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Concession Obsession: Pie

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Today, an ode to that flaky and fruity dessert that appeals to Americans, UFO enthusiasts, ultimate Frisbee champions, and pretty much anyone else who has taste buds. You can bake it, you can buy it, you can knit it, you can sing about it…

Me Oh My I Love Pie

Check out Andie Macdowell singing about pie in the movie Michael (song starts about 1 minute in):

No Bake Pie

If you are on a diet or better with a ball of yarn then a mixing bowl, you can knit some pie using the pattern for Dad’s Blueberry pie over at pieknits.com.While you are there, check out Jennifer’s other patterns – I love the vintage tilt hat!

pieknits

Pie Eating Contests

If you are in Troy, Ohio in June, check out their Strawberry Festival. Events at this festival include bed races, duck racing, and of course a pie eating contest! Other community events include pie eating contests or pie recipe contests – and many sell them at concessions so you can just buy a slice (or even the whole pie).

Pie Eating Contest in Ohio

Pie Pie Pie

If you can hang in there for about 45 seconds, this song starts to sound like a song by Yello (think Ferris Bueller’s Day Off soundtrack).

 Pie Recipes

Allrecipes.com has over 1700 dessert pie recipes – something for everyone! A warm piece of pie with a scoop of cold ice cream on top is the perfect dessert for any season. Grandma Ople’s apple pie caught my attention because it has over 4,000 reviews and a 5 star rating. There are also over 700 photos submitted of pies baked from this recipe- enough to satisfy even the deepest pie craving!

Just one of the delicious photos:

Apple Pie

Apple Pie Fourth Of July

Baking a pie, eating pie, the next thing you need to round out your Pie Party is some entertainment! Here is a great book for kids about one American girl’s experience on one particular 4th of July, you can read about the plot at toysandbooks.com.

apple pie book

Happy Pi Day

March 14 is Pi Day, check out Cooker Girl’s blog post about her pie-themed pie party. Her inspired menu included hand pies, shepherd’s pie, chicken pot pie, assorted fruit pies, and an ice cream pie. Make sure you visit her blog so you can see the photos – yum.

Also check out my article about the Apple Festival which includes the sad story about how the concession sold out of apple pies before I got there. I am still recovering from that disappointment. I did enjoy a piece of raspberry rhubarb pie while I wrote this article (it’s a necessary sacrifice to get into character!), so that helped.


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