The Ultimate Power Poll
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 29, 2009 9:02 AM EST
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"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 29, 2009 9:03 AM EST reply actions
Anything citrus... but I'm a sucker for lemon meringue :)
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
OK
added key lime and lemon meringue
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 29, 2009 9:51 AM EST up reply actions
What a dilemma. I can't vote again :(
I’m thinking Drongo and the Figurehead will be upset about the fact that pie floaters don’t rate a mention.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I got your back Seahorse
Someone had to vote for lemon Meringue!
But only if we are talking the home made variety, that has real meringue on top and not so faux whipped white confectionery (as I seem to keep stumbling into here in the USA)…
"Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill" - Fausto Coppi
Couldn't agree more ...
Cooking blueberries seems strange to me too, but ‘faux whipped’ is more of a travesty.
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah
Where’s the pie floater option?! I sense a strong anti-antipodean bias in this poll…
Well, the ignominy continues
I voted ‘floater pie’, whatever that is, since I think it’s meant to represent the unique deliciousness that is the pie floater.
I have decided that it’s time to bust out some pie floater action at home. To hell with it being summer and all; this week there’ll be pie floater in the Drongopolis.
They sort of look like 'floater pies' though, don't they?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I've been doing some research
There are no hot chips! It would fail the homesickness test...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Oh, come on
Cooper’s Best Extra Stout, snot blocks, Violet Crumbles…
You’re bloody hard to please!
Lamingtons but no pav?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
A petition to "bring VB to the USA"
Guys… don’t sign it. You’re not missing much there. (yeah, yeah… I just moved up a couple of spots on the ‘deportation list’)
Since when is egg and bacon pie served with “hash browns”?
Agree on all fronts.. VB...aargh
What is a hash brown?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Please keep your VB but send us your Pavs
My Aussie ex-pat neighbor gave me a case of that stuff. Not good. But his wife made me a Pav, so I forgave him. And hash browns are fried shredded potatoes. Surely these exist in upside-down land?
Great stuff, banoffee pie.
Scary preparation, though. You’re supposed to boil an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk for 3 hours. If it doesn’t explode, it makes the best toffee in the world.
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
adding now
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 29, 2009 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
are they even in season at the same time of year
and anyway, shouldn’t it be rhubarb crumble?
Yes, they are in season at the same time.
Sheesh. Cityfolk.
To answer civetta, rhubarb is inedibly tart without a lot of sugar. Real strawberries are very sweet. It’s thrifty to make strawberry-rhubarb pie because it cuts the amount of sugar needed. So what does rhubarb do for strawberries? Strawberries get terribly mushy when cooked, while rhubarb stalks stay firm, adding texture and helping the pie keep its shape. Symbiosis!
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
Where to begin? ;-)
1. Rhubarb (at its best, March/April) and strawberries (at their best, summer) are not remotely in season at the same time.
2. Rhubarb is by no means inedibly tart without lots of sugar.
3. If cooked properly, rhubarb should ‘fall’ & not stay firm at all.
4. Having grown up in the vicinity of the Rhubarb Triangle so I should know.
5. Rhubarb, traditionally, is an urban or semi-urban rather than a rural crop.
6. Crumble is of course best but pie is nice.
7. Cooked strawberries are an abomination.
There. ;-)
LOL
Mostly opinion and geographical differences—although #5 seems odd to me, even in your part of the world. Rhubarb is most definitely not urban over here. Where does it grow? Parks? Abandoned lots?
My apologies for taking your question even a little bit seriously. :-)
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
My parents grows rhubarb in their garden
The last couple of years using a large plastic barrel.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
by TheFigurehead on Dec 2, 2009 11:17 AM EST up reply actions
So much of it grew wild where I'm from (Adirondacks) that the idea of cultivating it seems odd.
It would be like growing buttercups or milkweed. But now that I think of it, the patch by our neighbor’s barn might have been put there on purpose. Never occurred to me to ask.
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
I agree with all of that
apart from the growing up near the Rhubarb Triangle bit. And by fall I guess you mean go a bit mushy. And crumble is best because you don’t need to add any sugar to the rhubarb at all.
Rijstevlaai
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlaai with “a cooked rice and custard porridge” filling & cream + chocolate sprinkles on top. Mmmmmmm.
And the winner is
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Yeah, Pecan domination so far!
as well it should be.
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
BTW, this post is EPIC!!!!!!!
Look, it's a bird...no, it's a plane....oh never mind it's just fucking balloon boy
Homemade rasberry pie is the second best pie ever - behind pecan
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
Do you make pies just out of blackberries
I thought that they just got added to apple pie.
Oh yes, blackberries and that's it.
Also good is a combination blackberry-blueberry pie.
by Douglas Ansel on Dec 1, 2009 1:09 AM EST up reply actions
You can
But we have Blackberries, Raspberries, and blue berries in our yard so my wife makes a mean mixed berry pie.
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
You'll live forever! Antioxidant heaven... yum
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Gotta be pumpkin! (if you're American)
That time of year and all that.
If I just had one more gear, I...
The very last thing I ever, ever, EVER want to think of in this world
is Madonna’s pie.
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
Yes, but now you've got me thinking... errrgh
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
wait..
Maddog covered Don McClean?? WTF?
by Christopher See on Nov 30, 2009 10:40 PM EST up reply actions
Well, it wasn't particularly memorable
except, apparently, to Jens.
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
You mean there's a short version?
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Are PdC comments
admissible in court? No wait, don’t answer.
"Harder! Better! Faster! Stronger!" Philippe Gilbert
by Chris Fontecchio on Nov 30, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
Same ones that would fillet a harmless Becco
by the way did you braise that Becco Buco for fullest goodness?
-——-
PETA == People For The Eating Of Tasty Animals
Because who are we to decide which species should live or die to feed our faces?
by Christopher See on Nov 30, 2009 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
What, no sugar pie?
Somebody needs to get pied for that!
Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill (F. Coppi)
Sounds good!
A bit similar to the Midwest’s sugar cream pie—the main difference seems to be the sugar, but both fall under the category “pies to have when you don’t have anything to put in a pie.”
It was just a long race--Edvald Boasson Hagen, on the Giro
Moon Pie
I’m just saying, not recomending them.
"Drawing on my fine command of language I said nothing."- Groucho
Pie chart
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
Why no love for the savoury pie?
Venison… chicken and mushroom… chicken and tarragon… chicken and bacon… steak and ale…
So many great options
It's an American list..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Did they know this would be their fate when they started their war of independence?
To not know the glory of steak and kidney pie or a pie floater… tragic
It is even more confused
when you consider they started a revolution because they were paying too much for a cup of tea, and now they don’t even drink the stuff.
(Imagine, if you will, the Boston Pie Floater Party. Now that would be a cause worth fighting for!)
Boil it a long time with lots of sugar...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
There was an ad for a blackberry flavoured bottled water in Australia
The slogan was, ‘Before it was a phone, it was a flavour.’
Bloody hell, I thought, before it was a f@#*en flavour, it was a berry.
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