Pie Eyed: adj slang Intoxicated; drunk
I’ve had pie on my mind since Thanksgiving 2010. Well, I have pie on my mind every Thanksgiving, but this time I couldn’t shake it. Maybe it was because we hosted Thanksgiving at our house for the first time. Or because I had finally graduated from babies and toddlers to preschoolers and had room in my brain to think about pie. Regardless, November of 2010 brought a pie revolution to our home.
I made a homemade crust for the first time. I piloted three different pumpkin pie recipes and two pecan pie recipes – the pie to person ratio was embarrassing. The pie was good but I knew I could do better.
Spring came around and the mere sight of rhubarb and strawberries sent me on a pie binge – I made 8 over the course of two months. The guy at the farmer’s market came to know the crazy look in my eye as I showed up every week hunting down the rhubarb haul.
But making big, round pies started to wear on me. Sometimes you just want a little bit of pie – not 8 slices that need to be eaten quickly before it goes bad. And if you’re on a pie bend like me, then you definitely don’t want whole pies hanging around the house every week. So I began obsessing about ways to keep the integrity of pie, but not make “pie” if you know what I mean. Of course, this does not excuse beautiful whole pies from my baking endeavors – I’m just spicing it up a little to find all the wonderful ways to eat pie.
We’re a little drunk on pie over here. If you find yourself wanting to raise a glass to pie, then join me as I find my way through failed crust attempts, filling mishaps and hopefully amazing accomplishments. We can learn together and hope that everyone at our tables will be a little Pie Eyed next Thanksgiving!
Strawberry rhubarb minis – yum!!
Hi! I was just directed to your site by a friend of mine who works for your dad! I think this is such a great idea. I love baking but I’m only so-so with pies so I’m looking forward to following your adventures and hopefully I’ll learn with you!
Hi, Valerie! You must know Robert – that was so nice of him to pass along the word about my pie obsession.
So glad to connect with you! Love your blog title – I’ll go check it out! If you make some pie, check back and let me know how it went. I love learning along with people! Have a great weekend!
Yep! Robert’s my amigo and co-design overlord. He told me you were “an avid practitioner of the culinary arts” and that I should check out your blog.
Pie is better than cake if the crust is yummy, melty, thinly crusty. There must be a gooey filling of luscious fruit, or a creamy swoosh of chocolate or lemon cream. A tiny little pie would be great–one or two bites of overkill flavor but underkill guilt. Marg
Hey there! You are so nice to indulge my pie blog. Don’t judge my writing.
I’m in complete agreement on the filling to crust ratio and texture. Maybe I’ll send some home for you with my parents this weekend if I make a good batch!