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Fuzzy Pi

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Big snow storms and big parties don’t go together.  I watched the weather like that proverbial hawk for a couple of weeks and was a little dismayed when just a few days ahead of Pi Day, the forecast took a turn for the worse.  For the next few days we were hoping the snow would hold off until Saturday night, but it became clear that our hopes wouldn’t be realized.  YA suggested that we move Pi Day up to 5 p.m. (instead of 6) to give folks a little more wiggle room so I sent out an email.

I was a bit worried about whether I could be ready by 5.  On Thursday and Friday I was… well a little fuzzy.  Just not firing on all thrusters.  Around noon on Friday, I had some pie shells par-baking; as I waited, I took a quick break on the sofa.  When the timer went off, I headed to the kitchen, faced the oven, turned off the timer, put on the oven mitts and then promptly turned right around and opened the dishwasher.  Just a smidge loopy I’d say.

YA was an angel and by the time the first folks arrived at 4:30, everything was done except for the whipped cream on the last three pies.  We had everything on the table and ready by 5.  Phew.  Of course not everybody got the email so there was a 5:00 influx and a 6:00 influx.  One friend came at 7:15!  No worries – enough pie for everybody!

Here is this year’s menu:
Blueberry
Dutch Apple
Peach
Pear Croustade
Oreo Cream
Double Lemon Chess
Nectarine Almond Crumb
Key Lime
Crack
Banofi
Fudge Pecan
Coconut Macadamia
Root Beer Float Whoopies

So you can have a Pi Day celebration when there is a storm and even if you’re a little discombobulated.  However I did make everybody who left after 7 call/text me when they got home safe and sound!

  What kind of pie is best eaten underground?

28 thoughts on “Fuzzy Pi”

  4. RIse and Shine, Baboons,

    The miner’s pie: a pasty made of meat and root vegetables, sealed in the crust and packed in the miner’s lunchbox. This was a staple of the Iron Mines in Northern Minnesota, although it originated in the mines of Wales. Served at home at the supper table, it is covered in gravy. I looked it up on the internet which states the pasty is considered a pie by whatever authority deems and declares such things.

    I was in the 5pm influx/6:15pm outflow because I wanted to get husband in and out before any deep snow. He is no longer a steady walker. VS’ back steps were clean, but collecting snow that I wanted to avoid. I can guarantee there was no sign of VS’s fuzziness at the table. Key Lime was my favorite. It was tart and limey. However, there was no bad pie on the table.

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    1. I’ve tried various pasties and I just don’t like them. They should make a veggie one. Most of them are beef and I won’t eat them.

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      1. Last week I made Samosa Filling, based on a slightly modified recipe from an Indian Cookbook. I skipped making the skins, so I didn’t deep fry the result, which was wrapped in a flour tortilla. I suppose that could be a sort of a “hand pie”. Discussion of “Pasties” here reminded me, and your request for “vegetarian” prompted me to respond.

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  6. So glad you were able to get Pi day in before the storm!

    The whole menu looks delicious, but I have agree with Jacque that a miner’s pasty was made to be eaten underground, but any handpie would no doubt be welcome.

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    1. My comments are going all over today. This one about that banofi pie being one of YA’s favorites was supposed to go under Barb’s comment.

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