It’s Pi Day. That’s the day where all your friends who like to think they’re smart go around saying, “It’s March 14th – 3.14 as in pi,” and when you press them on what exactly ‘pi’ is, they say, “Uh. You know. Like in math. How do you not know pi?”
I freely admit I have no idea what pi is — I happily forgot everything I learned in math upon graduating high school — but I do know one thing: pie sucks.
Yes, Pi Day has pretty much become Pie Day. It’s a day when you can find deals on everything from Marie Callender’s to Pieology (pizza pie – get it?).
And while I’m all for turning regular days into made-up food holidays (National Pizza Day, anyone?), I stand by my opinion that pie is awful.
Hot fruit resting between two tasteless pieces of crust? And can we talk about Cool Whip for a minute? It’s terrible. Everything about pie is terrible.
Unlike cake. TEAM CAKE.
Now, here’s where I’ll concede that maybe my opinion stems from just never having had good pie. I mean, I grew up eating canned vegetables and didn’t really know the joy of fresh vegetables until I was an adult. Now I know vegetables are amazing when prepared correctly.
So what I’m saying is, I’m open to the idea that pie maybe, possibly doesn’t suck as much as I think it does.
Here’s where you come in. I need you to prove my pie opinion wrong. Or try to, anyway.
First, answer the very important poll question below about whether or not pie does, in fact, suck.
Then, tell me in the comments where one can get good pie in the Valley. If I get enough good answers, I’ll do a follow-up post listing these fantastic pie places.
And maybe, just maybe, I’ll admit that I was wrong about pie.*
*Though probably not.
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I think you’re correct, you’ve never had good pie. The only pie, in my opinion, that should be served hot is apple pie with a caramel streusel top served ala mode with Costco vanilla ice cream. Go right now to Marie calendars and get a chocolate satin pie, make sure you have a glass of milk. You can thank me later.
Thanks for the suggestion, Ashley. I respect your opinion 100%. Though … I could just have chocolate cake … 😉
Thanks for the recs, Ashley. Though I have to say, why eat chocolate pie when you can have chocolate cake? Or tiramisu? Or chocolate mousse? 🙂
Trust me. ????
I’m #TeamPie, and I agree with Ashley — the only pie that should be served hot is apple pie. I’m still looking for a good pie place in Fresno, so I’m hoping you do a follow-up *fingers crossed* but for a chain restaurant, I think Marie Callender’s has some pretty good pie. Try their banana cream! Also, don’t forget cheesecake is a pie 🙂
But … cheeseCAKE
Haha, we have this debate at the office all the time. But if you Google “is cheesecake a cake or a pie?” it should give you the explanation 🙂
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Clearly you’ve never had proper pie! Homemade, from scratch, fruit (preferably rhubarb in my world – wait, is rhubarb a fruit? LOL) fresh picked from my dad’s garden, pastry made with butter, all fresh, delicious, baked up perfectly, and served WARM with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Heaven!
Aww. it sounds nice when you describe it like that. (*runs to Google to try to figure out what a rhubarb is*)