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We are celebrating National Pie Day (Jan 23, but today is Feb 2-happy Groundhog Day!) this afternoon at our friends’ house. They have an annual party where everyone brings a pie and it’s great fun to see what people come up with. There is lots of pizza pie and all sorts of weird things on top. This morning I am presently making an apple pie to bring. Not too out there or creative, but I am putting gruyere cheese on the crust. Have you been watching Pushing Daisies? My husband and I like the show ever so much and ever since we saw one of characters adding gruyere to the top of a pie we have wanted to try it. So, I am. My alternate pie choice was a “grated apple pie” from a fabulous vintage cookbook, courtesy of Amy, called Good Housekeeping’s Party Pie Book. I’m still curious to try it as I can’t quite imagine what it will be like-egg in the filling and a buttery press in crust.

Meanwhile, back to peeling and paring my apples….

Here it is the day after Pie Day. Here was my pie before baking

and after baking.

Verdict? Delicious. I’m thinking I will ofter sprinkle a little grated cheese atop my pie before baking.

What else was at Pie Day?

a Cuban pie: the fillings of a Cuban sandwich baked inside a pie

a Hoagie pie (we were outside Philly, hence “hoagie”, not “sub” as I would have called it): the ingredients for an Italian sub put in a blender and then poured atop a pizza crust. Looked like throw-up. Curiously, you could taste the lettuce.

sausage pie: delicious sausage and cheese filled deep dish pie

Thanksgiving pie: a stuffing crust with turkey, celery, onion filling, topped with slices of cranberry sauce

polenta pie: a thin polenta pizza crust topped with vegetables, cheese, rosemary

pecan pie with peanuts and peanut butter

Snickers pie

my apple pie

a brownie pie that was rich brownie cake layered with whipped cream.

And we left early so we didn’t even get to taste them all! I heartily endorse people having pie parties and trying all kinds of wacky things. Just as long as you don’t have a pie eating contest, because that’s gross!