4 Pies I Only Discovered After Moving to America

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  • I come from England-a country that loves pie. But we love it in a different way to America. New and unfamiliar pies entered both my life and my fridge after I moved to America. Here are four of them.
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  • @paulblack1799
    @paulblack1799 3 роки тому +224

    At my Russian brother in law's 1st Thanksgiving in the US he balked at our traditional pumpkin pie. "Barbaric. You make pies with squash? What next, cakes with carrots?"

    • @Cricket-zp6wi
      @Cricket-zp6wi 3 роки тому +15

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @vincem3748
      @vincem3748 Рік тому +23

      *one, year, laytair*
      Russian brother-in-law: [seeing carrot cake in front of him] I had to ask...

    • @theonlyonestanding8079
      @theonlyonestanding8079 Рік тому +9

      You should've said "YES". LOL

    • @bradleyheck7204
      @bradleyheck7204 Рік тому +32

      Oh, I'm sorry, are the Beet Freaks upset about how someone else uses root vegetables?

    • @mcav1399
      @mcav1399 Рік тому

      Just another reason Russia is better.

  • @mistingwolf
    @mistingwolf 3 роки тому +1929

    Forego the peach pie and just go straight to peach cobbler.

    • @jackburton37211
      @jackburton37211 3 роки тому +71

      Indeed...Peach Cobbler is better than Peach Pie...

    • @HBC423
      @HBC423 3 роки тому +6

      @@jackburton37211 what’s the difference? I’ve never heard of peach pie

    • @Lexykins2691
      @Lexykins2691 3 роки тому +9

      Crisps are even better!

    • @KEVMAN7987
      @KEVMAN7987 3 роки тому +28

      I prefer cobblers to pie.

    • @MostlyInteresting
      @MostlyInteresting 3 роки тому +7

      @Bio Kimistry I sub the usual spices for Mace. It works a treat.

  • @benbrown8258
    @benbrown8258 2 роки тому +103

    Seeing how my family has raised blueberries for Generations I would suggest you try warmed blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream. Some people consider that a drug. Plus it's good for you

  • @grizwoldphantasia5005
    @grizwoldphantasia5005 2 роки тому +8

    One of the great things about pumpkin pie is that unless it is fresh and warm, you can hold it like a slice of pizza -- no plate or fork required. So satisfying to simply open the fridge, lift out a slice, and eat it right away without needing to dirty a dish or fork.

  • @markoldgeezer167
    @markoldgeezer167 3 роки тому +1092

    "The camera adds pounds."
    That's why we don't eat cameras.

  • @suzykendallosborne
    @suzykendallosborne 3 роки тому +60

    Best piece of pie I’ve ever eaten was after a hot day in Hawaii walking around a cute little town that calls itself the westernmost town in the world. They were having a street art festival, and someone who said he was the mayor of the town was playing a ukulele. I got a piece of key lime pie from a street vendor at a booth and ate it under a palm tree with a slight breeze floating past me. Maybe it was the magic of the day. Or maybe it was the pie. But I have never had such a delicious piece of pie since

    • @user-dj1qg6qs9j
      @user-dj1qg6qs9j Рік тому

      Key limes are like Champagne... legally only grown in a certain region of the world. Key limes are from the Florida Keys, and in short supply, so if you have REAL Key lime pie in Hawaii, you had a true treat! Most "key lime pie" is made from regular limes... but just calling something "lime pie" puts people off, so anyone who sells it adds "key" to the front of it and people can't get enough. A slice of "key" lime pie on a hot day is indeed ambrosia! And a mango "key" lime pie will change your life!

  • @amazonhippie7826
    @amazonhippie7826 Рік тому +88

    I never tried pecan pie until I was in my mid 30’s. It looks gross. I thought the pecans were throughout rather than just on top. And it just looks like burnt nuts on a snot filling.
    But when I finally tried it, I instantly realized I had been missing out. It’s freakin delicious!

    • @theonlyonestanding8079
      @theonlyonestanding8079 Рік тому

      Same

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 Рік тому +3

      It is WAY too sweet for me, and really can pack on the pounds. I think it looks yummy.

    • @dragonace119
      @dragonace119 Рік тому +1

      Still have memories of me and my cousins cracking open peacans for my grand ma to make peacan pie. We also got first dibs as a result, packed in so much sugar that I am surprised I don't have diabetes.

    • @evasokolek4616
      @evasokolek4616 Рік тому

      😂

    • @Toasty_Mr.Marsh_
      @Toasty_Mr.Marsh_ Рік тому +2

      @@mchrysogelos7623 I’ve had some that weren’t too sweet. And even if it’s sweet pecans are so yummy

  • @jtking76
    @jtking76 3 роки тому +49

    I completely lost it at 6:20 While talking to his mother: "Cream Pie...no don't google that one." I was incapacitated with laughter for at least ten minutes. Definitely one of the funniest things I have viewed on any medium this year. This guy is a comedic genius!

  • @happyellf
    @happyellf 3 роки тому +419

    Pecan pie is a gift from the heavens.

    • @naughtiusmaximus1811
      @naughtiusmaximus1811 3 роки тому +5

      ...slinks to the fridge....

    • @Rxanne28
      @Rxanne28 3 роки тому +9

      A blessing from GOD! ^^

    • @amandasmith1473
      @amandasmith1473 3 роки тому +22

      My grandparents lived in South Carolina and had pecan trees on their property. My grandma used to make pecan pie using the nuts from her own trees. OMG! It was so good.

    • @WyattRyeSway
      @WyattRyeSway 3 роки тому +10

      I discovered it after moving from Russia to the US and wow.....just amazing.

    • @johnnabuzby6103
      @johnnabuzby6103 3 роки тому +5

      @@WyattRyeSway Welcome to the United States! Glad you like pecan pie. Greetings from North Carolina!

  • @gracieliz95
    @gracieliz95 3 роки тому +540

    “No need for the whipped cream” is the LAST thing I would ever say after eating pumpkin pie.

    • @socialmoth4974
      @socialmoth4974 3 роки тому +59

      Agree. I eat my whipped cream with a bit of pumpkin pie.

    • @cdjhyoung
      @cdjhyoung 3 роки тому +42

      @@socialmoth4974 Exactly. I thought pumpkin pie was an excuse to eat more whipped cream.

    • @jeromemckenna7102
      @jeromemckenna7102 3 роки тому +16

      I agree whipped cream is a wonderful addition to pumpkin pie.

    • @unseelie63
      @unseelie63 3 роки тому +11

      Don't bother with the pie.Just give me the whipped cream.

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio 3 роки тому +12

      You guys must eat some of that shitty pumpkin pie. Like supermarket pie or some old recipe that’s been floating around for 50 years.

  • @mm-jn1gz
    @mm-jn1gz 3 роки тому +85

    As a Michigander, thanks for placing our state in the same mythical realm as Oz and Narnia! It is indeed an amazing state.

