Why do old people like pie?

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Anonymous wrote:Why do so many on this site hate old people?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m old. I hate pie. I’ve always hated pie. I do like some of the fillings though.
Why do younger people insist upon making over-generalizations about diverse groups of people and entire generations. Yes, like I just did. Just tell the cute story about your neighbor. There’s no need to leap from your neighbor as an individual, to a huge, multi-generational group of people.

Grumpy oldster.

I truly don’t get pumpkin pie, but will try very hard not to over-generalize about the people who seem to eat it happily.

OP isn’t wrong. No one is baking pies for grade school parties. Generally, you either learn to love pie as your tastebuds change or you grew up with it 60 years ago. Both tend to an older population.

Agree. Plus pies are very time consuming to make. An apple pie from scratch takes nearly all day: make the crust, refrigerating it, peeling and slicing all the apples, rolling out the dough and shaping pie, chilling or again, then it bakes for over an hour, then has to cool close to warm/room temp to fully set. I only make pie for holidays.

I make pies regularly. It does not take all day! I cook and bake efficiently and can typically get a pie in the oven in a hour. It's even quicker if you get the dough made in advance, I do it the night before and it takes 20 minutes to pull together and then let it chill overnight. Apple pies are pretty straightforward and there is a reason for the old saying as easy as a pie.

[Anonymous]

I am not old but I love pie myself. So many options for fillings and they go well with ice cream. Sweet potato, pumpkin, pecan, banana cream, peach blueberry, apple, key lime.....mmmmmmmm.

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Anonymous wrote:Why do so many on this site hate old people?

I don’t hate old people. I just wanted to know their affinity for pie.

You're a very weird teenager. Don't you have friends? Go back to bullying someone at school.

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I think most people like most desserts.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m old. I hate pie. I’ve always hated pie. I do like some of the fillings though.
Why do younger people insist upon making over-generalizations about diverse groups of people and entire generations. Yes, like I just did. Just tell the cute story about your neighbor. There’s no need to leap from your neighbor as an individual, to a huge, multi-generational group of people.

Grumpy oldster.

I truly don’t get pumpkin pie, but will try very hard not to over-generalize about the people who seem to eat it happily.

OP isn’t wrong. No one is baking pies for grade school parties. Generally, you either learn to love pie as your tastebuds change or you grew up with it 60 years ago. Both tend to an older population.

Agree. Plus pies are very time consuming to make. An apple pie from scratch takes nearly all day: make the crust, refrigerating it, peeling and slicing all the apples, rolling out the dough and shaping pie, chilling or again, then it bakes for over an hour, then has to cool close to warm/room temp to fully set. I only make pie for holidays.

I make pies regularly. It does not take all day! I cook and bake efficiently and can typically get a pie in the oven in a hour. It's even quicker if you get the dough made in advance, I do it the night before and it takes 20 minutes to pull together and then let it chill overnight. Apple pies are pretty straightforward and there is a reason for the old saying as easy as a pie.

Making the dough: 20 min
Chilling 20 min
Peeling and slicing apples 20 min
Rolling out dough, filling, and chilling again 30 min
Baking 60-80 min
Cooling: at least an hour

That’s not quick. Perhaps if you are going to do it in parts over the course of a couple days it isn’t that bad. But even just the bake time and cutting and peeling and cutting all the apples is significant

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m old. I hate pie. I’ve always hated pie. I do like some of the fillings though.
Why do younger people insist upon making over-generalizations about diverse groups of people and entire generations. Yes, like I just did. Just tell the cute story about your neighbor. There’s no need to leap from your neighbor as an individual, to a huge, multi-generational group of people.

Grumpy oldster.

I truly don’t get pumpkin pie, but will try very hard not to over-generalize about the people who seem to eat it happily.

OP isn’t wrong. No one is baking pies for grade school parties. Generally, you either learn to love pie as your tastebuds change or you grew up with it 60 years ago. Both tend to an older population.

Agree. Plus pies are very time consuming to make. An apple pie from scratch takes nearly all day: make the crust, refrigerating it, peeling and slicing all the apples, rolling out the dough and shaping pie, chilling or again, then it bakes for over an hour, then has to cool close to warm/room temp to fully set. I only make pie for holidays.

