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Oct. 30th, 2004 02:59 pmToday I made an apple pie ('tis the season, here in the northeast) to try to get used to my new pie tin. The reason I need a new pie tin is that the old pie tin (both 'tins' are ceramic) has a substantial crack that looks like it could go at any time. The problem here is that I don't LIKE change, particularly not as it is applied to my pie tin. I'm used to my existing pie tin. I do not want a different one. I know how my existing pie tin works and I am supreme champeen of pastry goodness with my existing pie tin. *sigh* All that said, there's a huge-ass crack in my existing pie tin that bodes. It'd be gross negligence on my part if I failed to plan for pie tin failure at this point... so I'm planning.
My new pie tin is actually a hand-me-down pie tin from grandma, who will probably not ever make another pie and therefore doesn't really need her pie tins anymore. Anyway. The new pie tin is made by the same people (Pfaltzgraff) as the old pie tin, but it's not the same. I did not have any luck attempting to replace the old pie tin. Believe me, I tried. However, the old pie tin was purchased at the company's factory outlet by my amazingly cheap relatives, people with an eye for special, price-reduced, orphaned, non-pattern stuff in once-only lots. Odds are quite good that the old pie tin does not have a pattern and is not available at replacements.com or similar websites and that'd certainly explain why I was having zero luck finding it there.
Now, the pie tin (they make lots of stuff but the only thing they make that I, personally, have bought is pie tins) company is still in business and they do have currently-available pie tins. These suck. The reason I didn't buy a new pie tin from the Pfaltzgraff people is that their current model pie tin comes with an excruciatingly stupid ceramic bird (removeable) accessory. You're supposed to put the stupid ceramic bird in the pie with its head sticking out so that the steam can escape from your pie. (Isn't that *gag* cute?) There is no way I am ever going to make a pie with a ceramic bird in it. I do not give a shit how good having a ceramic bird is supposed to make the pies. My pies are already sufficiently good. If they were any better, they'd be fatal. So, buying new was out due to the stupid ceramic bird accessory. (It does not matter that the bird could be removed and stowed out of sight or even thrown away -- I would still know that it was a pie tin designed for use with a stupid ceramic bird and yes, that would matter to me. It's okay if you don't understand this.) Bogarting grandma's birdless pie tin was the best available option because it was made by the right people, didn't have a stupid ceramic bird, and was free to boot. I asked Grandma about it (after the fact) and she said it was okay.
So, today I made an apple pie with the new pie tin. It looks okay. Smells good. Haven't eaten any of it yet, though. I'm taking it to La's house here directly. They've offered to risk being the test audience... "We're willing to eat as many pies as it takes for you to get comfortable with the new pie tin," say they. What sacrifice! What dedication!
My new pie tin is actually a hand-me-down pie tin from grandma, who will probably not ever make another pie and therefore doesn't really need her pie tins anymore. Anyway. The new pie tin is made by the same people (Pfaltzgraff) as the old pie tin, but it's not the same. I did not have any luck attempting to replace the old pie tin. Believe me, I tried. However, the old pie tin was purchased at the company's factory outlet by my amazingly cheap relatives, people with an eye for special, price-reduced, orphaned, non-pattern stuff in once-only lots. Odds are quite good that the old pie tin does not have a pattern and is not available at replacements.com or similar websites and that'd certainly explain why I was having zero luck finding it there.
Now, the pie tin (they make lots of stuff but the only thing they make that I, personally, have bought is pie tins) company is still in business and they do have currently-available pie tins. These suck. The reason I didn't buy a new pie tin from the Pfaltzgraff people is that their current model pie tin comes with an excruciatingly stupid ceramic bird (removeable) accessory. You're supposed to put the stupid ceramic bird in the pie with its head sticking out so that the steam can escape from your pie. (Isn't that *gag* cute?) There is no way I am ever going to make a pie with a ceramic bird in it. I do not give a shit how good having a ceramic bird is supposed to make the pies. My pies are already sufficiently good. If they were any better, they'd be fatal. So, buying new was out due to the stupid ceramic bird accessory. (It does not matter that the bird could be removed and stowed out of sight or even thrown away -- I would still know that it was a pie tin designed for use with a stupid ceramic bird and yes, that would matter to me. It's okay if you don't understand this.) Bogarting grandma's birdless pie tin was the best available option because it was made by the right people, didn't have a stupid ceramic bird, and was free to boot. I asked Grandma about it (after the fact) and she said it was okay.
So, today I made an apple pie with the new pie tin. It looks okay. Smells good. Haven't eaten any of it yet, though. I'm taking it to La's house here directly. They've offered to risk being the test audience... "We're willing to eat as many pies as it takes for you to get comfortable with the new pie tin," say they. What sacrifice! What dedication!
