Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey
When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, ummm boy.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
December 30, 2008
Waitress
Jenna’s Mother’s Song:
Baby don’t you cry
Gonna make a pie
Gonna make a pie
With a heart in the middle
Baby don’t be blue
Gonna make for you
Gonna make a pie
With a heart in the middle
Gonna be a pie from Heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love …
Jenna’s Mother’s Song:
Baby don’t you cry
Gonna make a pie
Gonna make a pie
With a heart in the middle
Baby don’t be blue
Gonna make for you
Gonna make a pie
With a heart in the middle
Gonna be a pie from Heaven above
Gonna be filled with strawberry love …
Monday, December 29, 2008
December 29, 2008
The Simpsons
Homer: Boy, that pie looks good.
Waitress: Open your gullet, you human blob.
Homer: Boy, that pie looks good.
Waitress: Open your gullet, you human blob.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
December 27, 2008
Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin
p. 524 Hardesty: "How fast can you load that thing?"
Mrs. Gamely: "Fast enough to keep a pie plate in the air."
p. 524 Hardesty: "How fast can you load that thing?"
Mrs. Gamely: "Fast enough to keep a pie plate in the air."
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
December 25, 2008 - Christmas Pie
Swan among the Indians: life of James G. Swan, 1818-1900; based upon Swan's hitherto unpublished diaries and journals, by Lucile Saunders McDonald
On December 25, 1861, three "Boston men" sat down to Christmas dinner in the trading post established four years earlier at the edge of the Makah Indian reservation, Washington Territory, USA.
The traditional holiday was a welcome break from the unloading and distribution of a shipment of goods promised to the Makah by the treaty they had signed in 1855. James Swan, a periodic resident in Neah Bay, had, in the absence of the trader, prepared a feast of roast goose and duck stew, presenting for dessert a mince pie made from whale meat. The Indians, he wrote later, had brought him a fresh piece of whale meat months earlier that looked every bit as good as red beef. He had boiled it and cut it finely, adding chopped apples and wild cranberries, raisins, currants, salt, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and brown sugar. After packing it into a ten-gallon stone jar, he had added a quart of New England rum and sealed it for future use.
Would the traditional mince pie, he worried, be welcomed if the diners learned it was made from whale? Yankee mincemeat was made from domestic animals or venison. His fears were soon dispelled. The small portions he had cautiously served were quickly downed and second helpings demanded by all.
Click here for an extended history of mincemeat pie (courtesy of What's Cooking America) -- it's delicious!
On December 25, 1861, three "Boston men" sat down to Christmas dinner in the trading post established four years earlier at the edge of the Makah Indian reservation, Washington Territory, USA.
The traditional holiday was a welcome break from the unloading and distribution of a shipment of goods promised to the Makah by the treaty they had signed in 1855. James Swan, a periodic resident in Neah Bay, had, in the absence of the trader, prepared a feast of roast goose and duck stew, presenting for dessert a mince pie made from whale meat. The Indians, he wrote later, had brought him a fresh piece of whale meat months earlier that looked every bit as good as red beef. He had boiled it and cut it finely, adding chopped apples and wild cranberries, raisins, currants, salt, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cinnamon, and brown sugar. After packing it into a ten-gallon stone jar, he had added a quart of New England rum and sealed it for future use.
Would the traditional mince pie, he worried, be welcomed if the diners learned it was made from whale? Yankee mincemeat was made from domestic animals or venison. His fears were soon dispelled. The small portions he had cautiously served were quickly downed and second helpings demanded by all.
Click here for an extended history of mincemeat pie (courtesy of What's Cooking America) -- it's delicious!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
December 23, 2008 - Christmas Pie
Home for the Holidays
I met a man who lives in Tennessee
He was headin' for Pennsylvania
and some home made pumpkin pie.
From Pennsylvania, folks are travelin' down
To Dixie's sunny shore.
From Atlantic to Pacific,
Gee, the traffic is terrific.
I met a man who lives in Tennessee
He was headin' for Pennsylvania
and some home made pumpkin pie.
From Pennsylvania, folks are travelin' down
To Dixie's sunny shore.
From Atlantic to Pacific,
Gee, the traffic is terrific.
Monday, December 22, 2008
December 22, 2008 - Christmas Pie
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling.
Rockin' around the Christmas tree
Let the Christmas spirit ring
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
And we'll do some caroling.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
December 21 - Winter Solstice Pie!
Enjoy! Merry Christmas and best wishes of the season from everyone here at Pie of the Day!
The Christians and the Pagans, by Dar Williams
The food was great, the tree plugged in,
the meal had gone without a hitch
Till Timmy turned to Amber and said,
"Is it true that you're a witch?"
His mom jumped up and said,
"The pies are burning," and she hit the kitchen
And it was Jane who spoke,
she said, "It's true, your cousin's not a Christian
But we love trees, we love the snow,
the friends we have, the world we share
And you find magic from your God,
and we find magic everywhere"
So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able
And where does magic come from? I think magic's in the learning
Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning
Saturday, December 20, 2008
December 20, 2008 - Christmas Pie
Antique Christmas ABC Book:
L is for Luggage
By quick train despatched
M is for Mince Pies
All sugar and plums
N is for Nutcrackers
For saving our gums
L is for Luggage
By quick train despatched
M is for Mince Pies
All sugar and plums
N is for Nutcrackers
For saving our gums
Friday, December 19, 2008
December 19, 2008
Gilmore Girls
Black sheep daughter of Harvard alums: … stupid manager made me cover for Fiona today … that girl’s a major piecrust.
