Get it? Pie Ate Us = piatus = pie hiatus? A lotta late night time burned thinking up that one. The Life of Pie experiment will continue; to date I have created eleven pies. For those of you playing the at-home game, the pie posts are linked here:
Oh, My: Pie! In which I buy a book and decide to bake. Obsessively.
In which I search for The Lard.
My first pie, Fancy Sweet Potato, which made Benticore fall a little bit in love with me.
Where we named the pie blog Life of Pie — thanks to Maya.
Then there was the utter disaster we called Banana Cream Soup. Splooosh.
Chocolate Chess Pie. It’s a Southern thing.
In a rush, I made two “cheater” pies for the band banquet.
I made Stuff I Had in the House Pie. I don’t recommend this.
I then made my most beautiful pie to date, the Blueberry Lattice Top Pie, which sent Dwight out onto the streets of Cleveland in search of pie.
Ignoring orders to knock off the pies for awhile, I made two graduation pies, a sugarless berry apple and a bourbon apple.
Last weekend, I made a Cheddar Cracker Apple and a Chocolate Brownie Pecan for a picnic.
So I have to knock it off for a few weeks to accomodate some family time and to lose the three pounds I’ve gained back. (The Chocolate Brownie Pecan was irresistable.)
When I get back to it, probably in July, I would like to make one of YOUR pie recipes. If you have a favorite, send it to me. I won’t make anything with walnuts or bananas but those are the only rules. I’d love to know what pies you like or what pie you challenge me to create.
Lemon meringue is a beast. Have you done one?
I made my first one last winter – and now my lemon tree has died.
You could do a memorial meringue.
I’m still stuck on cheddar cracker apple. That sounds AWESOME.
Go for the strawberry rhubarb, but look for a recipe that has lemon juice in it. STill wish we could have made that blueberry pie at the reunion…I made hot fudge ice cream cake homemade on Sunday! YUM!!! Wish you could be here to have a piece with me!