    • @kateburk2168
      @kateburk2168 2 роки тому +2

      I grew up in Michigan and cause it is a peninsula, is probably the reason I have lived my adult life in FL...it is a peninsula too but averages winter temperature 45° warmer than MI.😎

    • @chaomaster11
      @chaomaster11 2 роки тому +2

      @@kateburk2168 May be much warmer, but we get enough humidity here in the summer--I would rather perish than have that far more often in Florida! And at a much larger risk of devastating natural disasters! I'll take the cold winters.

    • @rabbivj
      @rabbivj 2 роки тому +1

      lived in michigan for 30 years...dont miss the snow but go back for family...

    • @patrickmcconnell6535
      @patrickmcconnell6535 Рік тому

      As a Michigander I agree.

    • @Hellheart
      @Hellheart Рік тому

      I went to Michigan State University (go Spartans!), but I'm from Philly. I have had the good fortune to have traveled several places in this world since then. But, I still believe, East Lansing is one of the most beautiful cities that I have ever been to.

  • @bethanyhait6880
    @bethanyhait6880 3 роки тому +45

    As a native Pennsylvanian, I heartily recommend shoo fly pie. Wet bottom if you can.
    Sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie do taste very similar, although I usually can tell which one I’m eating. I think it all depends on how it’s seasoned.

    • @J_Chap
      @J_Chap 3 роки тому +2

      I tried to be healthy when my boys were growing up and I'd make Kabocha Squash Pie. Kabocha Squash is so much richer and sweeter than pumpkin or sweet potatoes.

    • @thebubblepitt
      @thebubblepitt 2 роки тому +4

      you aren't lying about that shoo fly pie. my lawd

    • @bast713
      @bast713 2 роки тому +1

      Also a native Pennsylvanian. I have never made or tried shoo fly pie. I had to look it up.

    • @kpz1234
      @kpz1234 2 роки тому +4

      Wet bottom Shoofly pie is the greatest hidden dessert secret in America.

    • @SpyralStormTeacup
      @SpyralStormTeacup Рік тому +1

      Philly/Delco native here. I came to the comments just to say gotta have shoo fly pie after seeing both your Pennsylvania videos just now. My favorite pie since I was a little kid :-) I also had Amish great grandparents. My Dad's coworker made them occasionally and he'd bring one home for me ^_^ You can find them at any farmer's market from scratch because Pennsylvania's farmer's are often Amish/mennonite
      They're 🤤🤤🤤 so soo good

  • @partlycloudyhi78
    @partlycloudyhi78 3 роки тому +225

    Warm blueberry pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream is heaven on a plate.

    • @tracimetcalf3374
      @tracimetcalf3374 3 роки тому +12

      Try wild black raspberry. It's even better

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo 3 роки тому +7

      @@tracimetcalf3374 Black raspberry, or blackberry? When I was a kid, every summer, my grandma would go to a nearby vacant lot and pick gallons and gallons of blackberries. Some would go in the freezer, some we’d eat, and a bunch became blackberry pies. _To die for_ delicious.

    • @aguest4408
      @aguest4408 3 роки тому +4

      @@tookitogo Naw, black raspberry is different, it is a purple colored raspberry. It and blackberry are both delicious, but different flavor.

    • @tookitogo
      @tookitogo 3 роки тому +4

      @@aguest4408 Yes, I obviously know that blackberries and black raspberries are different, which is why I asked the other person to clarify which it was. Wild black raspberries are, if I’m not mistaken, not as plentiful as blackberries (which grow like weeds if the circumstances are correct), and people often confuse them.

    • @Calla-sl8gd
      @Calla-sl8gd 3 роки тому +4

      And I feel the same way about cherry pie.

  • @SteveCourtright
    @SteveCourtright 3 роки тому +353

    "No, don't google it Grandma". Hilarious.

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 3 роки тому +8

      There are plenty of videos online about how to make a cream pie...

    • @alhainmccallister3383
      @alhainmccallister3383 3 роки тому +19

      That one made me wake up my wife with my laughing.

    • @KEVMAN7987
      @KEVMAN7987 3 роки тому +19

      Make sure to follow it with the word recipe and set safe search to maximum.

    • @CAP198462
      @CAP198462 3 роки тому +5

      Wise man say, getting the joke sometimes worse than not.

    • @claudiah.2935
      @claudiah.2935 3 роки тому +1

      I read this before the video started and I already knew exactly what you were referring to lmfao

  • @elizabethhoover4672
    @elizabethhoover4672 Рік тому +2

    My grandpa was a big fan of pie. Anytime we went out to eat anywhere he'd order pie for dessert, whatever was available. But if pie wasn't on the menu dessert was pointless, in his eyes. On holidays he'd bake an apple pie using apples from his apple tree for all of us to share.
    When he passed many people came to his funeral and we found a caterer to deliver a total of fifty pies in these varieties: apple, pecan, pumpkin, blueberry, peach, blackberry, strawberry rhubarb, and lemon meringue. We had lots of leftovers but it was glorious celebrating him this way. When I bake a pie or eat a slice, I think of him.

  • @stevehall4330
    @stevehall4330 3 роки тому +86

    I, although not a southerner, would like to highly recommend a very southern pie. It is called a chess pie, and it's delicious.

    • @tallactordude
      @tallactordude 2 роки тому +8

      I am a southerner, and I concur.

    • @marnistapp9596
      @marnistapp9596 2 роки тому +2

      Love chess pie!

    • @HahnsVideos
      @HahnsVideos 2 роки тому +8

      It is a sweet egg custard cooked inside of a regular pie crust. As a child growing up in Texas, I always called it “ pecan pie without the nuts” and I begged my mother weekly to make one for me. As we Southerners used to say, it was larapin! (that means delicious!)

    • @Merlin012001
      @Merlin012001 2 роки тому +2

      regular and chocolate are my favorites of this kind. You can keep the coconut.

    • @KDawg5000
      @KDawg5000 2 роки тому +7

      I didn't know what chess pie was so I Googled it and this came up, "Chess pie is a popular dessert in the American South that originated from England." LOL

  • @LadyMercutia
    @LadyMercutia 3 роки тому +394

    I am an American, a Southerner, and I agree: sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie taste almost exactly alike. I think it’s because they get spiced about the same. Or did where I’m from, anyway.

    • @deannb7398
      @deannb7398 3 роки тому +11

      Same here

    • @mwwilliams1967
      @mwwilliams1967 3 роки тому +44

      I have to disagree.

    • @tvdan1043
      @tvdan1043 3 роки тому +34

      As an American, and a Southerner, I disagree. They are not alike and I still will never forgive the aunt who tried to tell me otherwise the first time I had sweet potato pie.

    • @roofdogblues7400
      @roofdogblues7400 3 роки тому +35

      Both are made with eggs, condensed milk, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Canned pumpkin(Which is what most people use to make pumpkin pie) isn't even pumpkin, it's actually a mix of various squashes.
      I too am American, I've lived in the South for 30 years, and when I first tried sweet potato pie, my first impression was that it tasted like pumpkin pie. And I also suspect it is because of the spices used.

    • @breathlesshaste
      @breathlesshaste 3 роки тому +27

      Native Southerner here, and I respectfully disagree. Pumpkin pie is much smoother/silkier than sweet potato pie, which comes straight from the Devil.

