The Joy of Pie

"Any time of the day is a good time for pie."
- Fabienne, Pulp Fiction

I am not a pie connoisseur. I just like pie. Fruit or cream, fresh or frozen, plain or a la mode, I don't care. Slap a wedge of something yummy in a flaky crust in front of me, and I'm a happy man.

Just remember...

"It's the lard that makes it good!"
- Laura Long

Pie Facts

Source: Food Processing, American Pie Council and Nielsen

The average American will eat about one pound, or six or seven good-size slices of commercially prepared pie this year.
Apple, Dutch apple and cherry reign supreme in crusted flavors.
Thanksgiving Day is by far the largest single pie consuming day of the year.
Supermarket frozen pies sell in the following order: Apple, pumpkin, lemon, cherry, chocolate, pecan, peach and coconut.
Sales of supermarket pre-baked, shelf stable pies were $137.5 million in 1997. Sales of frozen pies were $261.5 million.

National Pie Day is January 23rd, but every day of the year is a good day for pie.

Can I get an IV, please?

Few people cringe when Aunt Mary serves up large slices of banana cream pie a la mode, but from a public health perspective, she might as well be offering heroin.
- obesity.com

Let's go out to the lobby...

...And get ourselves some pie! Unfortunately, I don't know of any movie theaters that serve pie, but you can find pie in a lot of movies, especially those written by Quentin Tarantino. There are references to pie and pie eating (no, you're thinking of Bound) in Pulp Fiction and True Romance. In Natural Born Killers, a truly scary piece of key lime pie makes an appearance just before a hellacious brawl. The association between pie and violent cinema seems to be spreading to TV. South Park's Cartman likes pie, and his pal Kenny dies in every episode.

Coincidence? Hmm. Anyway, here's some sound clips.

Cartman expresses his appreciation for the pie-baking abilities of the fairer sex.
Fabienne's words of wisdom from Pulp Fiction.
Alabama Whorley makes a proposal no red-blooded man could turn down in True Romance.

Official pie organizations

American Pie Council

Places to eat pie

Marie Callender's
Denny's - Where to get pie after the bars close.
Vicorp Restaurants, Inc. - The monstrous pie-baking conglomerate behind the Village Inn and Baker's Square restaurant franchises. If you think about it, it's kinda' sinister, but what the hell, they make pie!

Pie for the lazy

Sara Lee - Goddess of frozen pies.
Pappy's Pie Crust Dough - Frozen dough.
Keebler Ready Crust

Make your own damn pie

"My husband loves pies + I learn to make pies = We will be forever one"
- Pat Willard, Pie Every Day

www.pierecipe.com - That one's a gimme.
The Pie Page - Step-by-step instructions and useful tips.
Midwest Living's® Pie Recipes - Like you have to live in the midwest to like pie!
The Pie Pan - More recipes.

Offenses against pie

Pie-throwing anarchist Noel Godin must be punished for his crimes!
The Three Stooges are all dead. Think about it.

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