Fifty Plus (50+) - Poll: How do you like your pie served?

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When you order a slice of pie, how do you like it served?

Do you like it warmed? Cold? Scoop of Ice Cream? Mound of Whipped Cream? Sprinkle some sugar on it? Howse about the English way with a slice of cheese? Or some fruit topping on it?

Do you prefer it with milk or coffee?

Only 10 options allowed, so had to leave some out. And of course, it will vary by type of pie. Perhaps you like warm apple pie with ice cream, or cold pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

NOTE: Pizza and Meat Pies are *EXCLUDED* from this poll!

This poll was inspired by my recent order for a slice of peach pie. I couldn't believe how long it took them to bring it. Then I found out why, they had heated it to scalding temperatures.

But I like my pie cold! Almost always. They ruined my peach pie! Crust was now all soggy.

And, unlike my wife, I almost never get ice cream or whipped cream on it, because I want to taste the pie.

I had to vote for a lot of them. Warm bluebery pie with really good vanilla ice cream; cool pumpkin pie with whipped cream; really rich cheesecake with a drizzle of fruit; and the list goes on.....

Pie cold? Room temp or heated is the only way to go. With ice cream. After a good ride, of course-- zero guilt.

How do I like my pie served? By a beautiful woman, of course. :)

Warm berry pie with ice cream is my favorite:love: I like coffee with my pie.

I've never had an alcoholic drink with pie but do like beer with oatmeal raisin cookies:)

I like my pie either cold or room temperature. No ice cream, no whipped cream...nothing but pie.

Cold or Room temp for me also. One option lacking....I like my pie served in the midst of a 30-50 mile bike ride!

Well now I can't go back and add more picks. But yes it depends on the pie. Cherrie, Lemon Meringue, Boston cream, coconut custard, and shoo fly pie I take just so. (A little PA Dutch lingo there) Apple or blueberry I take with or without ice cream. Key Lime with whipped cream. Pumpkin I don't care for. And unlike other deserts, I actually prefer homemade from scratch for pies. The prepared fillings are just too much sugar and strange filling material. Although truth be told I don't eat much due to diabetes.

I'm a pie purist. Just the pie with no ice cream or whipped cream, but I do like a glass of cold milk with it. I have been known to have a chicory cafe au lait (did I spell that correctly?) with pie.

When you order a slice of pie,

a "slice of pie?"

Who stops at one slice?

And all of the above, except I don't drink alcohol or coffee, and never sprinkle sugar. It makes it fattening.

I use to be a major fan of "Cream Pies" but I'm heading more towards "Fruit Pies", nowadays:D My grandma would make a "Chocolate Merrange (sp?)" just for ME, the Merrange was super lite and fluffy:love:, not like the ultra-heavy stuff in the Pie stores:o Still I have to admit I don't get too much Pie on rides as there's just not a "safe" place to lock the bikes at any of the area "Pie Places"!:(

Warm apple, blueberry or cherry pie with ice cream served with a glass of cold milk or a cup of hot coffee. The only option missing is "Infrequently". Maybe a half dozen times a year is plenty of pie for me.

Either Rhubarb or some kind of fruit (berries, apple, peach, etc.), warm pie, cold ice cream (vanilla) and hot coffee, black. Thank you!

Rick / OCRR

As with BD, I limit my pie intake :eek: to a few slices a year. Apple pie in the fall, around the hollidays. Other pies, more often, but they have been excluded from this poll....................

Coffee hound here, so I like everything served with coffee! As for pie-room temp or warmed. Finally, a poll I can sink my teeth into!

Three pieces at a time!

Most definately cold and with a cup of freshly groung and brewed Kenya AA coffee. Adding anything to a good pie is akin to mixing Woodford Reserve with Coke. Sacrilege!!!! Yes, I am a pie snob;)

Whipped Cream with a slice of Pumpkin Pie...tells you how much whipped cream I use!