Black sheep daughter of Harvard alums: … stupid manager made me cover for Fiona today … that girl’s a major piecrust.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
December 18, 2008
The Simpsons
Lisa stands outside her first Mensa meeting holding a dessert.
Voice from inside: Lisa Simpson, are you ready to go on a voyage of self-discovery?
Lisa: Yes.
Voice: Is that a pie … or a quiche?
Lisa stands outside her first Mensa meeting holding a dessert.
Voice from inside: Lisa Simpson, are you ready to go on a voyage of self-discovery?
Lisa: Yes.
Voice: Is that a pie … or a quiche?
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
December 17, 2008
Pushing Daisies
Chuck: There’s a traffic jam of pies waiting to exit into the oven.
Chuck: There’s a traffic jam of pies waiting to exit into the oven.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
December 16, 2008
Waitress
Jenna: “Baby Screamin’ Its Head Off In the Middle a’ the Night and Ruinin’ My Life Pie.”
Jenna: “Baby Screamin’ Its Head Off In the Middle a’ the Night and Ruinin’ My Life Pie.”
Monday, December 15, 2008
December 15, 2008
From wikiquote.com
Piphilology is the practice of writing such that the number of letters in each word corresponds to a digit of pi. Words of at least eleven letters correspond to two digits of pi. Some examples of piphilology are:
Pie. I wish I could determine pi. "Eureka!" cried the great inventor.
"Christmas pudding, Christmas pie, is the problem's very center!" (Also found starting with "How I wish I could recollect pi.")
Piphilology is the practice of writing such that the number of letters in each word corresponds to a digit of pi. Words of at least eleven letters correspond to two digits of pi. Some examples of piphilology are:
Pie. I wish I could determine pi. "Eureka!" cried the great inventor.
"Christmas pudding, Christmas pie, is the problem's very center!" (Also found starting with "How I wish I could recollect pi.")
Sunday, December 14, 2008
December 14, 2008
Special Topics in Calamity Physics, by Marisha Pessl
p. 102: I especially detested the occasions Hanna referred to Jade’s beauty, as she turned into the sweetiest of all sweetie pies, Little Miss Broadway.
p. 102: I especially detested the occasions Hanna referred to Jade’s beauty, as she turned into the sweetiest of all sweetie pies, Little Miss Broadway.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
December 12, 2008
The Simpsons
Mr. Burns (to Homer): Play along, chubsy … there’s a pie in it for you.
Mr. Burns (to Homer): Play along, chubsy … there’s a pie in it for you.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
December 11, 2008
Reaper
Sock: I’m going to go in there and talk to Mrs. Carmona. Sweet little Mrs. Carmona … (wistfully) see if she has any more pie.
Sock: I’m going to go in there and talk to Mrs. Carmona. Sweet little Mrs. Carmona … (wistfully) see if she has any more pie.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
December 10, 2008
Pushing Daisies
Emerson: You know, you gotta peel back that piecrust you workin’ under and turn on the news sometime.
Emerson: You know, you gotta peel back that piecrust you workin’ under and turn on the news sometime.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
December 9, 2008
Moviefone.com, on why you should see Waitress instead of Pirates of the Caribbean:
Who needs hot pirates when you've got hot pies?
Who needs hot pirates when you've got hot pies?
Monday, December 8, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
December 7, 2008
"A Better Brew," by Burkhard Bilger, in The New Yorker
Dan Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewery: ... I'm frustrated that one beer has been hammered down people's throats. I mean, banana cream pie may be your favorite fucking food. But if you ate banana cream pie every day you would hate it, too.
Dan Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Brewery: ... I'm frustrated that one beer has been hammered down people's throats. I mean, banana cream pie may be your favorite fucking food. But if you ate banana cream pie every day you would hate it, too.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
December 6, 2008
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Penny: Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Dr. Horrible/Billy: And sometimes there's a third even deeper level. And that one is the same as the top, surface level.
Penny: Huh?
Dr. H/Billy: Like with pie.
Penny: Sometimes people are layered like that. There's something totally different underneath than what's on the surface.
Dr. Horrible/Billy: And sometimes there's a third even deeper level. And that one is the same as the top, surface level.
Penny: Huh?
Dr. H/Billy: Like with pie.
Friday, December 5, 2008
December 5, 2008
Whoopi Goldberg: We'd sit backstage and talk about names we'd never give our children, like Pork Pie or Independence. Of course, now people are walking around with those names.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
December 4, 2008
Winter's Tale, by Mark Helprin
p. 552: Thousands of tents were pitched on the ice, rivaling the snow palaces …. Roasted meats, hot drinks, and fragrant fruit pies that were baked in brick ovens which had been built on the ice, were everywhere and cheap.
p. 552: Thousands of tents were pitched on the ice, rivaling the snow palaces …. Roasted meats, hot drinks, and fragrant fruit pies that were baked in brick ovens which had been built on the ice, were everywhere and cheap.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
December 3, 2008
T 4 2, by Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon, in Tougher Tuesday Crosswords
25 Down: Pies in the sky?
Answer: UFOs
25 Down: Pies in the sky?
Answer: UFOs
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
December 2, 2008
Waitress
Jenna: We make all the pies there fresh … breakfast pies, dinner pies. Twenty-seven different varieties of pie. And a new one that I create every day.
Jenna: We make all the pies there fresh … breakfast pies, dinner pies. Twenty-seven different varieties of pie. And a new one that I create every day.
Monday, December 1, 2008
December 1, 2008
Pushing Daisies
Olive: Counter-intelligence via pie delivery. Like gossiping with a purpose.
Olive: Counter-intelligence via pie delivery. Like gossiping with a purpose.
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