Have Some Pie!

[Unkotare]

It's national pie day, so have at it! I just hope shepherd's pie (really cottage pie) counts.

 

[Unkotare]

Really, it's pie day!

 

[Hellbilly]

Shepards pie frybread. Yummy

 

[TNHarley]

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Shepards pie frybread. Yummy

Im not too hot on brown gravy but that looks fire.

 

[Unkotare]

I'm getting hungry!

 

[Hellbilly]

The end of the world is upon us.
Unkotare approved one of my posts.
I can die a happy man.

 

[White 6]

It's national pie day, so have at it! I just hope shepherd's pie (really cottage pie) counts.

National Pie Day - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Stryder50]

It's national pie day, so have at it! I just hope shepherd's pie (really cottage pie) counts.

Pie can be savory rather than sweet.
Also we are a nation of blended cultures.
Shepherd's pie - yes.
Also;
Pizza
Chicken, turkey, or beef pot pie.
Pierogies
My late sister sold a Mexican version of "shepherd's" she called Hasta-la-Pasta. She had a pie shop and was known locally as the Pie Goddess, hence her shop had that name.

 

[Unkotare]

The end of the world is upon us.
Unkotare approved one of my posts.
I can die a happy man.

Never underestimate the power of pie!

 

[Unkotare]

Pie can be savory rather than sweet.
Also we are a nation of blended cultures.
Shepherd's pie - yes.
Also;
Pizza
Chicken, turkey, or beef pot pie.
Pierogies
My late sister sold a Mexican version of "shepherd's" she called Hasta-la-Pasta. She had a pie shop and was known locally as the Pie Goddess, hence her shop had that name.

An empanada is kind of a pie.

 

[Stryder50]

An empanada is kind of a pie.

Yeah. Similar to a Latino version of pierogie.

 

[Mr Natural]

Pie Day should be March 14.

 

[Unkotare]

Yeah. Similar to a Latino version of pierogie.

There's a good Polish place near me. I might have to swing by tomorrow.

 

[Darkwind]

So, what is a pie?

A pie is, at its most practical, a baked dish of sweet or savory filling in a pastry crust, usually with a bottom crust and often with a top one as well. Esoterically and metaphorically, “pie” becomes a symbol for any bounded whole that can be divided into shares—resources, attention, or even cosmic order.dictionary+2

Practical: food and objects​

In everyday use, a pie is a dish made by lining a pan with pastry and filling it with fruit, custard, meat, or similar ingredients, then baking until the crust is cooked. Many dictionaries stress both sweet (apple, pumpkin) and savory (meat, chicken pot pie) fillings as canonical.merriam-webster+4

By extension, “pie” can also refer to:

• Pizza-style flat rounds (“Neapolitan pies”).[merriam-webster]
• Non-food imitations that resemble a pie in form, like “mud pie.”[blogs.loc]

Metaphorical and economic​

“Pie” commonly denotes a total quantity that can be partitioned, especially in economics, business, or politics. Phrases like “a bigger slice of the profit pie” treat the pie as the fixed or growing whole of wealth, market share, or opportunity to be allocated among participants.yourdictionary+1

In discourse about investment portfolios or resource allocation, the pie metaphor emphasizes:

• Finite resources: the idea that if one slice grows, another may shrink.
• Fairness and power: how the “whole” is divided reveals social priorities.

Idiomatic and social​

Idiomatically, having a “finger in every pie” means having interests, influence, or involvement in many different activities or domains. This frames “pies” as distinct spheres of action or communities, each with its own internal contents and boundaries.[dictionary]

Promises of “pie in the sky” use pie to symbolize illusory future rewards—comforting but nutritionally empty hopes. Here “pie” shifts from concrete nourishment to a critique of escapist or manipulative visions.[dictionary]

Esoteric and symbolic​

From an esoteric viewpoint, “pie” can stand in for a hidden or inner whole, with slices representing differentiated aspects of a single underlying unity. Esoteric traditions often distinguish “outer” exoteric teachings from “inner” esoteric ones intended for a select few. In that frame, the visible crust is the outer doctrine, while the concealed filling is the inner content disclosed only to initiates.wordnik+3

More abstractly:

• A pie can symbolize the structured cosmos: a bounded circle containing diverse but related elements.
• Slices can symbolize paths, virtues, or levels; pursuing “the whole pie” suggests reclaiming undivided unity rather than settling for a fragment.

Conceptual summary​

So “pie” moves along a spectrum:

• Concrete food: a baked pastry with filling.britannica+4
• Everyday metaphor: any divisible whole (profits, power, time).yourdictionary+1
• Idiomatic and critical: involvement in many domains, or false promises.[dictionary]
• Esoteric symbol: a bounded totality whose inner content is shared only with those who move beyond the outer crust of appearances.dictionary+3

If you like, a next step would be to map this onto specific traditions (numerology, occult, religious symbolism) or onto mathematical “pi” and circles as a related but distinct symbolic structure.

 

[Winco]

I prefer pi day ( π ) much better.
March 14th, 3-14.

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

It's national pie day, so have at it! I just hope shepherd's pie (really cottage pie) counts.

The moment I saw the thread title I immediately thought of Agent K from the Men in Black movies simply because they've been on AMC 173 times since Christmas.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I have half of an apple pie in my refrigerator.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Unkotare]

I have half of an apple pie in my refrigerator. ...

How do you make a pie from half an apple?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ My pie came from Food City. They sell whole pies and halves. The halves are only five dollars.

God bless you always!!!

Holly