  • @tracy4aminute376
    @tracy4aminute376 3 роки тому +30

    "it has been popular for the past 200 years or 400 years if you add in 2020" Good one.

  • @karenkranz2682
    @karenkranz2682 3 роки тому +62

    pies you should eat are key lime pie, lemon meringue, cherry, mixed berry....

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 3 роки тому +3

      Agreed. Fruit pies are the best.

    • @DarthPoyner
      @DarthPoyner 3 роки тому +3

      Millionaire pie. Southern cheesecake which is distinctly different from NYC cheesecake. Mud Pie. Even a Chocolate Pie.
      Then there's cobblers and things like butter apple crunch.

    • @asurasyn
      @asurasyn 2 роки тому +3

      Free advice: If a key lime pie is green, throw it in the trash.
      Get a _real_ klp made with actual lime juice and zest. It's 10,000x better!

    • @jaredjones5307
      @jaredjones5307 2 роки тому +5

      @@asurasyn In all fairness I've made key lime pie with key limes (a pain in the ass because they're so damn small) and I agree. It's closer to yellow or yellow green.

  • @robertdullnig3625
    @robertdullnig3625 3 роки тому +46

    When I was in the UK, I had Thanksgiving dinner at a professor's house who hosted it for her US students every year. They replicated everything . . . except the pumpkin pie. She said they tried it one year and it was too much even for her family. Luckily we had bread with homemade apple butter and amaretto double cream ice cream for sweets.

    • @thesimplesaguaro
      @thesimplesaguaro 2 роки тому +2

      I’m shocked by this, making it from scratch is actually quite easy, the pie crust is the most advanced part of the process. I promise. It’s so much better than canned. Ps. Give the white pumpkins a try rather than your typical orange pie pumpkins, it’s a delight.

    • @robertdullnig3625
      @robertdullnig3625 2 роки тому +3

      @@thesimplesaguaro I don't think their issue was that it is hard to make, but that they did not like the taste.

    • @thesimplesaguaro
      @thesimplesaguaro 2 роки тому

      Ah. Fair enough ☺️

    • @kateburk2168
      @kateburk2168 2 роки тому +1

      This yr, my son made his first pumpkin pie. He's a good cook but...I was not impressed. He was too light-handed with the spices. With some foods it's a matter of acquired taste, IMO. I rarely come across a store bought pumpkin pie that I enjoy. These days folk just rather have someone else make the food. One thing I've learned is, if you want some foods done right, better do it yourself.🤭

    • @evil1by1
      @evil1by1 Рік тому

      @@thesimplesaguaro if you can find them try butterkin squash. Clearly it's a butternut pumpkin hybrid. It has the smooth texture and deep color of a butternut but has a pumpkin flavor.

  • @Tlyna1952
    @Tlyna1952 3 роки тому +31

    I loved Key Lime Pie when I first tried it in Michigan. Now live in Florida and indulge in at least once a month. It will always be a favorite for me.

  • @bestexas966
    @bestexas966 3 роки тому +355

    Even the tiny pecan pies at the convenience store are delicious.

    • @carschmn
      @carschmn 3 роки тому +19

      The cheap ones at Walmart are so good.

    • @paulandbenny
      @paulandbenny 3 роки тому +4

      They are! I've loved them since I was a kid.

    • @numbernine3436
      @numbernine3436 3 роки тому +11

      I remember when they were literally a slice of pie with the aluminum pie pan sliced with it. Even as a kid I thought that thin sharp thing was dangerous. They were always sold from southern stores front counters

    • @Trapper50cal
      @Trapper50cal 3 роки тому +8

      "Bama" Pies - remember getting them in gas stations of Colorado since 1977.

    • @bestexas966
      @bestexas966 3 роки тому +7

      @@Trapper50cal Wow! Exactly! "Bama". You've got a good memory. Same here in Texas, maybe a few years prior to '77.

  • @joshkleifgen6525
    @joshkleifgen6525 3 роки тому +22

    The old McDonald's fried cherry pie was excellent. Im partial to Key Lime.

    • @NoahSpurrier
      @NoahSpurrier 2 роки тому +3

      It’s true, but the McD’s fried apple pies were my favorite. Then McDonald’s got the bright idea that “real” baked pies were better. They were terrible. 10 years ago you could still find the fried pies at McDonald’s in Puerto Rico.

    • @sandyhumissouri5131
      @sandyhumissouri5131 2 роки тому +2

      We have lovely fried pies at our Farmers market!

    • @NoahSpurrier
      @NoahSpurrier 2 роки тому +2

      @@sandyhumissouri5131 I’m jealous!

    • @didibrant7326
      @didibrant7326 11 місяців тому +1

      Yeah that old cherry pie was so good with a little salt added to the crust. Then they had to ruin it by making it healthy.

  • @kenhelmick5149
    @kenhelmick5149 2 роки тому +29

    Raspberry pie is fantastic, especially if you pick wild berries. Actually, the same is true for blueberries and huckleberries -- the domesticated berries are bigger, juicier ... and much blander.

    • @user-wi9hv2pb2q
      @user-wi9hv2pb2q Рік тому

      The best fruit pies are from slightly tart and flavorful fruit..

  • @timheller8475
    @timheller8475 3 роки тому +49

    my late wife used to say, "Tim you should watch your weight" and I said I am watching it, go up and up and up, she also asked one time if i had lost some weight, and i said , "why did you find some", my fav. pie is Strawberry- Rhubarb with a schoop of French Vanilla ice cream

    • @christelheadington1136
      @christelheadington1136 3 роки тому +2

      Hold the strawberry....My Dad grew rhubarb, Mom made pie and an ice cream topping with it. mmmmmm

    • @80sGamerLady
      @80sGamerLady 3 роки тому +2

      My father loved rhubarb. We had a huge stalk/bush? in our backyard. It was huge. I couldn't get passed the texture of rhubarb though. Reminds me of celery that's cooked, texture-wise. The flavor is nice but nkt enough for me to love it.

    • @gnarthdarkanen7464
      @gnarthdarkanen7464 3 роки тому +2

      @Bio Kimistry Maw' used to cook "fruit sh*t"... It starts with crushed pineapple (or chunks if you prefer more texture) and applesauce. You stew it up like you're trying to make a pie filling for canning later, so once hot, add the "fruit of choice" and cook thoroughly, adding a bit of cornstarch at the end to thicken the stuff...
      She started it because she was actually trying to can pie fillings for later, rather than just freeze the fruit and make the filling on the spot (I prefer to do that)... AND she ended up with a semi-gelatinous... erm... sweet-fruity hot mess. SO she served it to us kids over oatmeal on winter mornings. You CAN add sugar (to taste) but you obviously don't have to... It was a culinary disaster (as pie goes) but worked out well to get my little brother hooked on oatmeal (when he first tried it, he'd gag)... SO every winter we would indulge in "fruit sh*t"... Yes, we even had it with rhubarb (she was a fan of the stuff) and it wasn't half bad. ;o)

    • @ginnamin
      @ginnamin 3 роки тому +1

      Agree !

  • @toots810usa6
    @toots810usa6 3 роки тому +43

    "or 400 years if you add in the year 2020." LOL Boy Howdy you got that right!!!

