I'd have to vote for a rhubarb custard pie.

Cherry.

Jim

but steel, I said chocolate? :( I guess I don't count ;) totally kidding!

Or do you mean a fudge pie? In the south, there are chocolate pies topped with whipped cream or meringue, and the crusts vary. I have seen crusts that are pastry, graham cracker and my mom's oatmeal (only she makes this one. Dunno where she got the recipe.). "Chocolate pie" means the filling is pudding like in consistency. "Fudge pie" is brownie like in consistency. So which is it? I also make a pretty mean fudge pie. Come to think of it, in order, my favorites pies are:

Chocolate meringue
Fudge
Kentucky derby (made with mounds of chocolate chips)

So I guess I am a true chocoholic. Don't get me wrong, I'd eat any fruit pie there is without batting an eyelash, but I make and eat chocolate as my first choices.

Ok, since you have a reason for asking. I'll choose pumpkin. That's the one that always comes to mind first when I think of pie.

Ann

It's got to be elderberry, in a double crust made with lard !

Hard choice to make among a few favorites - strawberry/rhubarb, key lime, coconut cream, pecan....

Here, too, every year I choose a birthday pie or tart over birthday cake.

Okay, if I must choose, it will be Bumbleberry Pie, which has blueberries,raspberries,strawberries & cherries in it.

Amck I have to try this bumbleberry pie now, all my faves in one pie, OMG!
Wish I had a line on local pie cherries.

I can't believe no one else has said this one.

My all-time favorite is mincemeat pie.

Sorry, I can't limit it to one...lemon meringue and coconut cream with meringue. Also, if anyone remembers Tippin's Restaurants...I think it was called German chocolate. Yum!!

If you really are asking....rhubarb custard with the whites from the eggyolks made into a meringue!

Well, I love pecan pie, all berry pies, peanut butter pie, and cheesecake. The latter has a crust, and it doesn't rise, so it is in the pie category, right?

Sorry, I couldn't choose just one pie. I'm a rebel.

Sol

Sol:
I don't know about the Cheese Cake.

I'll have to make another to check it out.

Pie or Cake ???

LOU

I agree with Caliloo, must be blueberry pie. With the berries picked in Machias, Maine. Best pie ever. DH and DB picked (harvested) them one summer. Back breaking work, but oh so good!

Di

Machias is also home to a blueberry festival every year.

OK, c'mon, Nancy, tell us WHY you want to know!

I keep checking in to see (and resisting the urge to post a few more faves!).

Deanna

Fresh Strawberry!!

Summertime pie: Hands down, Sour Cream Peach pie, made with fresh peaches (old, old recipe from my Grandmother's Kitchen Klatter magazine or Capper's Weekly dating back to the mid 1950s)

Spring time pie: Rhubarb pie

Winter pie: Cherry

I can't pick a single pie I like best. A home made pie is my favorite dessert, without doubt.

Nothing special. Just very simple good old American apple pie.

(with a scoop of ice cream) :-)

dcarch

I would have to say chocolate cream pie with meringue. Or maybe coconut cream, or apple or strawberry, oh my the list could go on and on. I guess chocolate gets first place.

I'll take peach please :)

Rhubarb... without a doubt!

Hands down Dh's Chocolate Meringue pie! But he prefers apple. I like apple, but it's not my favorite. Cake or pie? It depends on what kind of cake and what kind of pie.

Could there be a virtual pie party in the future?

Sally

Wow, probably apple pie as a favorite.....homemade of course...chocolate cream pie a close 2nd and cherry pie my 3rd choice. Love a great scoop of vanilla ice cream on the apple/cherry pies!

Duane

Lemon meringue!!!!

Tracey

Oh May! My teeth ache just looking at that Bayou Goo! LOL

Wow...I'm the only French Silk lover. Whodathunk????

Linda

No Linda, you are not alone. I'll share a some Goo pie or French Silk with ya too...maybe! LOL! You should know I LOVE chocolate anything.

