"Terry Coombs" wrote in message news
On 11/21/2018 3:07 PM, GM wrote:
> http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/11/pe...-the-best.html
>
> The Best Pie Is Pecan
>
> By Chris Crowley
>
> "Its Thanksgiving, a time to gather, eat too much, and argue with your
> family about their controversial opinions. Its not always fun, but at
> least there will be dessert, and on Thanksgiving, dessert means pie, and
> at my house €” and hopefully yours €” it means pecan pie, which is the best
> pie.
>
> The reasons are as clear as they are simple. The purpose of any pie, of
> course, is to elevate its star ingredient. The best pies transform
> otherwise fine ingredients into the best possible versions of themselves.
> Cherry pie, for example, is great, and its better than raw cherries. But
> raw cherries are also pretty good, so it doesnt take much heavy lifting
> to make them better. Key limes, on the other hand, are inedible, yet key
> lime pie is one of mankinds great achievements. That brings us to pecans:
> one of the worst nuts. People will eat peanuts, cashews, and almonds by
> the handful. Meanwhile, raw-pecan people are, if were being generous,
> outliers, and probably best avoided. A pecan-pie person, though? That is a
> person who knows whats up, because they know what all pecan-pie people
> know: that the addition of vanilla, eggs, brown sugar, a little bit of
> heat, and a buttery, flakey crust will turn these frankly poor nuts into
> the only dessert thats worth eating after an hours-long autumnal feast.
>
> Sure, there are other pies that people like to eat on Thanksgiving. If
> there is such a thing as too wholesome, it is apple pie. Its comforting,
> familiar, and incredibly boring. Apple pie is the Hallmark movie of
> desserts. Its too basic to be exciting.
>
> Speaking of basic, the mere existence of €œpumpkin-spice latte season€�
> should be enough to disqualify pumpkin pie from any best-pie discussion.
> Pumpkin pie is also not a vehicle for pumpkin improvement. It is a vehicle
> for cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove €” all fine spices, but hardly things that
> are made better solely by their inclusion in a pie. If a pies main
> flavors can be successfully reduced into a seasonal coffee gimmick, theyd
> better work in a pie.
>
> Pecan pie is all about the pecan life. It does not require a scoop of ice
> cream, or a dollop of whipped cream, or, God forbid, something like a
> slice of cheddar (another knock against apple pie). Pecan pie is a pie
> that stands on its own. It has the gooeyness of a candy bar, the crunchy
> texture and warm flavor of toasted nuts, and that flaky, buttery crust.
>
> Having just laid out the ironclad argument for why pecan pie is
> objectively the best pie, I will also confess that I have an admittedly
> subjective soft-spot for pecan pie, because my mom, a talented baker, has
> made it for Thanksgiving every year since I was in high school. While
> everyone else gears up for the potatoes, or for the day afters leftovers,
> I spend November looking forward to that pie, because I know that no
> matter what else happens, it will be there and it wont let me down €” and
> what more could you want from Thanksgiving?"
>
> </>

My wife had to find a recipe* that doesn't use corn syrup since corn
products disagree with her system and there's a pecan pie sittin' on the
counter as I type , baked this morning . And 2 apple pies ... she likes
to send one home with our bachelor son .

* I can post that recipe if anyone's interested . It's every bit as good
as any pecan pie I've ever had .


Snag

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Yes please, my husband loves pecans