  • @CarlGorn
    @CarlGorn 3 роки тому +16

    If you love pecan pie, you'll adore its less crunchy sister, sugar pie, which is basically just a very rich vanilla custard set in pastry.
    On the fruitier side of things, here in Minnesota and other northern states, we adore a two-fruit seasonal favorite from late spring through summer and early fall. I use the term "fruit" loosely here because one is technically a vegetable, the edible stalk of a large leaf plant originally native to Russia. The pie is strawberry-rhubarb, and it is phenomenal. If you haven't tried it yet, ask for it at any independent restaurant or bakery. Your taste buds will thank you.

    • @dawnsoger2934
      @dawnsoger2934 2 роки тому +1

      And it’s delicious for breakfast!

    • @barbarachippel3142
      @barbarachippel3142 2 роки тому +2

      I’m from Pennsylvania and my Mom used to make the best Rhubarb 🥧 Pie.

    • @evil1by1
      @evil1by1 Рік тому +1

      Yes, it's sweet tart heaven

    • @pamelaspooner7183
      @pamelaspooner7183 Рік тому

      Rhubarb is very popular and widely grown in the UK.

  • @seantlewis376
    @seantlewis376 2 роки тому +10

    I like all four of your featured pies, but my favorite is key lime pie. When I was living in Wales in 2016, my girlfriend asked me what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday. I said that what I would really like is a key lime pie. She found a recipe online. We had a couple of friends over, and no one but me even knew what it was, though everyone enjoyed it. Four people finished the entire pie that evening.

  • @annarboriter
    @annarboriter 3 роки тому +58

    It's gratifying to hear a foreigner comprehend the true nature of Michigan

  • @johnmcnaught7453
    @johnmcnaught7453 3 роки тому +198

    Pecan Pie is the nectar of the gods.

    • @diogenes5127
      @diogenes5127 3 роки тому +6

      For Thanksgiving I am attempting my grandmother's pecan pie for the first time. Probably should do a dry run.

    • @Rxanne28
      @Rxanne28 3 роки тому +4

      A Blessing from GOD! ^^

    • @fivemjs
      @fivemjs 3 роки тому +1

      So good

    • @athenamorales7321
      @athenamorales7321 3 роки тому

      Pecan pie is yucky

    • @vicalzip
      @vicalzip 3 роки тому +2

      @leah rose Some recipes are far too sweet. But if you get the custard right it's sweet but not overwhelmingly so.

  • @MannyLoxx2010
    @MannyLoxx2010 2 роки тому +9

    banana cream pie and coconut cream pie are also very good!! You should go to Marie Calendars. They have like 100 different types of pies there! You will feel like a kid at the candy store or toys shop!

    • @pegasus5287
      @pegasus5287 Рік тому

      Their peanut butter pie was so delicious! Subtle and not too sweet

  • @elizabethhoover4672
    @elizabethhoover4672 Рік тому +5

    Raspberry, strawberry rhubarb, peach, key lime, plum, or pumpkin pie are my absolute favorite kinds of pies. But for me, hold the whipped cream with the pumpkin pie.
    And a freshly baked apple pie with a buttery, flaky, homemade crust and crisp apples with the perfect amount of cinnamon served hot, straight out if the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream = heaven.

  • @carlcunningham9569
    @carlcunningham9569 3 роки тому +49

    "...Cream pie, no don't google that one."
    XD I appreciated the banter; your grandmother must be wonderful.

  • @KitKat1965
    @KitKat1965 3 роки тому +128

    If someone hasn't said it already, there's also shoo fly pie and buttermilk pie.

    • @lilbbgrinchiepoo2429
      @lilbbgrinchiepoo2429 3 роки тому +2

      I just tried shoo fly pie for the first time at an Amish restaurant the other day. It was amazing

    • @Squirrels_On_Film
      @Squirrels_On_Film 3 роки тому +3

      I love shoo-fly pie!

    • @elultimo102
      @elultimo102 3 роки тому +1

      @@Squirrels_On_Film Is it true that shoo-fly pie is the same as pecan pie, but without the pecans on top?

    • @Squirrels_On_Film
      @Squirrels_On_Film 3 роки тому +5

      @@elultimo102 I guess the flavor is somewhat similar, but only vaguely. Shoo-fly has a molasses based bottom layer with a sort of sandy/crumble layer on top. Some people use molasses in pecan pie but I’ve mostly just seen it made with golden syrup. The black strap molasses is what makes shoo-fly so good imo.

    • @Shay2theT
      @Shay2theT 3 роки тому +9

      OMG. Buttermilk pie is to die for. Very similar to pecan without the pecans - can give you heartburn from hell. 🔥🔥

  • @jeanmm2996
    @jeanmm2996 Рік тому

    I love the grandma contributions.

  • @dwightlollar7661
    @dwightlollar7661 Рік тому +3

    British humor is great. Along with the eye glance most Englishmen seem to do, your timing is perfect and you are very witty. I have enjoyed watching your channel for years now and have had a lot of great laughs from your perspectives of our so called twin births separated at culture. Keep up the great work.

  • @pennyenicks7905
    @pennyenicks7905 3 роки тому +28

    When I first moved to the South from New Jersey I bought a piece of pie at a parade. It looked like pumpkin (my favorite) but one bite told me it was sweet potato. Now I love them both but they ARE different.

  • @EpiscoPiper
    @EpiscoPiper 3 роки тому +79

    "The Pilgrims would have made [pumpkin soup] themselves, since Panera Bread hadn't yet reached Massachusetts." 🤣🤣🤣

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 3 роки тому

      Ew. Pumpkin soup is gross.

    • @EpiscoPiper
      @EpiscoPiper 3 роки тому +2

      @@CoasterMan13Official to each their own ☺️

    • @CoasterMan13Official
      @CoasterMan13Official 3 роки тому +1

      @@EpiscoPiper gives me something to serve to the relatives I hate. Hahaha!

    • @willielarimer7170
      @willielarimer7170 3 роки тому +2

      I'd eat pumpkin soup, if i was starving, which is the same reason why the pilgrims ate it

    • @cemeterrihaynes4435
      @cemeterrihaynes4435 3 роки тому

      You actually made me laugh.

  • @dollypop3015
    @dollypop3015 3 роки тому +3

    Didn’t Stop pies from Entering my life and my fridge 🤣🤣🤣 such a way with words Lawrence!

  • @creech444
    @creech444 2 роки тому +8

    You should do a series on American Cakes. One of my favorites is Hummingbird Cake, You don't see it that often cause it takes so long to catch enough hummingbirds.

    • @didibrant7326
      @didibrant7326 11 місяців тому

      Are you serious? Is there really a hummingbird pie but not made with the birds?

    • @creech444
      @creech444 11 місяців тому +1

      @@didibrant7326 Just kidding, there is a hummingbird cake, it's sort of a spice cake but with cocoanut and pineapple. There is confusion about why they call it a hummingbird cake. But many say it's because when you serve it, everyone hummms and it sounds like a bunch of hummingbirds.

    • @didibrant7326
      @didibrant7326 10 місяців тому

      @@creech444 Nice reply. I just found it going through my interactions list. That lets me know that sometimes YT or Google does not notify you about a reply.

