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6) Pecan!  I loooove pecan pie.
7) Pumpkin.
8) Sweet Potato.
9) Strawberry rhubarb (my favorite).
10) Coconut creme.

Being now of the South, I have to cast my vote for pecan pie with a nod to chess pie.

I hope you don’t mind me barging in here, but who on earth can possibly resist a pie blog?

If #11 is chess pie (hey, isn’t that another way of saying sugar pie or molasses pie?), then:

12) blueberry pie (heaven!)
13) peach pie (bliss!)

You know, ‘mouse, I keep hearing about this grouchy boss who keeps threatening to revoke your guestblogging privileges and get all grumpy on your ass.  Are you sure you’re not confusing me with my evil twin?

Should I add to the pie list, or am I ineligible to play as an employee of PieCo (a division of Breads R Us)?

Strangely, no one has mentioned cherry pie.

what about shepard’s pie?  and those vegetable pot pies? 

i personally make delicious nectarine raspberry pies.  and a chocolate pecan pie.  and a kick-ass apple ginger pie. 

oh dear.  now i’m hungry.  must go find pie.

hey now, Bblueberry!- and my family and I have actually survived on sheperd’s pie for long stretches of time (how could i forget that one) and let’s not forget the nectarine basil i’ve heard recent tale of, well...i’d hitchhike up to ny just to get a taste of that.

although the various editions of chocolate peanut butter that denny’s carries have grabbed my attention here and there, i must admit.

Pumpkin pie (I make a good one!), pecan pie with whipped cream on top, apple pie and peach pie, Shepherd’s pie-yum.

I still have not tried rhubarb pie :(

Bakerina, of course you’re welcome to add to the list.  As for grumpy landlords, I haven’t seen one in these parts.  But I do hear a slight hint of edge in your voice when you defend against the false accusation? Is is possible that you’re not all sugar but also a little spice?  Oh I do hope that spice is cardamom.

Meanwhile,
- Banana cream.  (I bet there’s a way to make it that doesn’t begin with Jello pudding)
- Whole strawberry
- Pumpkin-maple custard pie

Apple-raspberry with a streusel topping.

I count roughly 25 suggestions so far.  This isn’t just for favorites.  It’s for any pies, long lost from childhood, once eaten in a truck stop, I need ideas here.

Ooooo!  Look what happens when we all roll up our sleeves, rub our hands together and prepare to discuss pie!  ‘mouse, you did a good thing here.

(To answer your question, I don’t hear any edge.  Why do you ask?  Huh?  Huh?  Huh?  No, really, there’s only just enough spice.  And yes, it’s cardamom.  Between my Swedish great-grandmother (a/k/a the Proto-Bakerina) and the Indian restaurants/groceries I’ve frequented in my adult life, I have cardamom in my bloodstream.  Those little speckles on the strands of my DNA?  You guessed it.)

I will open up the floor a little here, as I’m guessing you want not just a “best-of” (although, really, we could go to town on a best-of), but the biggest list we can get.  I’m thinking of all of those weird but successful pies brought to us by our Amish/Shaker/Dunkard/Mennonite neighbors.  Vinegar pie.  Raisin pie.  Snitz (dried apple) pie.  Shaker boiled cider apple pie.  Shaker-style rosewater-custard apple pie.  Shoofly pie, mmmmm, shoofly pie.  I’ve had dry crumbly ones and wet molasses-y ones.  What I’ve never had is a bad one.

Of course you know there are a million more hovering about my universe (berry pies, chess pies, chocolate pecan pie, which sounds like an abomination but I promise is not), but I’d rather hear what other people have to say, so I’ll hold off for now.

how about oatmeal pie? mmmm.....

When I was a kid my Swiss grandma used to make “cheese pie.” Nowadays they’d call it quiche.

Alicia, rhubarb pie is the best pie on earth. Even better than cherry, if it’s done well. *sigh*

More pies:
Lemon meringue
Grapefruit meringue (THE BOMB, lemme tell ya)
Buttermilk
Banana cream
Peanut butter frozen custard
Mincemeat!

I’m on a pie kick too ... how ‘bout triple berry spice pie!

If you live in Arizona, you have to try Pie in the Sky bakery in Scottsdale. They opened 7 months ago and have the most fabulous pie I have ever tasted. She is so meticulous
about all of her ingredients, and uses EVERYTHING fresh! What is better, she has started offering deliveries of the pies in wonderful wooden crates. I am sending them to all of my clients this year. Check it out at http://www.mypieinthesky.com

Pie in the Sky is located at 7609 East Pinnacle Peak Road, Suite 3 in Scottsdale, Arizona. 480-419-4021---Worth the trip.
--Cindy Gombert, Luna Creative 602-246-2446.

Penny’s Pies at Black Canyon City are amazing--about a billion kinds, sky high meringue, flakey crust and great prices.  She’s in the general store and cafe on the west side of I 10, between the gas station and fruit stand. 

Awesome.

Don’t forget the Summer Southern Specialties!

strawberry rhubarb pie, peach pie and lemon merangue

Here in the great northwest I look for the wild blackberry pie in the summer.

Yummmmm with a scoop of vanilla------

Another great on is the marionberry---