Why do old people like pie?

Anonymous wrote:Every old person I know LOVES pie. I only make and eat pie on thanksgiving. My in laws have pie every night (store bought). They prefer homemade, but don’t really cook much these days. They tell us every phone call about the pie of the week.

I brought our neighbor some pie I made (testing it for thanksgiving) and she acted like I gave her a million dollars. She was so excited for pie. I regularly bring her treats so it wasn’t the thought in general.

Its the peope you know, op. I know plenty of old people who don't. What a strange thread.

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11/05/2023 15:41

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Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to find a good pie in stores these days.

Try Pie Gourmet in Vienna.

I’m in my 40s and like pie, my teenage kids love pie though. I guess they didn’t get the memo that it’s for old people.

You want readers to fly to Austria just to try a piece of pie ?

Virginia dude

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11/05/2023 15:41

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Anonymous wrote:Because it's good? Old people know stuff.

Yes, this!

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11/05/2023 15:45

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I’m the odd person out, but I can’t get excited about pie. Give me a good tiramisu or lava cake and I’m in heaven, but crust and cooked fruit just doesn’t do it for me.

You seem stuck in the 90s.

Ha. I guess that makes me an old person…who doesn’t like pie.

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11/05/2023 20:20

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Anonymous wrote:Twin Peaks popularized pie for a while; dh got addicted then and actually bakes his own pies now.

I've never liked them, and I am in the 50( demographic that OP is talking about.

What?? Twin Peaks just glorified an already existing diner culture — cup of coffee and a slice of pie. They certainly didn’t invent it.

DP. PP didn’t credit Twin Peaks with inventing pie; she said they “popularized” pie, which you actually agreed with when you said Twin Peaks “glorified” pie eating. Why do posters like you sound contrary even when you’re actually restating a pp’s point?

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11/05/2023 20:33

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I have an awesome cookbook called The 50 States of Pie or something like that, with a pie recipe from each state. I am working my way through it. I am old and I love pie.

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11/05/2023 20:34

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Anonymous wrote:Pie is a dessert that doesn't make sense unless you eat it immediately. All the fat in the dough does not taste good cold yet pie leftovers must be refrigerated. I'll eat pie once in a while but it is one dessert that does not get my rocks off.

I’m sorry, but you are wrong. Cold pie is the best breakfast one could have.

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11/05/2023 20:46

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Anonymous wrote:Twin Peaks popularized pie for a while; dh got addicted then and actually bakes his own pies now.

I've never liked them, and I am in the 50( demographic that OP is talking about.

What?? Twin Peaks just glorified an already existing diner culture — cup of coffee and a slice of pie. They certainly didn’t invent it.

DP. PP didn’t credit Twin Peaks with inventing pie; she said they “popularized” pie, which you actually agreed with when you said Twin Peaks “glorified” pie eating. Why do posters like you sound contrary even when you’re actually restating a pp’s point?

And before Twin Peaks, there was Sally, from When Harry Met Sally...

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11/05/2023 20:52

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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.