  • @wisecoconut5
    @wisecoconut5 3 роки тому +131

    You need to try a properly made coconut cream pie! The filling must be made with custard that has been made with coconut cream and real eggs. The version made with pudding mix will not do!

    • @greenmachine5600
      @greenmachine5600 3 роки тому +1

      Delicious

    • @cstephenson3749
      @cstephenson3749 3 роки тому +6

      I needed a pie to take to a social event and didn't have any money, so pulled out the old Betty Croker cookbook and made banana creme pie from scratch . It was a huge hit! With real merengue!
      The old joke:
      A young gal is walking up and down the aisles in the grocery store.
      The clerk asked her if she needed any help.
      She said ,"My husband wants a cake made from scratch and I can not find 'scratch' anywhere in the store!"

    • @bieuxyongson
      @bieuxyongson 3 роки тому

      Absolute Heaven!

    • @nicholelarue2499
      @nicholelarue2499 3 роки тому +2

      When my dad gets his hair cut at the barber my mom pays the barber in coconut cream pies. 🤣

    • @carlajenkins1990
      @carlajenkins1990 3 роки тому +3

      There is absolutely no flavor without coconut milk. Don't think you can add flaked coconut to a vanilla pudding mix and get the same result.

  • @JohnLumagui
    @JohnLumagui 3 роки тому +199

    Down here in Kentucky, we have Derby Pie, which is a chocolate, walnut & bourbon pie. We always have pumpkin and swee' tater pie for Thanksgiving.

    • @emilypresleysee
      @emilypresleysee 3 роки тому +7

      I prefer Kentucky Silk Pie myself

    • @ivetterodriguez1994
      @ivetterodriguez1994 3 роки тому +4

      I will reply in hopes of this showing up in my notifications. I don't have a pen or paper and I have to go to bed.

    • @LadyMercutia
      @LadyMercutia 3 роки тому +2

      And it is SO GOOD.

    • @amandasmith1473
      @amandasmith1473 3 роки тому +4

      Derby pie is one of the best pies ever.

    • @thepayne7862
      @thepayne7862 3 роки тому +4

      Fellow kentuckian here was going to mention derby pie as well, it's my favorite.

  • @louislandi938
    @louislandi938 Рік тому

    Laurence, between your mild accent and a bit of wonderful English humor, I could listen to you read a college text book all day. I cannot skip over anything you post on YT.

  • @2pantheraleoatrox
    @2pantheraleoatrox 2 роки тому +6

    I love both sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie, but I also agree that they taste VERY similar. If I ate them side by side, I can tell the difference, but if you just handed me a slice and asked me which it was, I wouldn't be able to tell you.
    It doesn't help that my favorite pumpkin pie recipe also has sweet potatoes in it, lol.

  • @trishredding8009
    @trishredding8009 3 роки тому +132

    Chess pie, coconut pie, pecan pie, lemon meringue, and chocolate pie are regulars at my house. I live in the south.

    • @hekatejayne2238
      @hekatejayne2238 3 роки тому +7

      Chess pie is so good. Especially the chocolate variety.
      Buttermilk pie is good, too, and I had never heard of it before moving to the south.

    • @lynnbetts4332
      @lynnbetts4332 3 роки тому +6

      @@hekatejayne2238 Lemon chess pie is awesome. My aunt always made it for Thanksgiving.

    • @alexdryver5090
      @alexdryver5090 3 роки тому +5

      Ex was upset the first time she saw me make chess pie. For any non-southerners reading chess is a baked custard flavored in part by white vinegar.

    • @amietedeschi3203
      @amietedeschi3203 3 роки тому +2

      Ooh, I love a good chess pie! 😍

    • @kaiyakershaw1028
      @kaiyakershaw1028 3 роки тому +8

      Texan here, pecan pie is most definitely a year-round dessert.

  • @lief9100
    @lief9100 3 роки тому +81

    I figured I'd throw in my own life's pie experience. One my mom often makes is strawberry-rhubarb pie. So many dessert pies go with the plan of sweetness on top of more sweetness. And while I personally love sweet things, for people who prefer slightly less sweet or for just a break to avoid sweetness overload, then adding rhubarb to accentuate the sweet with a bit of tart is just so good.

    • @claymccoy
      @claymccoy 3 роки тому +4

      My favorite kind of pie.

    • @wallacem41atgmail
      @wallacem41atgmail 3 роки тому

      @@claymccoy Same here!

    • @lief9100
      @lief9100 3 роки тому +3

      @@squirrel2000 Ooooo, that sounds amazing. I have not had nearly enough of those kinds. I've had custard pie once, which I think counts, but other than that I don't have any strong memories of them. Rhubarb though is just such a great ingredient. Plus it's leaves are toxic, so if you can convince your enemies to eat several pounds of suspicious leaves, you're all set.

    • @suzannehedderly1331
      @suzannehedderly1331 3 роки тому

      I've still never had one.

    • @wallyman292
      @wallyman292 3 роки тому +1

      One of my favorites! My mom used to make homemade rhubarb sauce as well. Kind of like what you'd put in rhubarb pie, but runnier and a touch less sweet. A small dish after dinner was a yummy palate cleanser.

  • @Vikingwerk
    @Vikingwerk 3 роки тому +1

    Introducing you to new American foods must be a blast for your friends.

  • @susannamarie1695
    @susannamarie1695 3 роки тому +1

    Banana cream pie and Buttermilk pie are two of my personal favorites.

  • @LodanSD
    @LodanSD 3 роки тому +52

    My mom grows Rhubarb in her backyard, so I grew up on Rhubarb Jam, Rhubarb Crunch, and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie.

    • @1SherryAshley
      @1SherryAshley 3 роки тому +1

      Rubarb custard pie is to die for!

    • @DrevikkDrevik
      @DrevikkDrevik 3 роки тому

      my favorite pie is cherry rhubarb

    • @franciet99
      @franciet99 3 роки тому +1

      Blllaaaackkkkk!

    • @poodlegirl6371
      @poodlegirl6371 3 роки тому

      Oh heavens! Not the slimy nasty Rhubarb! I don't care what you call it or add to it, it is sooooo bad.

    • @tracimetcalf3374
      @tracimetcalf3374 3 роки тому +1

      Another fine pie. I love rhubarb

  • @lilred5515
    @lilred5515 3 роки тому +153

    You haven't had blueberry pie? You're missing out

    • @scaper8
      @scaper8 3 роки тому +5

      Or peach pie?! (But then, I suppose cinnamon is a near must for peach pie.)

    • @chrissessions6108
      @chrissessions6108 3 роки тому +15

      I'm 28 and this year I experienced a slice of wild Maine blueberry pie, the kind of pie with fresh berries rather than baked. My life has changed forever.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 3 роки тому +7

      @@chrissessions6108 I didn't like fruit pies as a kid, and never ate blueberries until my forties. At a party, I tried one out of politeness, made with the small wild berries, as you said, and it was very good

    • @AtarahDerek
      @AtarahDerek 3 роки тому +6

      Meh. I'll take the vastly superior and vastly more expensive wild huckleberry pie.

