Do You Like Pie?
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
United States
August 15, 2025 4:15am CST
Pies can be sweet or savory. Some of the many examples are: mince, lemon meringue, strawberry rhubarb, quiche, pecan, pumpkin, sweet potato, mud, steak and kidney, mushroom, pot, apple, Key lime, chocolate cream, coconut, calzone, pizza, chess, shoofly, blueberry, cherry, fried and tart. I remember one company that used to have a frozen pie around the holidays...apple/cranberry/raisin...so good!
Some time before 2000 BC a recipe for chicken pie was written on a tablet in Sumer (Mesopotamia area).
Found on the tomb wall of Pharaoh Ramasses II, who ruled from 1304 to 1237 BC, were pictures of galettes -- flat, round or free-form crusty cakes with a crust of ground oats, wheat, rye or barley with honey inside.
1303 was the first known use of the word pie. One 1450 recipe contained "beef, beef suet, capons, hens, mallard and teal ducks, rabbits, woodcocks, large birds such as herons and storks, beef marrow, hard cooked egg yolks, dates, raisins and prunes".
Fresh fruit did not become widely used until sugar became more affordable in the 16th century.
Do you like pie? What is your favorite? Do you make pies from scratch? What is your specialty?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
15 Aug
My favorite pie is pecan and we normally only buy one of those around Thanksgiving and then again around Christmas. I used to make pecan pies at home but stopped doing that because my recipe makes two pies at one time and that was too much...
I have made chicken pot pies but stopped when Pretty's mom got Pretty to call them "slops" like fit only for pigs to eat.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
15 Aug
I love chicken pot pies. They are definitely not slops. I haven't had pecan pie in ages. How are you this morning?
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
15 Aug
@LindaOHio I'm fine, thank you. And how are you doing today?
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
15 Aug
@DaddyEvil I'm OK thank you. I have several calls to make today. Maybe I will make an appointment with the lawyer and get that out of the way.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
15 Aug
@LindaOHio - I think I never bought an apple pie, but I used to buy an apple strudel and the apples were always perfectly baked.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
@LadyDuck That's good that the apples were baked properly.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
15 Aug
I love blueberries. What I hate about buying an apple pie from a bakery is that they never bake the apples long enough. They are always hard. I prefer the frozen pies.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
15 Aug
I like all different kinds of pies. Sweet and savory.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
16 Aug
@LindaOHio I hope that yours is good too.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
Me too. I hope you have a good weekend.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Aug
My favorite pie is pumpkin pie, followed closely behind by Key Lime pie (using real key limes). I'm pretty much a fan of just about all flavors of pies, but the two I just listed are definitely at the top of my list.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
17 Aug
@LindaOHio It's funny, down in the Keys, no matter what type of restaurant it is, they will all serve Key Lime pie!
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
18 Aug
@moffittjc Yes and they're all different.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I just told BarBaraPrz about one of our trips to the Keys. We stopped in a different restaurant each evening and ordered Key lime pie and a decaf coffee. Yum!
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I have quite a few pies in the freezer. I should give some away.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Aug
Very interesting info... I am not big on pie but I do like chocolate. I guess pizza too if that is considered pie....
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@Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug
Hi Courtney! Why am I not surprised you don’t like pie. 
No way is a pizza a pie 
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
Chocolate cream pie is so good. Yes, pizza is considered a pie.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Aug
@LindaOHio It's the only good sweet one haha. JK, just the only one I would ever eat.
and that is interesting...never would have considered it a pie.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
15 Aug
I love pies and quiches, maybe I should make a crustless quiche for our weekend breakfasts.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I LOVE a good quiche. Haven't made on in ages.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
15 Aug
Mmm... pie...
Yes, I like pie, especially apple pie.
And I must say, that's quite the key lime pie you've shown us.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
Yes. I remember one of our trips to the Keys. We stopped every night in a different restaurant and ordered Key lime pie and decaf coffee. That was a fun experience.
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
15 Aug
Yes I like it. My favorite pie is Pecan Pie.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
Being from the south that makes sense. I've only had it once.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Aug
My favorite is apple pie, I would not make pies myself but for my next grocery run I ahve my eyes on a Sarah Lee frozen strawberry cheesecake which is in pie form,
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@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
15 Aug
I do like pie and my favorite is probably good old apple but I do enjoy most fruit pies.
As for meat I like chicken or turkey pot pies but have never made them myself. Always have one in the freezer for a quick meal when I don't feel like cooking.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I like homemade pot pies. Plenty of meat.
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@Traceyjayne (11252)
• United Kingdom
15 Aug
My Grandads favourite was lemon meringue pie.
I like both sweet and savoury pies.
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@lovebuglena (52140)
• Staten Island, New York
15 Aug
I’d pretty much eat any pie so long as it doesn’t have pecans or walnuts. I hate those nuts.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I've had pecan pie before. Not one of my favorites.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
15 Aug
I think my favorite pie is probably coconut cream. I also really like peanut butter, pecan and pumpkin pies.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
It would be hard for me to choose a favorite.
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@Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug
I love pies. In the UK, to be called a pie, it has to have a top crust, so things like quiches, wouldn’t be technically called a pie. If it doesn’t have a top crust, we call them tarts (not to be confused with a wanton woman ), or a flan.
As far as savoury pies are concerned, I love a mince and onion pie. When I was a child, my mother used to bake a delicious bacon and egg pie. This seems to have gone out of fashion in favour of the quiche. It has my approval.
In the sweet stakes, I love an apple pie. And talking of tarts: I love a Bakewell tart. I think it’s the almond that makes it. 
), or a flan.
As far as savoury pies are concerned, I love a mince and onion pie. When I was a child, my mother used to bake a delicious bacon and egg pie. This seems to have gone out of fashion in favour of the quiche. It has my approval.
In the sweet stakes, I love an apple pie. And talking of tarts: I love a Bakewell tart. I think it’s the almond that makes it. 2 people like this
@Orson_Kart (8250)
• United Kingdom
17 Aug
@LindaOHio Yes, from the town of Bakewell in England.
Treacle tart is another favourite of mine. Oh, and custard tart. There are many.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
17 Aug
Is a Bakewell tart strictly an English tart?
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
18 Aug
@Orson_Kart So different from our food here. I find it fascinating.
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I like it when the apples are baked properly. I don't like hard apples.
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@NJChicaa (127116)
• United States
15 Aug
I'm not big into pie but I do enjoy pumpkin and apple pies. I also enjoy chicken pot pie. When I was in England I learned to like steak and ale pie but I haven't had that in 25 years. I want to make a key lime pie but somehow the leftover key lime juice leaked out of the bottle so I need to get some more.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
16 Aug
I would love to taste your version of Key lime pie. On one of our trips to the Keys we stopped in a different restaurant each night and had Key lime pie and a cup of decaf coffee. Each pie was made differently.
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@sw8sincere (6032)
• Philippines
16 Aug
Wow, that’s a lot of pie history! I do enjoy pie.. fruit pies are my favorite, especially apple or cherry
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
16 Aug
I like to eat our very own buko pie or coconut pie in English . I like to try calzones and I hope that calzones will taste delicious
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@cabuyogty (4487)
• Philippines
17 Aug
@LindaOHio I hope we will try to eat a calzone someday. I'm curious about the taste of a calzone. I think it taste like two cheesy pizzas or sandwich rather.
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