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    Home » This and That » Happy Pi Day! Happy Pie Day!

    by Kathy Patalsky · updated: May 18, 2022 · published: Mar 14, 2009 · About 2 minutes to read this article. 1 Comment

    Happy Pi Day! Happy Pie Day!

    Retro Potato with Pie
    It’s Pi day! 3.14. No, I’m not a math geek. I actually just love pie. The kind you eat!

    Here are a few fun PIE facts for a happy Pi day!

    *The first “pie” was actually meat pie and shepherd’s (potato) pie. Sweet pie came later.

    *America’s favorite pie flavor:
    Schwan’s Consumer Brands North America conducted a nationwide poll asking, “what are your three favorite pies.” The results showed that people chose apple pies a whopping 72 percent of the time. Pumpkin came in second. My favorite, blackberry pie, didn’t make the top ten list:

    1. Apple, 47%
    2. Pumpkin, 37%
    3. Chocolate creme, 32%
    4. Cherry, 27%
    5. Apple crumb, 25%
    6. Pecan, 24%
    7. Lemon Meringue, 24%
    8. Blueberry, 21%
    9. Key lime, 18%
    10. Peach, 16%

    *Mark Twain, (1880-1910) used to eat half a Huckleberry Pie a day! …During a depressed phase of his life. Hmmm…Huckleberry Finn is making more sense now:
    Mark Twain, was a big fan of eating pies. According to The American Heritage Cookbook, Katy Leary said in her book on Mark Twain: She ordered a pie every morning, she said, recalling a period in which Twain was depressed. “Then I’d get a quart of milk and put it on the ice, and have it all ready – the huckleberry pie and the cold milk – about one o’clock. He eat half the huckleberry pie, anyway, and drink all the milk.”

    Click ahead to take my poll asking “What are your three favorite fruit-filled pies?”…

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    About Kathy Patalsky

    Hey there! I'm Kathy, lover of kitty cats, weekend baking, 90's movies, travel, beach fog and foamy lattes. Since 2007, I have been sharing my vegan recipes and photos. My goal is to make your cooking life a little easier, delicious - and plant-loaded - while sharing some LIFE and conversation along the way.

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