Take a look at this list and tell me which one isn’t a dessert. “Apple pie, peach pie, lemon meringue pie, pot pie, chocolate cream pie, pumpkin pie, moon pie, cherry pie, and rhubarb pie” I’ll set my watch. “Go ahead, I’ll wait. Num, num, num, num, num, num, num, num, num, num.” That’s me waiting.
“Times up, I need your answer.” If you chose pot pie, you have my support. All the other pies on the list are desserts. Chocolate syrup, Carmel topping, and ice cream pair well with any of these pies. Pot pies are not a dessert. The toppings listed above would not enhance their flavor. I know it’s hard to believe that ice cream or chocolate wouldn’t enhance the flavor of another food, but think about it. Pot pie isn’t a dessert. Drizzling chocolate over any pot pie does a disservice to the chocolate.
Despite what Wikipedia may say, I believe the true origin of pot pies goes back to the days of yore when no food was wasted. Everything was thrown into a pot and cooked for hours. Some marketing guy decided if they put it in a pie crust they could call the dish, pot pie. Likely, the same guy that negotiated the deal with the Native Americans to buy Manhattan for $24. The pot pie name worked for many, but some us have not been fooled. It was the first marketing scam; maybe we’ll call it Piegate.
Sorry if I have offended all the pot pie lovers but it’s better to know the truth. No matter how you dress up a pot pie, with lobster, shrimp, salmon, chorizo it’s still made in a pot and it’s not pie. It’s considered a comfort food but I receive no comfort from it.
If you have chosen moon pie, I have to disagree with your choice. It’s a dessert, dipped in chocolate, well not your high-end artisanal kind, more like plastic chocolate, but it still qualifies as a dessert.
If you selected Rhubarb pie, I can’t put up a good argument to call it a dessert. Rhubarb is a vegetable that is used as a fruit or another way of thinking about it is a vegetable that identifies as a fruit. We have all heard that phrase thrown around recently. I’m not qualified to answer whether this is truly a pie because I’ve never tried it. It’s just that Rhubarb is a harsh word and doesn’t feel like it has pie like qualities.
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