How much did your TG pie cost?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Was it mom's pies in leesburg va? There was some scandal and rumors of pictures of the pie delivery there. Quite scandalous for leesburg.

Found it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/11/23/a-closely-held-recipe-for-success-span-classbankheadat-loudouns-hill-high-country-store-cherished-pies-may-taste-familiar-span/faff110d-8fbe-4066-b6f3-2a1f673e6235/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Maybe in the 90s they still used butter and sugar? Now they're full of corn syrup, margarine, soybean oil, and palm oil.

[Anonymous]

We don't eat sweets very often. So we gladly pay $30 for a pie or $60 for a cheesecake or nice cake made by a reputable bakery who discloses all of their ingredients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Was it mom's pies in leesburg va? There was some scandal and rumors of pictures of the pie delivery there. Quite scandalous for leesburg.

Found it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2006/11/23/a-closely-held-recipe-for-success-span-classbankheadat-loudouns-hill-high-country-store-cherished-pies-may-taste-familiar-span/faff110d-8fbe-4066-b6f3-2a1f673e6235/

Was the article cut off? Seems like there should have been an explanation of how they found this out?

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For those of you making pie do you also make crust? Ive made it and bought it frozen and I can’t really taste a huge difference. I’m not a very avid baker though and only make pie at tday and occasionally cookies or brownies with the kids. I found it stressful and about average in taste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you making pie do you also make crust? Ive made it and bought it frozen and I can’t really taste a huge difference. I’m not a very avid baker though and only make pie at tday and occasionally cookies or brownies with the kids. I found it stressful and about average in taste.

I buy the frozen Pillsbury crusts already in the pie pan. They come in twos and are made with lard (we have no vegetarians) and taste pretty good. I make 3 pies and use the 4th crust to make a decorative edge on the other 3. It's no secret I buy the crust, but they look great. My fillings are chocolate chess, pumpkin, and pecan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Well, then I'm set. I paid $6 each for MC's pumpkin and pecan pies.

I have made them from scratch before, but this year I decided to give myself some grace.

+1. We always get frozen Marie Callenders chocolate cream pie. That's the only kind my kids like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Maybe in the 90s they still used butter and sugar? Now they're full of corn syrup, margarine, soybean oil, and palm oil.

So are Costco, grocery stores, and even some bakeries- people don’t care

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you making pie do you also make crust? Ive made it and bought it frozen and I can’t really taste a huge difference. I’m not a very avid baker though and only make pie at tday and occasionally cookies or brownies with the kids. I found it stressful and about average in taste.

Yes! It isn’t hard but does take some trial and error. I only like crust that is all butter. I cannot stand the taste/texture of palm oil, shortening or lard.

I’ve found even if the crust isn’t perfect, cracks, and ends up getting essentially pieced and pressed into the pan tin, it still tastes great and just has more of a rustic look

[Anonymous]

$50 and same with the above poster, worth every penny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was this great article many years ago in the WaPo about some farm market, homespun kind of place that sold pies that everyone raved about. People drove from miles around to buy these pies, there was a line out the door before Thanksgiving, everyone just had to get one of these wonderful pies before they sold out.

The WaPo sent out a reporter to find the secret recipe and it turned out that the market was selling...heated up Marie Callender pies. Does anyone remember this article? Probably was in the Style section in the 90s.

Well, then I'm set. I paid $6 each for MC's pumpkin and pecan pies.

I have made them from scratch before, but this year I decided to give myself some grace.

+1. We always get frozen Marie Callenders chocolate cream pie. That's the only kind my kids like.

The article posted above wasn’t about Marie Callender’s (it was Sara Lee) and, to a DP, it certainly wasn’t about Mom’s Apple Pie Company.