tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post8662832093463650228..comments2024-03-16T10:01:48.154-07:00Comments on Chronica Domus: A is for Pie ...Chronica Domushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-85228826628553673082014-10-20T07:36:07.700-07:002014-10-20T07:36:07.700-07:00Hello PVE Design,
So nice of you to visit and lea...Hello PVE Design,<br /><br />So nice of you to visit and leave such a lovely comment, thank you. I strive as much as possible to enjoy the simple pleasures in life and making pies brings me great pleasure. I used to love pottery lessons at school so perhaps it all stems back to hours of clay manipulation. Pastry/Clay, what's the difference!<br /><br />I do hope you return to this blog in future and enjoy some of the other stories I have yet to write. I have just visited your blog and I must say you are one stylish and talented lady! Your artworks are little masterpieces of joy. Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-17806211763887142462014-10-20T07:02:54.526-07:002014-10-20T07:02:54.526-07:00How gorgeous is your pie! My first time popping i...How gorgeous is your pie! My first time popping in here and I admire your style and devotion to enjoying life's simple pleasures. In a world where one can buy most anything, there is such a pleasure in doing and in baking. <br />Thank-you for sharing your joys.<br />pvepve designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527745630303158002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-82979269859033637272014-10-18T20:14:05.584-07:002014-10-18T20:14:05.584-07:00What an curious name for an apple pie. The fillin...What an curious name for an apple pie. The filling sounds rather interesting and if I ever come across one on a menu I shall be sure to try it, sans ice cream of course.<br /><br />I once came across an apple pie with chunks of cheddar cheese baked within it but it is hard to beat a classic old-fashioned apple pie.<br /><br />Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-31156490536942497512014-10-18T14:29:54.643-07:002014-10-18T14:29:54.643-07:00Your pies are splendid and it is hard to top a cla...Your pies are splendid and it is hard to top a classic. However, I do, on occasion make a variation called Fish Market Apple Pie. The name is a mystery, but the recipe calls for mixing the apples with sugar, cinnamon, and sour cream (or creme fraiche). This mixture is piled into the pie shell then liberally covered with a butter streusel topping. With sour cream baked into the pie, adding ice cream would be a bit like gilding the lily. Then again, Mae West said, "Sometimes too much of a good thing can be wonderful!"<br />Cheers,<br />KL GaylinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-32131218968742794802014-10-13T16:49:20.424-07:002014-10-13T16:49:20.424-07:00Sounds like the perfect dessert for a late summer ...Sounds like the perfect dessert for a late summer or early autumn treat!Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-53498754227772986872014-10-13T14:04:17.107-07:002014-10-13T14:04:17.107-07:00And let us not forget a mascarpone-filled tart she...And let us not forget a mascarpone-filled tart shell covered in fresh figs!J.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363492514927730009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-72024622192183543432014-10-13T12:48:45.488-07:002014-10-13T12:48:45.488-07:00Hello J.W.,
Oh I do so adore a delicious slice of...Hello J.W.,<br /><br />Oh I do so adore a delicious slice of apple galette and yours, with the apricot glaze, sounds divine!<br /><br />Fruit tarts are another favorite, and I love to use raspberries, blackberries, strawberries and occasionally blueberries as toppings. Together with a sinful pastry cream, they are a match made in heaven.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-89146824648594104782014-10-13T12:30:27.881-07:002014-10-13T12:30:27.881-07:00Your pies are works of art. I like to make a thin ...Your pies are works of art. I like to make a thin apple galette with apricot glaze....not too sweet. I generally make fruit tarts rather than real fruit pies, though I do make the lattice top.<br /><br />On really hot days I generally find myself making preserves of some kind. ????<br /><br />J.W. J.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10363492514927730009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-27444297154512053452014-10-13T11:01:50.588-07:002014-10-13T11:01:50.588-07:00Hello Bebe,
So nice to learn that your household ...Hello Bebe,<br /><br />So nice to learn that your household is well supplied with baked apple goodies. To discover that Mr. Bebe is a pie making talent in his own right gladdens my heart.<br /><br />McIntosh apples are not so easily found over here, but now I know they make excellent filling for pies, I shall attempt to hunt some down in hopes of expanding my apple pie variety repertoire. <br /><br />Lambie pie tails sound quite delightful and a good use for the inevitable scraps that litter the dough board once the pies have been made.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-15693462246580862022014-10-13T10:34:54.883-07:002014-10-13T10:34:54.883-07:00What perfect pies you bake! Such tidy and tempting...What perfect pies you bake! Such tidy and tempting works of scrumptiousness. I have heard that granny smiths are the apple of choice for pies, but for some reason we always use MacIntosh. We usually have little bags of them in the kitchen this time of year,fresh from the orchard. I never make apple pies however; apple sauce, apple crisp, apple muffins as often as possible. But the pie baking is Mr Bebe's domain. And in our house it is always paired with Brighams vanilla ice cream, although before I met Mr B, I had never heard of having cheese with pie, something he still does on occasion <br />When my mother made apple pie, she would bake the scraps of dough with butter, cinnamon,and sugar and called them 'lambie pie tails'<br />Bebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890730800940018414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-76245255444253448852014-10-12T20:24:40.897-07:002014-10-12T20:24:40.897-07:00Hello Spud, why of course I'll save you a piec...Hello Spud, why of course I'll save you a piece of pie as I know you'll enjoy the tartness of the fruit. <br /><br />Over the weekend I attended a function where apple pie was served and it was so cloying, and so overly doused in cinnamon that it tasted like those cheap artificially scented potpourri mixes.