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The Great American Pie Tour
As Easy as Eating Pie
As presented in Grafton's Valley Messenger. Read Latest Edition
The Last Pie of the Season, Peach Pie.
You may be asking, “Hey, Cold Brew Café, why haven’t you done peach pie until now? I mean, it is the 3rd most beloved pie in the States! What are you playing at?” And, you’re right. We’ve held off long enough, but with good reasons.
The best peaches for pie used in the US are called “stone free” peaches. This means when you cut into the flesh the stone is already loose. The flesh can easily be separated from stone. That is not the case with he peach variety grown in Australia. It is a much smaller fruit and the stone is not free, making it difficult to prepare for pie. Also, peaches have not been in season since we started our tour, but they’re in season now! So for our final pie of the Great American Pie Tour: Easy as Eating Pie we’re going to make Peach Pie!
August 24th was national Peach Pie day in The States; but, it was England’s premier poet, Geoffrey Chaucer, who penned the first peach pie recipe in 1381. His recipe called for peaches, spices, figs, raisins, pears, and saffron all baked in a cofyn, or pastry casing. We’re going to try that!
Later, in the 15th century, the Dutch began publishing recipes for peach pie which always included ice cream. We’re definitely going to try that!
In the 19th Century, Georgians, from what we call the Peach State, consider peach pie a healthy breakfast. Well, now, so do we!
We’re really going on an adventure for this pie. We’ll be trying things, especially Chaucer’s recipe, trying crust and simple fillings. We feel the same as Monroe Boston Strause and Einstein: It’s always interesting formulating pi!
We have three announcements:
1. With the help of our dear friends at Yoohoo McPhee publishing, we are coming out with The Great American Pie Tour: Easy as Eating Pie Recipe Book! This book will include the articles published in the Valley Messenger and the pie recipes we have had over the last year. We have had a wonderful trip and we are grateful to the Valley Messenger for publishing our musings. We are so excited about this endeavour.
2. We are taking a Christmas Break this year. We will close on the 8th of December and reopen on the 9th of January. Like you, perhaps, we are fleeing the Grafton heat for costal breezes! Ahhh.
3. When we return, we look forward to next year when we will be starting the Great American Pie Tour: Easy as eating Pie—Variations!
For every pie we have made over the last year there are several variations, and we are going to explore them starting with variations on Apple Pie! There is a pie called Normandy Apple Pie. We don’t want to give too much away but custard will be involved! We will explore variations on Chiffon Pie, as those were very popular on our tour. And of course, fruit pies!
You can always find us on Facebook @coldbrewcafeaustralia for our progress, "tips and secrets” and other updates in making Peach Pie. Search #greatamericanpietour to find our past posts and pies on the Great American Pie Tour and look for the final Peach Pie recipe in the next week’s printing of the Valley Messenger.
Until then, Happy Christmas, Merry New Year and many blessings to you from Cold Brew Café!
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