    • @raywalker9218
      @raywalker9218 3 роки тому +1

      @@AtarahDerek Never had huckleberry pie. Blackberry pie is the best followed by boysenberry pie followed by Marionberry pie, in my biased opinion.

  • @otisdoubleyou7272
    @otisdoubleyou7272 3 роки тому +13

    pecan pie has been my favorite forever. a nice variation is to replace about half the corn syrup with an equal amount of semisweet chocolate chips, then a couple tablespoons of bourbon.

  • @mattneillninasmom
    @mattneillninasmom Рік тому +1

    You identified my 2 favorite pies in the entire world - key lime pie and pecan pie! So different from each other, yet so distinctly wonderful....

  • @TwistedSither
    @TwistedSither 3 роки тому +76

    When it comes to pie, you can't go wrong with chocolate, pecan, coconut cream, lemon meringue, or key lime.

    • @redleg56
      @redleg56 3 роки тому +4

      Lemon sponge more than lemon meringue. It's a Pennsylvania Dutch thing, but check it out.

    • @dwaneanderson8039
      @dwaneanderson8039 3 роки тому +4

      And cheese cake which, despite the name, is really a pie.

    • @karozans
      @karozans 3 роки тому +3

      Hmm.... I can chow down on just about any type of pie. As long as it's not some strange pie like Blood pie, or pig snout pie.

    • @anthonylamonica8301
      @anthonylamonica8301 3 роки тому +1

      @@dwaneanderson8039 Is it a pie, or a custard?

    • @vegas44gp
      @vegas44gp 3 роки тому +1

      all at omce!!!!!!!!

  • @Big_Tex
    @Big_Tex 3 роки тому +39

    My grandmother used to make a rare one: peanut butter pie. Which was awesome.

    • @bigby1530
      @bigby1530 3 роки тому +2

      I didn't know that was rare, I assumed that was common

    • @kathy2trips
      @kathy2trips 3 роки тому

      Oh my! Sounds wonderful!

    • @ivetterodriguez1994
      @ivetterodriguez1994 3 роки тому +2

      Mind sharing the recipe with us?

    • @Big_Tex
      @Big_Tex 3 роки тому

      @@ivetterodriguez1994 sorry my grandmother died 25 years ago.

    • @kokomo9764
      @kokomo9764 3 роки тому

      I have had that. It was ok.

  • @sbenton62
    @sbenton62 3 роки тому

    A big YUM for all four pies!

  • @johandeklein5253
    @johandeklein5253 2 роки тому +4

    great choices, one of my favorite after moving over here in Gooseberry-Pie. Great combination on sweet and tart.

    • @raymondohlsen5054
      @raymondohlsen5054 Рік тому

      Growing up, I had a gooseberry bush in the back yard. I would KILL for some fresh gooseberries,.Haven't seen any in 40 years!!!

  • @hollyd0024
    @hollyd0024 3 роки тому +103

    I love key lime pie with graham cracker crust! So tart and sweet... my favorite!

  • @michellem9444
    @michellem9444 3 роки тому +43

    "This has been the case for the past 200 years. Or 400 years, if you add in 2020". LOL So true!

    • @julieenslow5915
      @julieenslow5915 3 роки тому +1

      That is the comment that saved him from the Pumpkin pie tastes the same as Sweet Potato Pie faux pas.

    • @a-muse6567
      @a-muse6567 3 роки тому +2

      my favorite line as well

  • @junebyrne4491
    @junebyrne4491 2 роки тому +1

    This is all very well, but there are still 2 dozen more pies that are marvelous and totally addictive.

  • @paulfrels3590
    @paulfrels3590 2 роки тому

    I had Razzleberry pie tonight. Red raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries all together, HEAVENLY! Marie Callendar frozen, it’s marvelous

  • @marshall4759
    @marshall4759 3 роки тому +149

    My grandmother grew up in Missouri during the depression. She made vinegar pie.
    Citrus was not available in the midwest during those hard times. Her vinegar pie tasted like lemon pie.

    • @ae3qe27u3
      @ae3qe27u3 3 роки тому +4

      I'll have to try some!!

    • @sandraargo8382
      @sandraargo8382 3 роки тому +2

      Interesting.

    • @hollybyrd6186
      @hollybyrd6186 3 роки тому +7

      I made one before they're very good. Sadly I found out i have a vinger allergy.

    • @SweetBearCub
      @SweetBearCub 3 роки тому +6

      emmymadeinjapan on youtube has done the vinegar pie in her hard times playlist, I believe.

    • @lizajane55555
      @lizajane55555 3 роки тому +3

      Love vinegar pie.

  • @classyspider
    @classyspider 3 роки тому +60

    im partial to blueberry/blackberry cobbler the secret is about a teaspoon of lemon juice. I also Love apple pie.

    • @kathleenlindquist4799
      @kathleenlindquist4799 3 роки тому +5

      Yes, you need the squeeze of lemon. It really brightens the flavor of the berries.

    • @wallyman292
      @wallyman292 3 роки тому +2

      I don't mind the flavor of blackberry cobbler/pie, but I do hate those nasty little seeds that end up stuck in your teeth for the rest of the day.

    • @explosionmage
      @explosionmage 3 роки тому +2

      Why didn’t he try marionberry pie it is the best.

    • @davevanvlerah5167
      @davevanvlerah5167 3 роки тому

      So what time should I be over? It's okay, I have my own fork.

  • @charlestait5303
    @charlestait5303 3 роки тому +1

    There is a town in New Mexico named Pie Town! The cafe’s name is The Pie-0-neer

  • @hungadunga523
    @hungadunga523 2 роки тому +1

    Here's one out of left field - the chili frito pie, born in Texas. Prepare some Texas chili (preferably Wolf Brand chili without beans), pour Fritos corn chips into a large bowl then pour the chili into that bowl. Top with shredded cheese to taste. This is not dessert - it is a meal and a gustatory delight which is one of Texas' two great contributions to world cuisine.

  • @no_activity
    @no_activity 3 роки тому +316

    If you like pecan pie, Louisville, Kentucky has a pie that’s basically a pecan pie with chocolate. It’s called a derby pie.

    • @amandashortsle2359
      @amandashortsle2359 3 роки тому +10

      Yesss! Or checkered pie cus derby is actually a triad mark! Like how all facial tissues are called Kleenex! 😃

    • @no_activity
      @no_activity 3 роки тому +6

      @@amandashortsle2359 granted, but derby pie is more likely to show up on a web search

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 3 роки тому +4

      Also called a dixie pie. Delicious.

    • @EmilyElfmore-bk5it
      @EmilyElfmore-bk5it 3 роки тому +3

      We call that a Chocolate Pecan Pie. There are two versions served at my church:
      Pecan pie with chocolate chips mixed into the middle
      Pecan pie with unsweetened cocoa powder mixed into the middle
      Kids gravitate to the first one, adult foodies to the second.
      Try both; choose your favorite.
      I

    • @lorrilewis2178
      @lorrilewis2178 3 роки тому +5

      Don't get Lawrence started on the combo of chocolate and pecans. 😃

  • @andreameeuwsen6060
    @andreameeuwsen6060 3 роки тому +60

    Can't beat that pecan pie....one year, my mom sent me home with a whole pecan pie...heaven! My husband had one piece, but my kids thought it looked gross. I ate the rest of it and gained 15 pounds. So worth it!

