2 manmade pies

[SGTROCK]

Made these today following the old Better Homes New Cook book,Cost very little and taste better than store bought, now just need some help eating with a pot of coffee. Not bad for an old Marine

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Semper fi on the pie...
HD

 

[Big Man]

Hard to beat a good home-made pie. My favorite is egg custard, with a close second being strawberry rhubarb (with home-made ice cream).

 

[dh66]

Go Sarge!!
I enjoy cooking, but have not yet tried my hand at pies. I sure like to eat'em, though. And you're right, homemade beats store made any day.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Go Sarge!!
I enjoy cooking, but have not yet tried my hand at pies. I sure like to eat'em, though. And you're right, homemade beats store made any day.

Pies are one of the easiest things to make. If it comes out messy, you tell people it's "rustic".

 

[SGTROCK]

Really is easy, I just double the recipe, using the oven for just one seems like a waste of energy. Next week I'm going to try Apricot if I can find good fruit

 

[Big Man]

This time of year, fried apple pies are good. My grandmother used to dry apples in the Fall for use till fresh apples came in on her trees. She'd take the dried apples and cook them till soft, then put them in the pastry and fry them in oil. Roll the fried pies with some sugar, and we'd have a feast. When we'd go on trips, she would always make up a bunch of fried apple pies for us to take along.

I make fried apple pies the same way (even dry my own apples), but they are never as good as the ones "Maw" used to make.

 

[HudsonHawk]

This time of year, fried apple pies are good. My grandmother used to dry apples in the Fall for use till fresh apples came in on her trees. She'd take the dried apples and cook them till soft, then put them in the pastry and fry them in oil. Roll the fried pies with some sugar, and we'd have a feast. When we'd go on trips, she would always make up a bunch of fried apple pies for us to take along.

I make fried apple pies the same way (even dry my own apples), but they are never as good as the ones "Maw" used to make.

Fried pies are awesome. I usually can't wait for summer when I can get fresh peaches to make them. It's one of the things that make the summer heat bearable.

 

[dh66]

This time of year, fried apple pies are good. My grandmother used to dry apples in the Fall for use till fresh apples came in on her trees. She'd take the dried apples and cook them till soft, then put them in the pastry and fry them in oil. Roll the fried pies with some sugar, and we'd have a feast. When we'd go on trips, she would always make up a bunch of fried apple pies for us to take along.

I make fried apple pies the same way (even dry my own apples), but they are never as good as the ones "Maw" used to make.

I would give about anything for one of my grandmother's fried pies. Like your's, she would use dried apples or peaches, and pan fry them, not deep fry. After she passed, my great aunt (her sister) still turned out some good ones every time I went up home, but she's been gone far too long now, too.
Thanks for bringing back that memory Big Man.

 

[Shangas]

I've made apple pies and custard tarts with success. It's fun. Takes a while, but it's fun.

 

[DNO]

I'm a big fan of savoury pies, so once in a while I'll whip up a steak and kidney pie or a French Canadian Tourtierre (using my mother's old recipe). Mmmmmmh.

This one's a tourtierre:

 

[Babydoll]

Hard to beat a good home-made pie. My favorite is egg custard, with a close second being strawberry rhubarb (with home-made ice cream).

Is egg custard anything like a chess pie?

 

[HudsonHawk]

Is egg custard anything like a chess pie?

Chess pie is basically a custard pie, but has cornmeal in it, so it has a little more body and texture. But yeah, chess pie is a pretty simple egg custard based pie.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

My Grandma Brown's OldFashion Cream pie recipe calls for corn starch along with real cream,etc. ..but a custard pie has corn meal in it..? Did not know that.
HD

 

[Big Man]

Is egg custard anything like a chess pie?

My Grandmother loved the egg custard pie the S&W Cafeteria had, and worked hard to duplicate the taste (she got it down pat, for sure).

Egg custard pie is basically four eggs, about two cups of sugar, milk, and vanilla, with a pinch of salt. My Grandmother used a little bit of flour to make it "stiff". It makes a nice, smooth, "silky" texture pie.

When I think of Sunday Dinner, I think of my Maw's egg custard pie.

 

[Big Man]

... but has cornmeal in it ...

Never thought about cornmeal. I'll have to give that a try.

 

[HudsonHawk]

The cornmeal in a chess pie does the same thing as the corn starch or flour...it adds stiffness and body to what would otherwise be a pretty soft filling. It just adds a little different texture as well. You could also use buttermilk for a little tangier/less sweet version. Buttermilk pie is pretty good too!

 

[Panadora]

(strawberry gel / strawberries / vanilla cream / chocolate / marzipan / butter-rich dough) :essen:

 

[HudsonHawk]

I made a key lime pie on Sunday. A real one...which means NO graham cracker crust or meringue!

 

[emigran]

Don't laugh, girls, just go to Betty Crocker's site and look up Bisquick pie recipies... easy as pie... my fave is coconut custard with a little orange extract added in :eusa_clap