"Terry Coombs" wrote in message news
On 11/21/2018 3:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "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
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>> The Best Pie Is Pecan
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>> By Chris Crowley
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>> "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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?"
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> 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 .
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> * I can post that recipe if anyone's interested . It's every bit as good
> as any pecan pie I've ever had .
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> Yes please, my husband loves pecans

I'll start a new thread .

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