On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 10:09:29 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 2:42:31 PM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> I don't know anyone who doesn't love coconut cream
>> pie... I love coconut cream pie but I love coconut custard pie more...
>
>And here's the results of a survey of people's favorite pies.
>
><http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2008/04/americas-favori.html>
>
>I see it's a few years old, but I can't imagine a sea change in people's
>taste in pies in that amount of time.
>
>Cindy Hamilton


I have tried to track down the sample composition and methodology used
for this study, as either could influence the results.

Best I can find is that it was started January 2nd 2008, and the
report issued in March of 2008.

That date made me a tad suspicious of pumpkin coming in 2nd. Might
have been influenced by the proximity of the holidays, as the other
ranks might have been, too.

And folks were asked to pick their 3 favorites. Again, without looking
at the data it is hard to know how reliable the ranks and percentages
are, but such questions are often asked by 1st, 2nd, 3rd rank and then
combined in various ways to see differences.