So. This past Tuesday was National Coconut Cream Pie Day. How could I have possibly missed that? It’s my second favorite pie.
And now I want one bad. Just a slice. A teensy slice. Okay. A regular slice. And by regular I mean… Hand over the pie plate and pass me a fork!
And the reason I know it’s my second favorite pie is because of this Throwback Thursday post from February 2013.
Keeping with the pastry theme a little bit longer because — you know — National Coconut Cream Pie Day, let’s throw.
The Pie High Club…
Catching the late night news the other night, I saw a segment on a small hamlet in Alberta called Scandia. And when I say small, I mean population-just-over-a-hundred small.
Scandia holds an annual pie auction to raise funds for their community center. Nothing unusual there. I’ve seen plenty of pies auctioned off at fundraisers. You probably have, too.
What held me riveted to this news segment was that not a single pie goes for less than 100 bucks.
And.
And, there were two lemon meringue pies that hit the pie high club at $580 and $400.
Let’s take a moment.
These lemon meringue pies are baked by Mary, a 63-year-resident of the community, and in the words of the $580 bidder… It’s very good pie.
He’s understated.
He’s subtle.
He’s my kind of pie guy.
He also loves my favorite pie in all the land.
But my second favorite pie — coconut cream. The best slice of coconut cream pie I’ve ever had, hands down, was at the Water Prince Corner Shop in Charlottetown, on Prince Edward Island. And if I were going to pay $580 for a pie, that pie would be it.
The Water Prince Corner Shop is where we had our lobster lunch and our scallops dinner during our September roadmance. It’s where the locals go when they’re not fixing their lobster at home. So we were told. That’s a whole other post.
And.
And this raspberry cream cheese pie at the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company will make you swoon. It’s their speciality.
I might have had a little pie-gasm.
Mary says there’s nothing special about her lemon meringue pies. Well, she uses extra eggs, and lard in the crust. I’m thinking $580 Bidder feels otherwise. Check out her meringue in the video here. It’s the meringue of meringues.
So.
All you pie lovers out there.
What’s your favorite pie?
And how much would you pay to be in the Pie High Club?
I made that up.
There is no Pie High Club.
Yet.
Elen, feeling a little pie-peckish now.
Note: I saw the news segment first at CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme on the 19th. Love her reportage. The original segment comes from CTV Calgary, Bridget Brown reporting. Check it out.
(February 2013)
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See that pecan pie up there? I made it myself. I recognize my counter top. It’s just ready to go in the oven. I wonder what year that was?
Ha-ha, ho-ho, hee-hee.
I feel like a power walk is in order after reading this post.
And that’s how we’re rolling this Throwback Thursday.
Elen
Elen Grey 