Thanksgiving food: Anyone ever eaten an egg custard pie?

[ChoralScholar]

I don't know what's up with this pic, I found it on Google Images.
Anyway, that IS an egg custard pie - mostly eaten.



It is my favorite. Similar in texture to Mexican flan.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Cheesecake is basically a custard pie.

So, anyone who's eaten a cheesecake has eaten a custard pie, albeit one flavored with cream cheese.

[ChoralScholar]

2. point taken.. however, cheesecake is much more dense than egg custard

to me, a completely different taste sensation.

[GOPisEvil]

3. This is true.

Different, but the same. :silly:

[ashling]

4. A "custard" is

a base for many things, including cheesecake ...

an Egg Custard Pie, however,

is heaven in a crust. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

and that is all I have to say about that.

[ashling]

7. I lied ... I have more to say about that

Calling a properly prepared Egg Custard Pie

"custard"

is like calling home slow cooked Boston Baked Beans

pork n' beans

Its , its ... well, its just wrong.

And that's all I have to say about that
(if this changes, I'll let you know(

[ChoralScholar]

16. I thought

Boston Baked Beans were those red candy-covered peanuts? <ducks>

I agree completely. Egg custard is an idiom unto itself.

[usedtobesick]

5. I get a coconut custard pie

same thing but add coconut to it. It or Lemon Merange pie fight to be my favorite...

[pitohui]

6. i used to make it yrs ago

it is indeed v. like flan

[ashling]

8. and yet

not.

[hippywife]

9. Yes and

I'd do it again! :)

[miss_american_pie]

My grandfather's fave

i think the texture might be too much for some people though.

[hyphenate]

10. Custard pie

has always been a favorite of mine. They're not that easy to get anymore that I can tell.....and I miss them terribly!

I don't care for flan that much, however. I prefer the unadorned custard pie to that very thick coating of sweet, drippy stuff on top of the flan. Uck.

Though there is that great Mexican cake (?) that's called something like las leches or something.......It's very tasty!

[Kali]

20. tres leches - threee milks

and actually made with 4 kinds - evap, sweetened condensed, cream and regular

Then there is quatro leches with a dulce de leche frosting (caramel).

[Cannikin]

11. Its a family favorite down here in Arkansas, but I've never liked it

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. Mine is setting in the fridge right now...next to the French Silk, because

my family can't get it together and just like pumpkin.

[ashling]

13. Well, now I know what I have to do

signing off (temporarily of course) to go make a couple of egg custard pies.

[havocmom]

14. Try Coconut Egg Custard pie

Baby oh baby!

[ashling]

15. There is no such thng

there is only coconut custard pie, custard being the base upon which the godawful thing is constructed and which can, I suppose, be made like an Egg Custard Pie with the addition of coconut. But that simple addition of coconut makes it something other than an Egg Custard Pie.

An Egg Custard Pie is, and always will be, simply an Egg Custard Pie.

Pure and unadulterated.

Simply heavenly.

[havocmom]

18. Tell that to the judges who gave my aunt those ribbons for it!

;)

[ashling]

19. Don't get your knickers in a twit!

:}Of course, I am just kidding. . . And I would never insult you aunt's fine desert. :hi:

[havocmom]

21. no knotted knickers here. Just smiling cuz that damned pie was SO good

mmmmmmmmm

[ashling]

22. You weren't supposed to eat

the whole thing!

[havocmom]

23. She gave us one to take with us on our drive back to Calif from a visit

to the clan in the old home... That pie made the drive much more enjoyable.

Pie and homegrown Missouri tomatoes from Grandpa's garden. It was a good trip for our little part of the clan!

[Kali]

17. actually

I would think pumpkin pie is more like egg custard than cheesecake is.

Mexican Flan = creme caramel the world over.

What catagory would quiches be in?

[Arugula Latte]

24. Yum. I love custard anything.

Such a classic, vanilla-y taste.

[ashling]

25. This is a little off topic,

but I got a call yesterday from The City of Portland. I had applied for a job as a Right of Way Agent w/ them and had a telephone interview last week. Apparently I got into the second cut and she called to tell me that they would be calling next week to arrange a second interview. She said she didn't want to leave me hanging over the holidays.

That was really nice. I told her that in the course of job hunting I have found that type of courtesy to be rare.

[Arugula Latte]

27. Great!

Keep us posted and let me know if you need any info. about Portland. I've been in Oregon 10 years.

I've found the people here to be very pleasant and polite, for the most part.

[MissMillie]

26. I like custard pie

I think coconut custard is my dad's favorite