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I baked a pie every day for a year

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Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by mordechai9000 »

_aavaa_ wrote: post #29
hinkley wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Heating the middle has to be a pain. And cutting it…

Well if you insert metal rods through it you can help with the heat transfer, then you can lattice over the holes. If you pumpkin pie it, you might even be able to have it hold up under its own weight. Plus a bit of stiff whipped cream in the holes would help.

I would make them fairly small (personal pie-sized) and use a filling that doesn't need to be cooked in the oven to set. The main limiting factors, I think, would be structural integrity and heating the filling to the center. You could set it on a ring (like the rim of a spring-form pan) to support it better during cooking. Now, a four dimensional hyper pie, on the other hand...

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by thatguy0900 »

mordechai9000 wrote: post #31
_aavaa_ wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if you insert metal rods through it you can help with the heat transfer, then you can lattice over the holes. If you pumpkin pie it, you might even be able to have it hold up under its own weight. Plus a bit of stiff whipped cream in the holes would help.

I would make them fairly small (personal pie-sized) and use a filling that doesn't need to be cooked in the oven to set. The main limiting factors, I think, would be structural integrity and heating the filling to the center. You could set it on a ring (like the rim of a spring-form pan) to support it better during cooking. Now, a four dimensional hyper pie, on the other hand...

If we don't care what the filling is you could just use sticky rice.

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by MrJohz »

CrazyStat wrote: post #12
delichon wrote: post #5

For me the change would be to become spherical. That would simplify some calculations.

A friend of mine tries to bake a spherical pie for pi day (March 14) each year, with varying approaches (and levels of success).

The first two things that spring to mind are pasties from the UK (which are not usually spherical but can get quite hemispherical), and the "UFO-Döner" from Germany (which are more oblate spheroids). Maybe by combining these ideas, your friend can get closer to their dream?

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by imgabe »

0xffff2 wrote: post #2

As someone who loves pie and has far fewer friends and family than the person this story is about, baking a pie every day for a year would also change my life.

If you just place the pie to cool on your window sill, the smell will cause some nearby hobos to float over, or so cartoons have lead me to believe. Then you'll have some friends.

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by _aavaa_ »

mordechai9000 wrote: post #31
_aavaa_ wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well if you insert metal rods through it you can help with the heat transfer, then you can lattice over the holes. If you pumpkin pie it, you might even be able to have it hold up under its own weight. Plus a bit of stiff whipped cream in the holes would help.

I would make them fairly small (personal pie-sized) and use a filling that doesn't need to be cooked in the oven to set. The main limiting factors, I think, would be structural integrity and heating the filling to the center. You could set it on a ring (like the rim of a spring-form pan) to support it better during cooking. Now, a four dimensional hyper pie, on the other hand...

If you’re not cooking the filling, then do a teflon ballon that you put the crust on. Cook. Remove balloon. Then pipe in ready to ready to set chocolate cream.

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by fmbb »

CrazyStat wrote: post #12
delichon wrote: post #5

For me the change would be to become spherical. That would simplify some calculations.

A friend of mine tries to bake a spherical pie for pi day (March 14) each year, with varying approaches (and levels of success).

I heard circles are also related to pi but have not had the time to confirm yet.

Re: I baked a pie every day for a year

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Post by walthamstow »

MrJohz wrote: post #34
CrazyStat wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend of mine tries to bake a spherical pie for pi day (March 14) each year, with varying approaches (and levels of success).

The first two things that spring to mind are pasties from the UK (which are not usually spherical but can get quite hemispherical), and the "UFO-Döner" from Germany (which are more oblate spheroids). Maybe by combining these ideas, your friend can get closer to their dream?

British steak and kidney pudding (a steamed pie of suet pastry) is a truncated cone shape, could go spherical with the right pastry case.
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