Warm Apple with Ice cream, but cold will work as well.
Cold glass of milk please

Hot or cold,with or without Ice cream and served repeatedly!

By a cute young (or charmingly grandmotherly) waitress who calls you 'hon'.

Either Rhubarb or some kind of fruit (berries, apple, peach, etc.), warm pie, cold ice cream (vanilla) and hot coffee, black. Thank you!

Rick / OCRR

You nearly have it right- but with hot Rhubarb- it has to be custard and a Large coffee.

But failing hot rhubarb or berry- Then a nice cool cheesecake would do just aswell- providing it is the healthy version with fruit on it. (Think this one has 1/2 a strawberry on it)

apple with a slice of aged cheddar slightly warmed.

apple with a slice of aged cheddar slightly warmed.

Did you vote for the cheese option?

Because I thought the votes for cheese were at 4 and then your message came in later and they are still at 4.

I'm a pie purist. Just the pie with no ice cream or whipped cream, but I do like a glass of cold milk with it. I have been known to have a chicory cafe au lait (did I spell that correctly?) with pie.

+1 to that. I would only add that I believe there is an optimum time in the life of a pie when it is at its very best. That time begins about 30-45 minutes after its removal from the oven but I'm not sure when the period ends. Has to do with the crust retaining its flakiness and not getting too soggy. When that has taken place, pie is merely good.

Perhaps some careful, systematic pie research is needed.

...Adding anything to a good pie is akin to mixing Woodford Reserve with Coke. Sacrilege!!!! ...

You sir, (or madam) are clearly a person of refined taste and impeccable judgment! :)

tom

I voted for the pie with coffee as I've not had any coffee for three days and I was feeling a bit of the craving. In regards to pie with cheese- the only place I've seen it is here in Wi. Even here, however, I get some odd looks when asking for cheddar and apple.

I will take mine however my wife serves it to me and I don't complain. I know better.

On a bike tour I would like it served with as many calories as possible. So increase the number of slices and/or add almost all the ingredients listed (ice cream, cheese, sugar, fruit, whipped cream, and make the tall glass of milk a chocolate shake).

When we fix rhubarb cobbler (with no strawberries), I like to put it in bowl, sprinkle sugar on it, and then pour milk on it. Yum! Yum! This might be a hillbilly thing.

I can't remember the last time I had pie.
Which is sad, because pie can be so good.

Really great pie, I believe, can not be purchased. Now that my Grandmother has passed I have no family pie maker. She spoiled us all anyway. Her apple pie was the best ever. The crust would crumble if you looked at it. That fancy lace top with a couple of red hots was such a delight to behold. It visually symbolized the joy to follow.

But alas, there is no more pie like that.

All this has done is reinforced my desire to make a strawberry-rhubarb pie, my favoriteist pie in the whole world. And I makes a fine one, if I do say so myself.

Now I need to find some righteous rhubarb. The local strawberries are peaking. The time for pie is now.

I used to make a kick-butt strawberry rhubarb pie-- until rhubarb disappeared from all our local groceries. Used to be able to get it frozen any time of year. Where/when to get rhubarb?

I like my apple pie warm with ice cream.....
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r152/crankyolddude/IMG_1212.jpg
....though the whipped cream was a bit over the top (pardon the pun).

Cherry and Peach pies both warm, peach also with ice cream.

Chocolate Cream, Banana Cream and Coconut Cream pies ...cold please.

Pmupkin pie with whipped cream.

TIP: If you're ever in Holland Mi., stop into The Windmill on 8th street and order a piece of their Chocolate Cream pie.

Nutrition Facts: Apple Pie and Ice-cream.
Serving Size: 1 order

Amount per Serving

Calories 1086 Calories from Fat 504


% Daily Value *
Total Fat 56g 86%
Saturated Fat 14g 70%
Cholesterol 50mg 17%
Sodium 579mg 24%
Total Carbohydrate 146g 49%
Dietary Fiber 7g 28%
Protein 14g 28%


Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 46.4% Carbs 53.8%
Protein 5.2%

I voted for them all.

