Cream pie

Cream pie
	A slice of coconut cream pie topped with whipped cream and toasted coconut
Place of origin	United States, Germany
Main ingredients	Pie crust, milk, cream, flour, sugar, eggs
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A cream pie is a type of pie filled with a rich custard or pudding that is made from milk, cream, sugar, wheat flour, and eggs.[1] It comes in many forms, including vanilla, lemon, lime, peanut butter, banana, coconut, and chocolate.[1] One feature of most cream pies is a whipped cream topping. The custard filling is related to crème patissière, a key component of French cakes and tarts. It is a one-crust pie, where the crust covers the bottoms and sides but not the top. The crust may be a standard pie crust made with crumbled cookies or a graham cracker crust for savory pies.

Most cream pies are made with a cooked custard filling. The "Magic Lemon Cream Pie", invented at Borden and attributed to their fictional spokesperson, Jane Ellison, is instead thickened by the room-temperature curdling of a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, eggs, and lemon juice. This later evolved into Key lime pie.[2]

Pieing

Taking a cream pie in the face for charity

Cream pies are often associated with comedians who use them as a gimmick in their routines, with the pie being pushed against someone's face. When used for show business purposes, cream pies are generally mock-up pies made from only canned whipped cream. Pieing is the act of throwing a pie at a person or people. This can be a political action when the target is an authority figure, politician, or celebrity and can be used as a means of protesting against the target's political beliefs, or against perceived arrogance or vanity. Perpetrators sometimes generally regard the act as a form of ridicule intended to embarrass and humiliate the victim. In most or all US jurisdictions, pieing is punishable as battery, and may constitute assault as well. Some political activists throw cream pies onto the faces of politicians to shame them and humiliate them (e.g., les Entartistes).

References

von Starkloff Rombauer, I.; Becker, M.R.; Becker, E. (2002). Joy of Cooking: All about pies & tarts. Joy of cooking all about series. Scribner. pp. 73–77. ISBN 978-0-7432-2518-2. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
Parks, Stella (2017). BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts. pp. 171–173. ISBN 0393634272.

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[von_Starkloff_Rombauer_Becker_Becker_2002-1] von Starkloff Rombauer, I.; Becker, M.R.; Becker, E. (2002). Joy of Cooking: All about pies & tarts. Joy of cooking all about series. Scribner. pp. 73–77. ISBN 978-0-7432-2518-2. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

[parks-2] Parks, Stella (2017). BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts. pp. 171–173. ISBN 0393634272.

American pies
Sweet	Angel pie Apple crisp Apple pie Bean pie Blackberry pie Black bottom pie Blueberry pie Bob Andy pie Buttermilk pie Butterscotch pie Cashew pie Cherry pie Chess pie Chiffon pie Cream pie Derby pie Desperation pies Fried pie Grape pie Grasshopper pie Green tomato pie Key lime pie Lemon ice box pie Maple custard pie Maraca pie Millionaire pie Mississippi mud pie Peanut pie Pecan pie Pumpkin pie Purple sweet potato haupia pie Razzleberry pie Rhubarb pie Shaker lemon pie Shoofly pie Strawberry pie Strawberry rhubarb pie Sweet potato pie Sugar pie Walnut pie	Pumpkin pie
Savory	Crawfish pie Pot pie Moravian chicken pie Natchitoches meat pie Tomato pie Clam pie
Snack pies	Hostess Little Debbie Tasty Baking Company
Frozen pies	Marie Callender's Mrs. Smith's Sara Lee Centerville Pie Company

German pies
Sweet	Blackberry pie Blueberry pie Cherry pie Cream pie Razzleberry Rhubarb pie Strawberry pie
Savory	Bienenstich Dominostein Donauwelle Kuchen Zwetschgenkuchen

Cream pie

Pieing

See also

References