Posted by Josh Rosenau on March 14, 2008 
Mmmmmm pi. Inexplicably, this is not a paid holiday at NCSE, but we do consume copious volumes of pie (including pizza), so it all works out.
My contribution is strawberry-rhubarb. King of pies. Discuss your favorite pie, pi, or pie-blogging in the comments.
I agree on strawberry-rhubarb, and especially my grandmother’s strawberry-rhubarb custard pie. Half fill a pie crust with your strawberry-rhubarb mix and then pour a custard filling over the top, then bake until custard is done. The combination of sweet-tart with creamy-rich is awesome.
Another goody from my family’s traditions is the Pennsylvania Dutch “Schnockaschtettle” — one of the family of molasses crumb pies that includes “shoo-fly pie,” but this one comes out less gooey and more chewy. You can even pick up a piece in your hand and eat it like coffee cake for breakfast.
Strawberry-rhubarb is good, but I like my rhubarb-cream better. It’s like the strawberry-rhubarb custard above, but without the strawberrys. Which means you can cook it a little longer and the rhubarb melts in your mouth while the custard adds the sweetness and creamy-richness.
My favorite pie, however, is only available for a couple weeks a year when the northern spy apples are ripe in late October early November.
There is no better apple pie than a spy pie.
Now my mouth is watering….
Last summer I tasted the best peach pie ever, made by a friend, not me. It had a dusting of cinnamon which enhances almost anything. I hate to show my ignorance, but why is this Pi day?
It just dawned on me. It’s 3.14.
That is one luscious looking pie. Makes me drool for a taste. I love fruit pies; strawberry rhubarb, strawberry, sour cherry, blueberry or tart apple, but only if they’re made from really flavorful varieties of fresh picked fruit. I’ve got a three month wait for our season to begin.
Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is formerly a doctoral candidate at the University of Kansas, in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not battling creationists or modeling species ranges, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.
The opinions expressed here are his own, do not reflect the official position of NCSE. Indeed, older posts may no longer reflect his own official position.
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