a recipe for the filling.

Thought you would all have a good laugh at this story. Hey at least I tried.

 

[Rackandrollgal]

Pie day/Pi day...any excuse for pie is good by me! Pecan pie in the fridge...here I go ink:

 

[Twinkle]

We stopped by McDonalds on the way home and got cherry pie in honor of it and yes 3.14 we will do it again

 

[jackfrosty]

jodilee10128 , LOL!! :santalol: That is so totally something I would do! thanks for the laugh!

 

[Ahorsesoul]

I love the pie soup story!

Since it was National Pie Day yesterday, I declare today National Leftover Pie Day. I had pie for breakfast!

 

[Holiday Joy]

LOL! I'll mark today Leftover Pie Day on my calendar!!

I wonder what leftover pie soup is like? :santalol:

My favorite pie. . . pecan, chocolate, coconut cream, pumpkin!

Oh, and pie crust cookies! Not a pie, though a wonderful bonus! You take your scraps of pie dough, roll them out, sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon, cut them apart and bake until done! Ahhh, the memories of home. . . .

A grandma used to cut pie crust dough in the shape of little men, bake, and then frost with fudge. She called these 'brownies'!

 

[jodilee10128]

I should have made pie cookies instead of my pie soup.

 

[christmascreations]

pie cookies sound yummy!!!!

 

[girlsinmo]

LOL! I'll mark today Leftover Pie Day on my calendar!!

I wonder what leftover pie soup is like? :santalol:

My favorite pie. . . pecan, chocolate, coconut cream, pumpkin!

Oh, and pie crust cookies! Not a pie, though a wonderful bonus! You take your scraps of pie dough, roll them out, sprinkle generously with sugar and cinnamon, cut them apart and bake until done! Ahhh, the memories of home. . . .

A grandma used to cut pie crust dough in the shape of little men, bake, and then frost with fudge. She called these 'brownies'!

These sound good and simple. Going to have to buy a pie crust just to try them. Thanks

 

[Ahorsesoul]

Ok, I just had to look up to see if there were an "recipes" for pie crust cookies. Yep there are. Here's one that sounded good.

http://members.tripod.com/lazygourmetgirl/piecrustcookies.htm

And a gluten-free one:
http://www.celiac.com/articles/475/1/Gluten-Free-Cutter-Cookies--Pie-Crust-Gluten-Free/Page1.html