<br /><br />I loved reading about the weekly apple sponge cake gathering and that your father was a baker. I think you need to convince your husband to resurrect his pie making skills and certainly show him this post. You'd better get the cream or ice cream ready.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-61981758904796425702014-10-12T20:05:59.174-07:002014-10-12T20:05:59.174-07:00I'm sorry to have tempted you so with my baked...I'm sorry to have tempted you so with my baked goods, but I'll promise to eat a piece or two in your honor GSL, and even top it with ice cream.<br /><br />Does your mother still bake? I bet her pies were unforgettable, especially if they became your favorite dessert.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-74995098979713553672014-10-12T20:01:21.679-07:002014-10-12T20:01:21.679-07:00Gosh, how fortunate to have grown up with an apple...Gosh, how fortunate to have grown up with an apple tree in your garden, and the pies that surely must have been delish to devour.<br /><br />When I lived in Kent, I remember my friends and I scrumping for apples around the local orchards, until, that was, an angry farmer chased us rascals off, and rightly so!Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-54686469392890884582014-10-12T19:56:32.139-07:002014-10-12T19:56:32.139-07:00Karen, fire up the ovens and put those pies in. I...Karen, fire up the ovens and put those pies in. It takes less than an hour to bake them so your oven won't be on for too long, allowing for warm up, of course. If you plan your baking escapades early in the morning or late at night, as I should have in hindsight, you will avoid the excess heat.<br /><br />I'm so glad that you to are an apple pie fan, but three days to eat one is unheard of around these parts. We manage it in less than 24 hours I'm afraid. Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-50909715016587047372014-10-12T19:50:50.076-07:002014-10-12T19:50:50.076-07:00Your pies are beauties. I have a very low toleran...Your pies are beauties. I have a very low tolerance for sweets so your minimalistic treatment of the tart fruit is very appealing indeed. I'll take a slice of each, please. <br /><br />Legend it has it that my husband baked an amazing apple pie from his sister's Home Economics cook book when he was a mere lad. Alas, no attempt has been made to reproduce the feat in the intervening four decades. Perhaps your post will inspire him.<br /><br />Long before my time my father's side of the family would come together every Friday night over a tray-baked apple sponge cake (rather than a pie), baked by my father and grandmother. Like your beauties, the recipe calls for minimal interference with the natural flavour of the Jonathan (substitutions are strictly forbidden - it's a law!). Sadly, it was the last thing my father baked a couple of weeks before he died and I haven't had the heart to make it since. <br /><br />Funny but my trusty, much loved rolling pin was turned and given to me by ... a favourite uncle! <br /><br />Thank you for this lovely post.<br /><br />Spud.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-61024733115330402882014-10-12T17:51:45.764-07:002014-10-12T17:51:45.764-07:00These pies are amazing. I do like to bake but hav...These pies are amazing. I do like to bake but haven't dared turn on the oven yet...it's still in the 80's here. I do love apple pie and plan to bake one as soon as we entertain...if I bake one of these beauties without more the Mr. B and me, I'd easily devour it within a short 3 days. :-)<br />I will say this inspires me to get going.<br />xo,<br />KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08064699521293763744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-90623544996105045772014-10-12T13:39:50.930-07:002014-10-12T13:39:50.930-07:00CD, Your pies look like works of art, and I love t...CD, Your pies look like works of art, and I love the fact that they were made with old and favorite kitchen utensils. I vote for cheddar cheese with apple pie, although when the pie is good, it really needs nothing additional.<br /><br />When I was growing up, we had an apple tree in the yard, likely Golden Delicious, whose fruit, picked on the green side, made excellent pie timber. The area around us in suburban Cleveland used to be farming country, and we knew the locations of the best wild or semi-wild trees. My mother is a wonderful pie maker, her crusts always coming out light and flaky, so she put these apples to good use. <br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2454554472800124620.post-65098238722588832272014-10-12T12:32:29.186-07:002014-10-12T12:32:29.186-07:00Shame on you CD dangling these scrumptious treats ...Shame on you CD dangling these scrumptious treats just out of reach and sending me on a reverie back to my boyhood when a similar wooden rolling pin assisted my mum in baking my most absolute fav dessert the American Apple Pie though it very closely resembles your traditional English. I really didn't start going a la mode until recently and have never done heavy cream aside from an occasional decadent splash on the vanilla ice cream.<br />Fabulous post !GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.com