 While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. Today celebrates a different kind of piety - December 1 is National Pie Day! Is there a more fabulously festive way to kickstart December, THE month of holiday baking, than indulging in pie all day long? We think not, so strap on your apron and get bakin'! Pie originally came to be out of necessity. During ancient times, soldiers and travelers needed a safe, easy way to transport enough food to sustain them for long periods of time without worrying about it spoiling. Wrapping meat, cheeses or even a honey filling in an early form of pastry, made using flour, water and fat, proved a handy way to get their meals on the run. And who doesn't love an edible crust? Pies live and die by their casing. Do you like a filled pie with a crust on the bottom, a top-crust pie with only filling underneath or, the king of pies, the two-crust that completely encloses all that tasty filling between layers of luscious dough? And don't get us started on the pastry, although flaky is hard to beat. So today, serve yourself a slice or two or three of your favorite pies. You can stay old-time traditional with a hearty meat pie, bite into a bit of comfort with a pot pie or heap a scoop of ice cream on top of chess pie. Going a little pie crazy and not sure where to start? Dive in to this pie primer. |
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Yeah, I'm not sure what day National Pie Day is, but I had Chicken Pot Pie and Pumpkin Pie today, just in case. Om nom nom nom nom...
3/14 is national pie day!
Every day is Pie day, but, Pi day is March 14...
January 23rd is National Pie Day! You're celebrating on the wrong day!!
Every day should be pie day, and in my heart every day is. I had some gooooooood pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. I can still taste it. Pie ... pie ... pie ..... I love pie. I'll take pie over pi any day.
Every day is pie day,fool!
"Make me some pie!!" (Cartman)
This is why Americans are fat. "National Pie Day"
who cares? Eat, Drink and then we die.
Americans are fat because portion size is out of control in the USA.
And Americans embrace a sedentary life style.
BINGO – you are FAT!
Does this pie make my butt look big?
No, your butt makes your butt look big.
You're obviously incapable of appreciating good pie, Jerome. You're like a tone-deaf music critic.
http://www.piecouncil.org/Events/NationalPieDay/
It's Jan 23rd
Duh, everyone knows National Pie Day is March 14th. We celebrate at work every year. Who the hell picked December 1st??
Agreed, it has to be either March 14, or the 3rd of the 14th month, depending on how you write dates. :->
Lol, the 14th month! What month is that? =P
The 14th month is Januebruary.
That's pi day. As in 3.14....
March 14 is national Pi day...there's a difference. In 9th grade, my son had to be in a picture eating a piece of pie with the day's paper in hand and visible. He also had to recite pi to 20 decimals from memory. For all of this, he got two 100s. I don't think he minded the assignment, especially the pie eating part!!!
yes! exactly. ask anyone with a math degree.
Pie day is March 14th. The specific time is 1:59pm and 26.53 seconds.
No, March 14 is Pi Day, not Pie Day.
You can have my slice of cherry pie. I want mince meat, pumpkin, key lime, and pecan pie! Now we're talking DM coma!
Well put!
PI Day, is March 14th, for the super Nerdy
Get it 3.14
Pi are round...Cornbread are square.
Figure that out all by yourself did you?
Magnum PI ?
Every Day should be CHERRY PIE DAY.....just sayin'. :)
And tomorrow can be national diabetic coma day! ENJOY!
The American Pie Council traditionally celebrates National Pie Day in April.
My mistake. It's January 23. The National Pie Championships are in April
no way. pie day should be march 14th
I agree- March 14 is pi day, end of story.
The big celebration for pi day could be March 14, 2015 unless you round up. Then it would be March 14, 2016.
Just have the main part of your celebration between 9:26-9:27. Then you can have it in 2015 with no regrets.
Baa-ha-ha-ha! Done & done!
I vote for the meat pie with the hair shaved off
I like pie
and I like π