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March 14th, 2012
09:00 AM ET
While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. It's an all-out pie palooza because March 14 is National Pi(e) Day! Clever you, you've already figured out that today's date, 3/14, also corresponds to a famous mathematical constant you learned in school: 3.14, also known as pi. So it would stand to reason that today of all days is a great day to celebrate something of a similar name, pie. In 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives agreed that yes, America, we should have a Pi Day, although it was celebrated beginning in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium. The staff and visitors would march about a circular space and eat fruit pies. What's the usual way of celebrating Pi Day? Why indulging in your favorite pie and talking about the relevance of pi, of course! Pie eating contests are also welcome, or you can even make a pie with the pi symbol on it like our iReporters. We reached out to our ever-innovative team of iReporters to see what they were baking up in celebration. Key lime pie (and 200 digits of pi) She says, "Their key lime pies are the perfect combination of creamy, tangy and sweet - piled ridiculously high with a wonderful, light and airy meringue on a perfect graham cracker crust. My husband and I love it so much that we had it as our wedding "cake" when we had our wedding celebration in Key West, and we always enjoy going back to Blue Heaven for more!" She also filmed herself reciting the first 200 digits of pi from memory. She says math was always a favorite subject of hers and thinks people should celebrate Pi Day. "I think it's a fun day that encourages kids to get more involved in mathematics and have fun with it." Peanut butter chocolate mousse pie She says she had never heard of Pi Day before she stumbled across this assignment. "Since I have had a lifelong sweet tooth, I will have no problem at all with commemorating the occasion by baking at least one pie and savoring every last bite." Apple and pear pie She added flair to her pie by not only denoting the numerical symbol and 3.14, but also placing red circles on the edge that "represent the never ending digits of pi in an infinite loop," she says. Buttermilk pie Purple yam pie "Buy whole purple yam root crops or ready grated pouches (available at Asian stores). Steam them. Mash. Mix with 1 kilo of brown sugar, condensed and evaporated canned milk. Put in large cauldron. Keep stirring in low heat. This is a labor of love for the next 1.5 to 2 hours, so keep stirring because if you don't, it will burn. Never mind an aching arm afterwards - worth it for the taste. When [it's] really thick and you can't stir anymore, that's when it's ready," he said. PI-neapple rhubarb pie She told CNN, "I think pi is important and I love any excuse to make and eat pie. Why not have a special day for both? You know, places like Europe and South America don't have pi day because they write the month second - heartbreaking!" Tomato cheese pies As a math lover she says she appreciates the mechanics behind pi, and considers it to have many real world applications, "Especially when it comes to cooking or balancing my budget." Lemon custard Kelly Buhler, an American accountant and food blogger at An American Cupcake in London, says she was inspired to make these delightful mini cherry pie pops for Pi Day when she heard about CNN iReport's Pi day pie-off. "I've had pie pops on my 'to bake' list for two years! This finally got me to actually doing it since it was for such a fun holiday. I'm glad I did. They were fun to make and taste delicious too!" See the iReport assignment and get some inspiration from these pie posts and make your own at home. |
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I celebrated with gluten free oatmeal cream pies! http://makeitnaked.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/oatmeal-cream-pies-gluten-free/ and did some problem sets for fun. Only part of that is true.
I celebrated with 0.39269908169872415480783042290994
That's 1/8th; just my "piece of the pi"
Pi day must only be an American phenomenon, as 3/14here is recorded as 14/3 everywhere else in the world. If an international Pi must be selected, then it must be 31/4 or 31st April which of course does not exist (1 May? ) So maybe 22/7 is a better choice as has been suggested, since its the simplest fractional approximation of the circumference of any circle divided by its diameter. Long live 22 July.
e^(i*pi) – 1 = 0. You can't handle the beauty.
We know you meant e^(i*pi) + 1 = 0.
The Republicans do not believe in math or science so they do not observe pi day.
Why don't you relax and enjoy life a little?
P.S.: I'm NOT a Republican.
Pie on Pi day is wonderful, as long as we don't have to pay a Phi.
The White House was going to celebrate this but then Michelle informed everyone that they couldn't have pie and she then offered them grapes!
Were the grapes sour?
Just imagine in 2015. Pi Day will be extra special, 3-14-15
It was even more special 496 years ago: 3-14-1516.
Or actually 420 years ago: 3-14-1592
Or in 2030: 03-14-30
or in 4130: 03-14-4130
It's like a politician quoting statistics to prove a point; you can twist any number to mean anything you want.
Real Pi day is July 22. Just ask Archimedes!
July 22 or 22/7 is a good approximation to the true value of pi. Pi is irrational and cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers.
7/22 is the Pi Day equivalent of April Fools' Day. Then again Pi Day is a fairly stupid thing in and of itself.
Of course 7/22 is a stupid idea for Pi Day; it would correctly be 7/15, which corresponds with National Ice Cream Day.
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Guess the politicians didn't understand. Oh well, what's new?
Those recipes look great! I'm running my own Pi Day contest for the Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://blog.ucsusa.org/celebrate-pi-day-in-a-whole-new-way