Who's got the Moon Pies for Gastons?
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N2212R said:
How does a moon pie differ from a shoo fly pie? (serious question, familiar with the later)
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Ed Guthrie said:
Way different.
AFAIK, you can't make Moon Pies at home. The shoo fly pie I was sent was an actual pie. Moon Pie comes wrapped in celophane. Chocolate covered carbohydrate layers with white filling between. About 4 inches across.
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Carol said:
Sounds as if the important difference is that I might actually eat a moon pie.
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I took a bite of a moon pie once.Ed Guthrie said:
just once.
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Up until this very moment you and I were so on the same page......Ken Ibold said:
The disappointment is palpable.
http://www.moonpie.com/
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Oh maaaan!gibbons said:
Perhaps if talk were to turn to buffalo chicken wings ... http://www.taco-mac.com/
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N2212R said:
I have *three* 50 count cases, all original size. Chocolate, banana, and vanilla, arriving tomorrow!
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Ken Ibold said:
Just so that folks who may have tasted neither, or perhaps only tasted one, will understand this thread and the subsequent twists and turns this thread is certain to take, I think I'll bring a couple shoo fly pies to Gaston's.
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Wow, I can't wait! We all just had a conversation about moonpies, and I said I should've brought along Ring Dings. No one here had ever heard of Ring Dings! I didn't realize they were a regional thing.Bill Jennings said:
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What exactly is IN a shoo fly pie?Ed Guthrie said:
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Speaking of all these flying pies, what do you say we make this National Pie in the Sky Week?
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Toby said:
What's that Beatles' song lyric? "....horrible little pie..." Molasses near as I can tell/want to know. I have plans to grab one today at Lancaster's finest source. Provided I don't forget to retrieve it from the hanger fridge at o-dark-thirty tomorrow morning you can try it for yourself.
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Toby said:
Shoes and flies of course! Toby, you really need to get away from that big city more (like your doing now!) and experience the vast rural expanses of our country and their customs.
Shoo-fly pie is basically an Amish/S. Central PA thing. Its just a pie made from molasses. My in-lwas are from Lancaster, PA and still live there. Whenever we visit, we get Shoo-fly pie. Its great. There's two kinds, wet bottom and dry bottom.
My mother-in-law makes Moon Pies too. A chocolate variety and a spice cake. Excellent!
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Anthony said:
Anthony, as the resident expert, which should I bring these folks--wet bottom or dry bottom?
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From: www.fabulousfoods.comToby said:
Shoo Fly Pie is a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dessert. Brown sugar, molasses, shortening, salt, and spices were all non-perishable ingredients that could survive the long ocean's crossing to America made by German immigrants. The pie's unusual name is said to be due to the fact that pies were traditionally set to cool on windowsills, and due to the sweet ingredients, the cook would constantly have to shoo the flies away.
1 unbaked 9" pie crust
Crumb Topping:
1 C flour
1/2 C light brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/3 C butter
Liquid Bottom
1 C boiling water
1/2 C light molasses
1/2 C dark corn syrup
1 tsp. baking soda
1 egg, beaten
whipped cream for topping
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Tom said we can bring some cow pies from the farm. And then have a cow chip throwing contest out on the runway. The winner's names will be posted here later.
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Diana said:Tom said we can bring some cow pies from the farm. And then have a cow chip throwing contest out on the runway. The winner's names will be posted here later.
"You will remember to wash your hands before you eat anything?"
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Shoes and flies. I like that!Anthony said:Shoes and flies of course! Toby, you really need to get away from that big city more (like your doing now!) and experience the vast rural expanses of our country and their customs.
Shoo-fly pie is basically an Amish/S. Central PA thing. Its just a pie made from molasses. My in-lwas are from Lancaster, PA and still live there. Whenever we visit, we get Shoo-fly pie. Its great. There's two kinds, wet bottom and dry bottom.
My mother-in-law makes Moon Pies too. A chocolate variety and a spice cake. Excellent!
It is so cool being out here in Missouri. It's my first time visiting this part of the country. I have to stop taking pictures so I have some room left on my flash card for Gaston's.
This is going to be a fattening five days. Tom has been making the most delicious breakfasts and feeding us and feeding us.
There are cardinals and goldfinches, coyotes here and -- on the not-so-cute side, flying cockroaches.
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I expect you to bake one and bring it, Chip!gibbons said:
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Ah yes good old RC Cola and Moonpies. Now that brings back memories.
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"The secret to true happiness is low expectations."Toby said:
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Only now is it really sinking in what a wacky group of folks is converging on Gastons.gibbons said:
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Diana said:Tom said we can bring some cow pies from the farm. And then have a cow chip throwing contest out on the runway. The winner's names will be posted here later.
From: http://www.hometowntales.com/cowchip.html
[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Towns & Tales[/font] [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]World Cow Chip Throwing Contest[/font] Beaver, OK
With a name like “World Cow Chip Throwing Contest”, do you think the rest of the world want to participate? If so, they’d come to Beaver: Cow Chip Throwing Capital of the World. You know what a cow chip/cow patty/cow pie is right? ****.
Since 1970, the World Championship Cow Chip Throwing Contest is held the second week in April in Beaver, OK. The defending champion is Beaver resident and 4-time world champion James Pratt. Leland Searcy’s 1979 world record toss was measured at 182'3".
There’s also a grand barbecue after the contest. Wash your hands. Make sure you serve yourself.
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Ed Guthrie said:
Loser has to clean Gaston's runway when we're done....
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Diana said:Tom said we can bring some cow pies from the farm. And then have a cow chip throwing contest out on the runway. The winner's names will be posted here later.
Ewwwwww....
Who's airplane you going to put those in to get them there?
Just make sure they're the dry type.
Toby
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Oh, no! Hey Ed, you forgot to give me a piece of that shoo fly pie!!