    • @nmitch5883
      @nmitch5883 3 роки тому +3

      I LOVE pecan pie

    • @nanaberry4120
      @nanaberry4120 3 роки тому +3

      It is delicious!

    • @WingmanSR
      @WingmanSR 3 роки тому +2

      The only thing I've had that is better than pecan pie is pecan tart, which is basically pecan pie but with a shortbread crust instead of pastry crust. It should be illegal! 😋

    • @richardvinsen2385
      @richardvinsen2385 3 роки тому

      You gained 15 pounds eating one pie? How large was it?!

    • @WingmanSR
      @WingmanSR 3 роки тому +2

      @@richardvinsen2385 I am filled with the urge to go wildly overboard on answering that question. I'm going to get calorie data on pecan pie and figure out exactly how much would need to be eaten to gain 15 lbs. Wish me luck!

  • @NessaOfDorthonion
    @NessaOfDorthonion Рік тому

    The phone call with his grandma had me rolling 😂 I've been through those same type of calls my entire life

  • @Joemantler
    @Joemantler Рік тому

    You are 100% correct on both Pumpkin and Pecan pies! 🥧

  • @rbutler92go
    @rbutler92go 3 роки тому +25

    Your hair cut look good. Your wife did a great job. You should give her a tip.

    • @RoxanneGutierrez010
      @RoxanneGutierrez010 3 роки тому +4

      Give her a tip or theeee tip? Lol sorry I had to share 😂

    • @SarahMaywalt
      @SarahMaywalt 3 роки тому +1

      If it was really good, he should give her more than just the tip.

  • @pageribe2399
    @pageribe2399 Рік тому +1

    Sweet potato pie is a gift from heaven. Puts pumpkin pie to shame!

  • @debkay1160
    @debkay1160 3 роки тому

    You make me laugh. Thank you for your insight.

  • @nickybobby9317
    @nickybobby9317 3 роки тому +94

    “But the American use of key sadly has nothing to do with the fruit’s ability to unlock portals to mystical worlds like Oz, Narnia or Michigan...” 🤣

    • @JacquelineMoleski
      @JacquelineMoleski 3 роки тому +13

      Being from Michigan that one had me laughing.

    • @nickybobby9317
      @nickybobby9317 3 роки тому +1

      Jacqueline Moleski Ditto

    • @feiradragon7915
      @feiradragon7915 3 роки тому +3

      I'd be more impressed if key limes could defeat the Heartless.

    • @justanotherwhitegirla7093
      @justanotherwhitegirla7093 3 роки тому +6

      I didn't know I lived in a mystical world. That's a first.

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 3 роки тому +6

      At least we know why he didn’t say Ohio! Nothing mysterious about it, except why sane people would live there...

  • @honorsilverthorne7227
    @honorsilverthorne7227 3 роки тому +14

    When I was growing up here in NC, my grandfather had four pecan trees in his yard. We ate pecan pies PACKED throughout with pecans; not just a layer on top of the sweet gloopy layer below, but ALL chock full of pecans! 😋 Those were the BEST ‼️😊💕

  • @stevenvicino8687
    @stevenvicino8687 3 роки тому +2

    True story. I went through US air force basic training back in '82. We were all given 5 minutes to eat any meal. I lived for 6 weeks on pecan pie and water. I adore pecan pie to this day.

  • @GavinsMarineMom
    @GavinsMarineMom 2 роки тому

    "Pee-Can" is a receptacle one urinates in when a toilet cannot be readily found. Puh-cahn.....Love, from Texas ❤

  • @heartsmart3689
    @heartsmart3689 3 роки тому +207

    You need to try Derby Pie. It combined pecans and chocolate (As well a a hint of Bourbon whiskey, thus the name)

    • @valerielutter7921
      @valerielutter7921 2 роки тому +18

      A co-worker rattled off the recipe for Derby Pie and the first time I made it I kept adding more butter, but still wouldn't "pour" into the pie crust. It became Derby Rock. When discussing it the next day, she asked if I whisked the eggs first. WHAT EGGS? She never mentioned eggs! Derby Rock is also delicious.

    • @Cayla2015
      @Cayla2015 2 роки тому +6

      I prefer Derby pie to regular pecan pie!

    • @vh9network
      @vh9network 2 роки тому

      I tried Derby Pie finally and it's not worth it's price. Stick to Pecan, an Edward's Pecan pie run circles around it.

    • @neuvocastezero1838
      @neuvocastezero1838 2 роки тому

      It's good, in small slices.

    • @Frame_Late
      @Frame_Late 2 роки тому +2

      Crack Pie

  • @Rawyyy1
    @Rawyyy1 3 роки тому +93

    In PA, there is shoofly pie, both wet-bottom and dry-bottom.

    • @craigbathurst8797
      @craigbathurst8797 3 роки тому +11

      Wet-bottom is a must. Easier to eat.

    • @daisysoup158
      @daisysoup158 3 роки тому +4

      Wet please

    • @tstahler5420
      @tstahler5420 3 роки тому

      Haven't had it in almost 40 years.

    • @johncrafton8319
      @johncrafton8319 3 роки тому

      I figure wet-bottom was initially an accident.

    • @khaxjc1
      @khaxjc1 3 роки тому +3

      Rawyyy1 oh shoofly pie. Its taken for granted around where I live, looked down on as not being as rich/exciting, but its oh so good. Shoofly and funny cake. May my local grocery store forever carry both ♥️

  • @Sirona279
    @Sirona279 Рік тому

    Lmao! Jeez, Grandma’s brutal. 😂😂😂

  • @dem2917
    @dem2917 3 роки тому +1

    Jazz up your pumpkin pie (batter) with a handful of chopped cranberries. They also go great in apple pie.

  • @smilingeyes1938
    @smilingeyes1938 3 роки тому +39

    Buttermilk Chess pie. Anything with butter, milk, eggs, and sugar as the four main ingredients has to be good... or at the very least, not bad.

    • @becks7394
      @becks7394 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, I have found it under 'vinegar pie' too - it's so fricken fantastic. I feel like I should make one tomorrow

    • @khaxjc1
      @khaxjc1 3 роки тому

      SmilingEyes1938 second recommendation Ive seen for a buttermilk pie in this comment section yet someone Ive never heard of it before. I see baking in my future.

    • @mwwilliams1967
      @mwwilliams1967 3 роки тому

      Nothing like a very good Buttermilk Chess Pie

    • @hah3456
      @hah3456 3 роки тому +2

      You are a REAL Southerner 😻😻 Thats a great one. Chess pie is kinda like pecan pie without nuts. But not made exactly same

    • @cstephenson3749
      @cstephenson3749 3 роки тому +1

      @@hah3456 At least no nuts in the pie, in the kitchen, tho, may be another story...

  • @paulandbenny
    @paulandbenny 3 роки тому +69

    Pecan Pie is way under-rated . When done well it is amazing. We even put a recipe on our channel for the minis. (Key Lime is near the top of our list as well!)