We had an all-pie potluck last fall.

Apple pie, sweet potato pie, deep fried apple pies, lemon meringue pie, chicken pot pie, shepherds pie... and it was good. Dammit now I'm really hungry.

Tom, I'm surprised you identified pie with cheese as the English way. Growing up in Wisconsin we always had pie with cheddar. Mom made the best piecrust I've ever eaten. Fortunately for me, I'm too hamhanded to make her recipe, although my husband regrets it.

Nutrition Facts: Apple Pie and Ice-cream.
Serving Size: 1 order

Amount per Serving

Calories 1086 Calories from Fat 504


% Daily Value *
Total Fat 56g 86%
Saturated Fat 14g 70%
Cholesterol 50mg 17%
Sodium 579mg 24%
Total Carbohydrate 146g 49%
Dietary Fiber 7g 28%
Protein 14g 28%


Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 46.4% Carbs 53.8%
Protein 5.2%

That is why it tastes so good, and has SO MUCH energy!!

The perfect mid or after-ride nutrition supplement!

Nutrition Facts: Apple Pie and Ice-cream.
Serving Size: 1 order

Amount per Serving

Calories 1086 Calories from Fat 504


% Daily Value *
Total Fat 56g 86%
Saturated Fat 14g 70%
Cholesterol 50mg 17%
Sodium 579mg 24%
Total Carbohydrate 146g 49%
Dietary Fiber 7g 28%
Protein 14g 28%


Est. Percent of Calories from:
Fat 46.4% Carbs 53.8%
Protein 5.2%

You don't order pie (or any other sweets) if you're concerned about its caloric and nutritional content - you order it because it tastes good!

My Favorites: 1) Fresh warm apple pie topped with custard sauce, then sprinkled with a pinch of nutmeg. 2) Pumpkin pie (room temperature) topped with a dab of whipped cream made from heavy dairy cream (its really thick, rich, and loaded with calories!); no spray can cream allowed. Both seem to go good with rich coffee, too.

Apple with Cheese is not something we have in the UK as the norm- but Why ruin good cheese with a fruit- and why ruin a good apple with a mediocre cheese.

Cheddar cheese used to made in Somerset- where they make better use of apples by making them into cider- But I once bought a very expensive piece of cheddar cheese from the Cheddar Gorge. It was the best bit of tasteless rubber I have ever had. So I can see the reson for a bit of Cheddar with the best use poor quality apples can be put to. A Ploughmans lunch, (Fresh bread cheese and pickles) and a good cider is the best way to disguise the taste of the pair of them.

But nowadays- Cheddar is just a way of making cheese but if you ever have the opprtunity of trying a "Davidstow" cheddar- then you will get to taste one of the best cheeses ever made. Barring Roquefort-Brie-Pont L'Eveque and Stilton. I like my cheese to walk to the table on it's own.

Pie is good with or without the acutrements...but we all have our likes and dislikes... i like most anything when pie is in the equasion................

Warm boysenberry with (whipping) cream poured over it.

Plain, unadorned with anything cheesecake.

Apple with Cheese is not something we have in the UK as the norm- but Why ruin good cheese with a fruit- and why ruin a good apple with a mediocre cheese.


I believe the English were the originators of putting cheese on apple pie. The practice was referred to in 19th Century English novels, and it is believed that custom was carried to America by the British.

Here's an English store's web page that advertises cheese for apple pie:
http://www.enjoyengland.com/ideas/food-and-drink/eat/flavours/cheese/churchmouse-cheeses.aspx

And here's another one (look at the entry for Wensleydale cheese)
http://www.britishcheese.com/members/belton_cheese_ltd-2

And this traditional English recipe for apple pie, which has a suggestion for adding a slice of cheddar with it:
http://www.britainexpress.com/articles/Food/Old-English-Applie-Pie.htm


Cheese was traditionally served with pies made from tart apples.

You guys are old!
Like my pie in bed!