I'm taking Kevin's advice

[cslittle999]

Wow. Twenty posts and still on topic. Welcome Melissa. I'll ask the obligatory cake or pie? I'm a pie man myself.

 

[Mouse Skywalker]

KRAMER!!! Welcome Melissa. It's always good to have new friends here. Welcome.

 

[mandymommy4]

Welcome!

 

[Dismom+two]

Hey Melissa!! Welcome to the boards! Glad you decided to join us. I am fairly quiet on here but am on EVERY DAY!!
Have fun!!!

Brenda

 

[wishspirit]

Hello Melissa!

This place is really friendly, THE friendliest board on the DIS! Some of the the other boards call us PodPeople, but they're just jealous!

Hope you keep on posting, so we can get to know you better!

 

[DisneyKevin]

I love reading "I took Kevin's advice".

Welcome to the asylum Melissa.

Any minute cake or pie will be the new subject of this thread.

 

[remark44]

I love reading "I took Kevin's advice".

Welcome to the asylum Melissa.

Any minute cake or pie will be the new subject of this thread.

I don't mind being hijacked. Personally I like apple pie a la mode.

 

[IWISHFORDISNEY]

Welcome to the craziness of the podcast board. You will love it here!!!

 

[Annette_VA]

Welcome!!

 

[DVCJones]

Welcome Melissa!!!!!

I think you will find everyone is just so friendly here.

 

[DSNY4ever]

Welcome! I don't usually have much to say either, but the people on this board sure know their stuff if you ever have questions, and it is fun to see what everyone is talking about after the podcast Hope you have fun on here

 

[jsoren11]

Welcome Kramer!! I personally think Cherry Pie is my favorite, but boston cream pie when it is moist is outstanding!! does boston cream pie count as a pie or cake?

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Welcome Kramer!! I personally think Cherry Pie is my favorite, but boston cream pie when it is moist is outstanding!! does boston cream pie count as a pie or cake?

Both. Us Bostonians are just THAT good.

 

[msteddom]

Hi from another Melissa!!!!

Melissa

 

[*NikkiBell*]

Welcome to the best boards ever, Melissa!

 

[jsoren11]

Both. Us Bostonians are just THAT good.

But it isnt in a "pie-crust" I would think it is more of a cake..

 

[UrsulasShadow]

But it isnt in a "pie-crust" I would think it is more of a cake..

Which is why it's both...pie filling in a cake crust.

 

[jsoren11]

Which is why it's both...pie filling in a cake crust.

But if that was the case, anytime you put a pie filling in a cake crust, it could be either, i.e. raspberry filling in a chocolate cake. It just doesnt make sense to me. It either is cake or pie..

Cooks in New England and Pennsylvania Dutch regions were known for their cakes and pies and the dividing line between them was very thin. This cake was probably called a pie because in the mid-nineteenth century, pie tins were more common than cake pans. The first versions might have been baked in pie tins. Boston Cream Pie is a remake of the early American "Pudding-cake pie."
Sorry to go overboard here, but this is a very serious subject for me.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Well, if we really want to go there...

What we call a one crust pie nowadays is really a "tart". Pies used to be filled with meat.

Puddings were often stuffed in animal innards, like sausages, and were made of various stuff, meats and grains and fruits and spices...then boiled...then sometimes fried. Around the time of the Pilgrims, they started to boil the fixin's in a sack or bag.

The stuff we call pudding now would have been known as custards back then. Or "fools".

Oh, and a cheesecake? That has always been called a cheesecake, not a cheese pie, or even a cheese tart. Go figure...the crust used to be made the same as every kind of pie known now and at the time, not graham cracker crust like today.

You're talking to an ex-Pilgrim here. I can forward you pages of the period cookbooks, if you like.

 

[jsoren11]

Well, Im just pointing out that the difference between pie and cake has nothing to do with if you are a bostonian or not.
During the Roman period, the name for cake (derived from the Greek term) became "placenta." They were also called "libum" by the Romans, and were primarily used as an offering to their gods. Placenta was more like a cheesecake, baked on a pastry base, or sometimes inside a pastry case.

So who wants to meet later for some placenta and coffee?