    • @nedludd7622
      @nedludd7622 2 роки тому +4

      Most people and restaurants make it too sweet. They even manage to ruin simple recipes like apple pie for the same reason.

    • @animehuntress9018
      @animehuntress9018 2 роки тому +2

      @@nedludd7622 Absolutely agree! Restaurants have nothing on a pecan pie prepared from scratch or a well done pie at a dessert shop or pie shop. The only restaurant where I really enjoyed the pecan pie actually sourced it from a local pie shop and dessert shop, lol!

  • @marilynmurray3041
    @marilynmurray3041 Рік тому

    My aunt had pecan trees in her Waco, Texas yard. She would send us pecans every year. The best pecan pie and pralines ever. The fresher the pecans the better.

  • @michaelbroska3144
    @michaelbroska3144 2 роки тому

    Key Lime Pie is to die for!!!

  • @StephanieCanada
    @StephanieCanada 3 роки тому +47

    I would not put it past the Key Lime Pie event to add to the Florida Man stories. There are SO many...

  • @dinonuggets7148
    @dinonuggets7148 3 роки тому +38

    Britain may have made apple pie, but America perfected it

    • @1stAmbientGrl
      @1stAmbientGrl 3 роки тому +2

      I always thought the Dutch invented it.

    • @Skitdora2010
      @Skitdora2010 3 роки тому +2

      @@1stAmbientGrl I only know Dutch apple pie as having either ice cream on top of it, or you place a slit in the crust topping and pour some heavy cream into the pie before you bake it. End result is the same dairy flavor as melted ice cream. I only know this because the alien loved it so much in the movie Starman and I wanted to make it to know what the big deal was.

    • @johnbaird4912
      @johnbaird4912 3 роки тому +1

      @@1stAmbientGrl
      Geoffrey Chaucer wrote about it in 1381

    • @danielm5535
      @danielm5535 3 роки тому +1

      Just because Chaucer wrote about it doesn’t mean he invented it! 😜 The Brits have the oldest written version of a lasagna, but that doesn’t mean it was invented there. A lot of chefs were barely literate- recipes were passed orally and oversimplified any written recipes.

    • @johnbaird4912
      @johnbaird4912 3 роки тому

      @@danielm5535
      You could say that about every countries food though not just England

  • @crazysingingchick
    @crazysingingchick 3 роки тому +1

    3:51 I agree and I actually really love both. 😂

  • @megan5867
    @megan5867 Рік тому

    Blueberry pir is my absolute favorite! Also, add a little lemon to the blueberry also, yum!

  • @svend07
    @svend07 3 роки тому +16

    The American people and Rachel Ray...priceless

  • @Carol-D.1324
    @Carol-D.1324 3 роки тому +16

    “Some of us have a 9 month head-start”....I totally lost it 😆🤣

  • @ellajument
    @ellajument 3 роки тому +2

    “But for me, there’s only one pie that matters, and it’s this:”
    *Queue immediate airwick ad with logo right where the pie graphics have been going*

  • @kill3st
    @kill3st 2 роки тому

    lol I've never been so entertained since I found your channel, Laurence! Thanks for the great videos!

  • @ImallamaToo
    @ImallamaToo 3 роки тому +8

    Southerner here raised on pecan pie. I feel sorry for the rest of the world for not having this delicacy.

  • @LythaWausW
    @LythaWausW 3 роки тому +51

    Believe it or not, there's no pie in Germany. If you want to make one yourself, you won't be able to find the baking pan for it. Last Christmas a German family member made me a traditional apple pie. She had the recipe spot-on, it was great. But she made it in a German tort pan so the shape was wrong. Everyone asked how I liked it and if it was authentic and I said it's perfect except that the crust is too vertical. American pies have a 45 degree angle to the crust. I think they were amazed at how German (critical) I've become, but I had to tell the truth.

    • @markpolo97
      @markpolo97 3 роки тому +4

      Just bought a few new pie tins in Germany, and as you said, they have rather vertical sides... I have to decide if the pumpkin or pecan goes into those… A few years ago I found some with more "normal" sides, though.

    • @cherylchristian5673
      @cherylchristian5673 3 роки тому +12

      They don’t have our pie pans in the UK either, at least it seems so from watching Great British Baking Show. They put pie in tart pans. WRONG. That’s not a pie, it’s a tart.

    • @raedwulf61
      @raedwulf61 3 роки тому +7

      German. Critical. Say no more.

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 3 роки тому +6

      Wtf difference does that make? That is nitpicking at the highest level.

    • @jennylee9278
      @jennylee9278 3 роки тому +10

      Oh the German in me perfectly understands that the correct angle of the pie crust is essential to full enjoyment of said pie.

  • @Phlucious
    @Phlucious 2 роки тому

    Agreed. Sweet potato and pumpkin pie taste the same. And I love them.

  • @deannalively4778
    @deannalively4778 3 роки тому

    Yes!!! Pecan pie still warm from the oven and coffee

  • @chandlee3968
    @chandlee3968 3 роки тому +41

    Honorable mention: Strawberry Pie, made famous by the former restaurant powerhouse known as Shoney’s /Big Boy restaurants.

    • @laurac5451
      @laurac5451 3 роки тому +3

      Strawberry pie a only good without that awful syrupy glaze

    • @davidterry6155
      @davidterry6155 3 роки тому +10

      Also Strawberry Rhubarb pie

    • @NoleGal94
      @NoleGal94 3 роки тому +3

      Shoney's breakfast bar and strawberry pie: 2 things I hope they have in heaven. 💖

    • @christopherdieudonne
      @christopherdieudonne 3 роки тому +2

      @@davidterry6155 I used to LOVE that Strawberry Rhubarb pie growing up. It was my favorite at Big Boys !

    • @bcaye
      @bcaye 3 роки тому +1

      Shoneys still exists all over the Midwest and Southeast.

  • @joshuaerenberg2971
    @joshuaerenberg2971 3 роки тому +53

    This comment section is a recipe book.

  • @greglux8317
    @greglux8317 3 роки тому

    The grandma on the phone bit reminded me of Bob Newhart...
    There is a restaurant called "The Busy Corner" in Goodfield, IL, between Bloomington and Peoria.
    They have a ridicously large pie counter with a couple of dozen different varieties of pie baked fresh daily.
    We stop there practically every time we drive past.
    I highly recommend you check it out the next time you are downstate, since you live in Illinois anyway.

  • @davidonfim2381
    @davidonfim2381 3 роки тому

    Oh. My. Gosh. Cream pie is an actual kind of PIE??!! Mind blown.

  • @LegixInfo
    @LegixInfo 3 роки тому +12

    I've lived in the U.S. for just over 40 years now (from South Africa) -- iin the South, Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southern California. And today, thanks to you, I learned of a new type of pie I have never heard of before -- sweet potato pie.

    • @tiramisu5901
      @tiramisu5901 3 роки тому

      Wow! You’ve lived in the South and never had Sweet Potato Pie! It’s so wonderful..love from TX.

    • @g0679
      @g0679 3 роки тому

      Ain’t but one kinda pie. Tater pie.