The Pie Report, Online Edition

So, could you float stuff in this pie like plastic babies a la Mardi Gras' King cakes? Fake eye balls? Secret messages? The stomach reels...

and also to post your results here, in this very small forum devoted to the exploration of pies both disgusting and delightful.

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So I happened to have all the ingredients on-hand and a couple of hours while my son takes his nap, so I whipped up the pie. Since I'm all impatient like that I didn't really do any prep for featured items to float in the pie. I searched around for what I could find that might work and found a little eskimo holding a fish. And so I will entitle my pie experiment, "Ice Floe Mishap".

Here's what the pie looked like before sliding into the oven:

I pulled it out of the oven when the timer went off and it's not yet complete. The surface is now quite brown and it's rather bubbly under the surface. Seething? We'll give it another 5 minutes.

I mean, really: this, as far as I am concerned, is why the internet was invented.

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PunkPlanet.com: More real-time pie

Anyway, so the pie seems to be complete. Here's how it's looking right now as it cools on my stove:

I'm going to wait until husband is around before I cut it because he thinks I'm a nut for whipping up this little confectionary choking hazard. So the suspense is drawn out until much later this evening, unless you'll be at the Quimby's party tonight and can pursuade me to bring this little snack.

One thing is clear at this point -- the little eskimo feature won't be a surprise.

but i can't see through this "transparent" pie.

i'll be at the quimby's thing but i'm hesitant to take pie away from your husband. i want details tho.

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Until I cut into it, as far as I can tell there is no transparency apparent. What you're seeing is literally how it looks. Kinda burntish. No burnt smell, though. Instead, it kinda smells like my grandparents' basement. Maybe it's, ah say ah say, it's a joke, son. Those ol' Southerners.

So, what's the story with this pie? Have you ever made it before? Now that it's a part of my life, I'd love to hear how it's a part of yours.

How WAS it?

Was it really transparent? Looking at the ingredients, I can't quite see how it would be.

... this pie is transparent. In other words, not a bit of transparency, even once a piece was cut. But it was pretty tasty. It's been a great while since I've had pecan pie, but the consistency of this pie was a bit like a pecan pie without the pecan. It also had a nice chewiness to the top from all the sugar doing its cooked sugar thing. I'm a big sugar addict and can handle many sweets that others find nauseating so I may be understating the sweetness factor. I also originally thought this might be kind of a yucky pie, with the minimalist ingredients looking all wiggly and a bit like congealed gravy but nope, totally edible. I'm about to cut m'self another slice, in fact.

Hey Anne-- I added the "food" tag to your tag list, so this will also file into the larger "food" category that's been set up by other users.

1. this sounds a bit to me like the traditional chess pie, which consists of exactly all these ingredients, but is not called "transparent".

2. i think it's weird that we have both a food category and a pie category. do we really need a food category?

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Where else shall I post my paeans to butter?!