I make pies regularly. It does not take all day! I cook and bake efficiently and can typically get a pie in the oven in a hour. It's even quicker if you get the dough made in advance, I do it the night before and it takes 20 minutes to pull together and then let it chill overnight. Apple pies are pretty straightforward and there is a reason for the old saying as easy as a pie.

Making the dough: 20 min
Chilling 20 min
Peeling and slicing apples 20 min
Rolling out dough, filling, and chilling again 30 min
Baking 60-80 min
Cooling: at least an hour

That’s not quick. Perhaps if you are going to do it in parts over the course of a couple days it isn’t that bad. But even just the bake time and cutting and peeling and cutting all the apples is significant

Oh and it is messy too. So factor in more time to clean up

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Anonymous wrote:I have a pie challenge for you all: make an apple pie (a mix of Granny Smith and Golden Delicious will be perfect) and do not add cinnamon or any other spices. Enjoy the brilliant apple flavor that the cinnamon would have masked.

Blasphemy! Why mess with the perfection that is a perfect apple pie? It’s one of my favorites. Along with blueberry custard, strawberry rhubarb, and chocolate bourbon pecan. Oh, and steak and mushroom if we’re going a different way. And does quiche count? Love that too.

[Anonymous]

I also love pie and I’m not old. I’ve been known to ask for a birthday pie instead of cake!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m old. I hate pie. I’ve always hated pie. I do like some of the fillings though.
Why do younger people insist upon making over-generalizations about diverse groups of people and entire generations. Yes, like I just did. Just tell the cute story about your neighbor. There’s no need to leap from your neighbor as an individual, to a huge, multi-generational group of people.

Grumpy oldster.

I truly don’t get pumpkin pie, but will try very hard not to over-generalize about the people who seem to eat it happily.

OP isn’t wrong. No one is baking pies for grade school parties. Generally, you either learn to love pie as your tastebuds change or you grew up with it 60 years ago. Both tend to an older population.

Agree. Plus pies are very time consuming to make. An apple pie from scratch takes nearly all day: make the crust, refrigerating it, peeling and slicing all the apples, rolling out the dough and shaping pie, chilling or again, then it bakes for over an hour, then has to cool close to warm/room temp to fully set. I only make pie for holidays.

I make pies regularly. It does not take all day! I cook and bake efficiently and can typically get a pie in the oven in a hour. It's even quicker if you get the dough made in advance, I do it the night before and it takes 20 minutes to pull together and then let it chill overnight. Apple pies are pretty straightforward and there is a reason for the old saying as easy as a pie.

Agree, it does not take me that long. Crust takes me about 20 minutes to make and then I chill or freeze. The fruit prep does not take long. All in everything takes less than an hour even if I have to peel fruit.

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Baking takes mine about 45 minutes but I don't count that into "making pie time."

Results are far superior to store bought

[Anonymous]

Why are ya'll doing multiple chillings?

I chill the dough once it is made.

Roll it. Poke some holes in the bottom. Fill it with fruit.

I've never heard of multiple chillings.

[Anonymous]

Pie is awesome!

Making crust is a 10 minute activity, tops. Measure the flour & salt, cut in the butter, add ice water and fork it around until the flour absorbs all the moisture. I roll it out right then between two sheets of wax paper, and chill in a thin sheet. By the time I have the filling ready, the crust is cold. Like everything else in life, it gets easier and faster with practice.

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Anonymous wrote:No child likes pie. Put a pie next to a cake, and I bet most children wouldn’t even look at the pie.

I do think the older someone is, the more likely they would like pie.

The only pie I get excited about is key lime. Everything else is so bleh.

My DD, 6, will take pie over cake 9/10 times. The 1/10 might be if it’s ice cream cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are ya'll doing multiple chillings?

I chill the dough once it is made.

Roll it. Poke some holes in the bottom. Fill it with fruit.

I've never heard of multiple chillings.

This. My dh loves to make and eat pie and prefers it over cake. I don't, but it doesn't take as long to make as the pp says.