The Great Pie Debate - Offseason 2015 Edition

[TheWiz]

the crust is What makes it a pie. You cant really define its importance by percentage because by definition.... without a crust, it is not a pie at All. So by definition... since a crust is 100% necessary for it to be a pie, the crust is of 100% importance.

 

There are many other ingredients that you can have and it will still be a pie.... but no crust? no pie.

 

I liken the crust of a pie to the offensive line... no matter how great your filling is... without a stable crust, it all falls apart. Crust gets little love...

 

But I prefer a flaky, buttery crust. Keeps things nice and hearty.

[DC Amp]

so you would eat s pie with the best crust ever if it was filled with dog poo?

 

What kind of question is that? How old are you, like 12? I'll explain it for you. One depends on the other to become what it is. Can ...you... understand... now?

[Moorgan]

the crust is What makes it a pie. You cant really define its importance by percentage because by definition.... without a crust, it is not a pie at All. So by definition... since a crust is 100% necessary for it to be a pie, the crust is of 100% importance.

 

There are many other ingredients that you can have and it will still be a pie.... but no crust? no pie.

 

I liken the crust of a pie to the offensive line... no matter how great your filling is... without a stable crust, it all falls apart. Crust gets little love...

 

But I prefer a flaky, buttery crust. Keeps things nice and hearty.

So what's it called when the baseball players (or anyone for that matter) put whipped cream in a tin foil pie dish? There's no crust and yet at that point it even becomes a verb and you "pie" someone. If you take all the pumpkin out of pumpkin pie, you no longer have pumpkin pie. Or chocolate pudding, etc. You have just the crust...not a pie.

 

So I might argue the opposite. That without the filling you have no pie but you can have pie without the crust...as long as you have one of those tin foil pie thingy's.

 

I also can't believe I spent any amount of time on that response.

[heel31ok]

A question popped into my head today, a pie question that has never been asked on the huddle before.

 

 

I wondered to myself....

 

If the overall deliciousness of a pie is 100% ... what percentage is credited to the crust?

 

 

In short, how important is a pie crust to you in overall pie appeal?

 

no crust = no pie.

[TheWiz]

So what's it called when the baseball players (or anyone for that matter) put whipped cream in a tin foil pie dish? There's no crust and yet at that point it even becomes a verb and you "pie" someone. If you take all the pumpkin out of pumpkin pie, you no longer have pumpkin pie. Or chocolate pudding, etc. You have just the crust...not a pie.

 

So I might argue the opposite. That without the filling you have no pie but you can have pie without the crust...as long as you have one of those tin foil pie thingy's.

 

I also can't believe I spent any amount of time on that response.

 

Good question. "pieing" someone as a verb is different from "pie" the noun. Its about context. We "pie" posts all the time here... and neither does the pie have crust, nor filling. Many of those pies don't have filling at all... because it has shaving cream. Its baseballs equivalent to a Gatorade bath. So though its true that in baseball people are "pied," it does not fall into the category of pie's that are made for consumption.

 

Pumpkin tells you what type of pie it is.... but it still requires a crust. Pumpkin, chicken, apple, sweet potato, meat... they all tell you what type of pie it is.... and they all need a crust... unless its being used in a different context.

[Shermdog]

Crust is very important. I would say it is more important than the filling. The filling is always good but a good crust makes a pie great. If i had to assign a percentage I would say the crust is 65% and filling is 35%. Now I want some pie.

[Hawk]

the truth is if someone delivered me a crustless pie, I'd still eat the hell out of it.  It's all about the filler for me.

[motocross_cat]

Lots of lasting effects from eating crusty pie. Not that i have ever had any.....

[PizzaTheHutt]

The crust is my favorite part. I don't think it takes too much to make the filling of a pie (depends on the pie filling I guess) but if the crust is effed up then the pie is effed up. Plus the crust is the part you have to worry about leaving in the oven too long and burning. I've never actually baked a pie, mind you (the wife does the cooking) but my fat ass has eaten plenty of them. 

 

I'm going all in. Crust is 60% important. 

 

and yes it can play LT.

 

 

[Squirrel]

It's 3 parts for me. You have the crust which is 30% the filling is another 30%. Then finally the topping 30%.

[Moorgan]

It's 3 parts for me. You have the crust which is 30% the filling is another 30%. Then finally the topping 30%.

Is that last 10% the weed or something?

[MichaelNewtonII]

What kind of question is that? How old are you, like 12? I'll explain it for you. One depends on the other to become what it is. Can ...you... understand... now?

you said the crust is 100% of what you judge the pie on... which means you don't care about the filling

[Shadow]

After reading through this thread I feel like I don't know you people any more

[jackson113]

Turnovers rule all..