do you like classic pies best, or specialty pies?

[grasswire]

If you were going to eat a piece of good pie, which would it be?

[dhpgetsit]

1. So many good ones.

Pumpkin is first!

[jobycom]

2. Pu-kahn, of course. nt

[OrwellwasRight]

3. And razzleberry pie from Marie Calendar's

MMMMMMMmmmmmmm . . . .

[DainBramaged]

4. DID YOU SAY PIE??????????

[dgibby]

5. Brown sugar pie, chess pie

[petronius]

6. Cherry pie, of course!

She's my cherry pie
Cool drink of water
Such a sweet surprise
Tastes so good
Make a grown man cry
Sweet cherry pie oh yea
She's my cherry pie
Put a smile on your face
Ten miles wide
Looks so good
Bring a tear to your eye
Sweet cherry pie
Sweet cherry pie

(This horrific earworm brought to you by Blammo!)

[AccessGranted]

7. Best Pie On Earth

Caramel Apple Nut Crunch from Monica's Pie Shop in Naples, NY near Lake Canandaigua in the Finger Lakes Region. OMG. This is like the best thing ever. Totally orgasmic!

[grasswire]

9. tell me more about it

what kind of nuts? what kind of crust?

[AccessGranted]

13. Monica's Caramel Apple Nut Crunch

I spent a week in the Finger Lakes this summer and before I left I looked up different places to go and things to see as there is not much to do up there, but that's what I wanted - peace and tranquility. That's when I found out about Monica's pies. The day I got there, I found the place and got one. Actually, I had a few in that week - haha. It's famous for thier grape pies, but I didn't like that much, but the homemade Chicken Pot Pies are to die for and now let me tell you about the Caramel Apple Nut Crunch. You ready.

They come in two types. A regular one with crust over the top and one with an open top. I liked the open top. The crust was perfect. Not too crunchy and not too moist or soggy. Not too dry or too greasy. The perfect thickness. Flawless crust. The apple filling was perfectly seasoned. Slightly spicy. Sweet but not too sweet with big fresh apple chunks. Just enough cinnamon and nutmeg. Now for the best part. The open pie was topped with a thick layer of crushed fresh walnuts, cinnamon-crunchy stuff like you'd find on good coffee cake and it was all drizzled over with a thick layer of butter-creamy caramel that was slight crunchy but still creamy. The top layer almost tastes like a perfect candy bar and then you get to the apple stuff. Mmmmm. And then the crust. Ahhhh! OMG. That was the best damned pie I've ever had in my entire life and it's in the most quaint little place. Too cute.

Between Monica's Pies and the Wine in that area I was tipsy and stuffed with pie the entire week and it was all good! I can't wait to go back next summer and the people there were unbelievably nice. It was like paradise.

Here are some links about Monica's Pies:
http://www.monicaspies.com/AboutUs.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/nyregion/07pie.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[u4ic]

8. Where's key lime?

:(

I'll take almost any except pecan pie, it's far too sweet for me.

I especially love pumpkin, cherry, blueberry and key lime. :9

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10. Yeah Key Lime!

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11. Best apple pie I've had is

at the Apple Alley Bakery in Julian, California, a mountain town famous for their Apple Festival each October. There are many pie bakeries there but Apple Alley has the best - and the crumb topping one is the best they have.

[OrwellwasRight]

15. Yeah Julian!

I'm originally from El Cajon! Put yo' hands up for the East County!

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16. Well if you ever go to Julian again, go to the Apple Alley Bakery

I've tried most of the places in Julian and they have the best.

[OrwellwasRight]

22. Maybe when I go home for thankstaking,

we'll do a hike followed by pie up in Julian.

[reyd reid reed]

12. Why isn't there an 'all of the above' option?

Pie is one of my favorite things in the world...no way I could pick a favorite.

[mcctatas]

14. I don't like pie....

although the filling of a french silk is yummy in small doses...

[grasswire]

20. yeah, you might as well alert the cardiac care unit...

....before consuming a whole piece of french silk. Butter, butter, butter!

[harmonicon]

17. why isn't "apple" and option?

I'm already looking forward to Christmas just for the homemade pie consuming that will happen. My mom's apple pie is the best.

[grasswire]

19. I guess I assume that green apple is apple

That's all I have ever used in making apple pie, and have won a couple of ribbons for them -- granny smiths or predecessors. I realize that some people like to use a Golden Delicious or red apples. Honestly, I didn't even think about pies made from red apples.

The very best pie apple is a gravenstein, but those are not easy to find where I live.

[harmonicon]

21. I think we've just used what's at hand

I'm sure that my mom can get into all sorts of discussions about what apples taste best or how they're different in terms of how they bake.... I don't remember though. Granny Smiths were my favourite as a kid. But, yeah, my mom definitely uses red apples when she makes apple pie some times - I never thought of it as a strange thing.

[LeftyMom]

18. pumpkin

or chocolate silk

Speaking of which, I should make one of the latter one of these days, since I can't buy one pre-made locally.

[MilesColtrane]

23. Cherry, chocolate, or key lime...