David

I'm not a big fan of pie-- probably because I don't care for pie crust or gooey fruit mixtures. Now that you know, please don't excommunicate me from the CF! That said, a graham cracker crust is right up my alley. My faves are Sweet Lady Jane's lemon meringue tart (sans crust), and my mother's french silk or my pumpkin chiffon. In a pinch, apple with a crumb topping is delish!

Favorite? Probably pumpkin chiffon!

Here is a link that might be useful: Sweet Lady Jane's Lemon Meringue Tart

Well, pumpkin seems to be leading in the poll. But I have to say that it's the only kind of pie I ever made, ate or heard tell of that I absolutely despise. And everyone in my family feels the same way. At Thanksgiving, we are a pumpkin-free zone!

We all have the I-hate-cilantro gene. Do you suppose this could be similar? It sounds so good, and everyone else in the world seems to love it, so I realize the fault is with our tastebuds. But pumpkin just makes us all gag. Strange...

For me, it's Sugar Pie , no doubt.

Wow, so many pies that are new to me! Goo, Silk, Sugar - I'll be looking for recipes all day.

I like triple berry pie.

Bannana Cream Pie!!!!

Steel,
You're not the only one. My husband won't touch pumpkin pie. My kids adore it. Me? I can take it or leave it. Mostly I leave it because I just don't think it's worth the calories.

Open invitation to Linda and anyone else: C'mon down and visit me and the BAYOU GOO is on me!!

Nancy - what are you going to do with the info?
Are you going to make a bar graph or perhaps a........ pie chart?

:)

Another chocoholic here since I'm not a fruit lover.

Could I have a slice of cheddar on my apple pie, please...heated just enough to melt the cheese?

jude

Hot homemade apple pie served with sharp cheese.

Jude, yes! Apple pie is definitely better with Cheddar!

Craftyrn, it's been so long since I've had Elderberry pie, I'd completely forgotten it.
Now I've got a serious longing. . .
It is so-o-o-oooo good.

Lowspark, the Bayou Goo sounds very much like a dessert that has been popular around here for some time.
Usually called ". . . . Delight"
Chocolate, Pistachio, coconut, whatever.
The nut crust, a layer of sweetened cream cheese, a layer of pudding of your choice, and a layer of whippped cream, decorated with chocolate curls, toasted coconut, whatever compliments the flavor of the filling.

So I imagine the big secret to the Bayou Goo is what is in the custard to make it special.
A bit of rum? Coffee? Bourbon?
Wish I could taste a slice to try to figure it out.

This certainly gives me an idea to try for the next family gathering.

And if we are specifying a summer pie, I'd have to say Millionaire Pie.

Rusty

Rusty,
To be honest, I never really concentrate on what might be in there when I eat that stuff. I just revel in the moment. LOL

I have two... until I started reading the list, then I got more!

I know, only one. But they are different categories!!

Cherrycolor>

(and Banana Creamcolor>. As a kid, I asked for Banana Cream Pie instead of Birthday Cake)

Pie chart -- snort.

In general, I love all pies but my favorite is pumpkin.

Least favorites are the berry pies.

/tricia

"As a kid, I asked for Banana Cream Pie instead of Birthday Cake"

I always requested pie instead of cake too, but I didn't specify flavor. I don't care for cream pies. But my mom rarely, if ever, made cream pies so I was safe there.

Jim

Chocolate Hazelnut Bavarian Cream. I add Frangelico to it when I make it to accentuate the hazelnut flavor. There are many close runners-up, but only one winner.

Lars

"Chocolate Hazelnut Bavarian Cream. I add Frangelico to it when I make it to accentuate the hazelnut flavor."

OMG! ! ! !
I thought I didn't like cream pies.
But this sounds so out-of-this-world,
I am drooling all over my keyboard!
F30
Recipe? Please?
Down on my knees, hands clasped.
Tears flowing. Begging?
Please?
Pretty please?

Rusty

fresh blueberry pie for me. Even better if half the berries are not cooked, just added to the cooked ones while still fresh.
Jo

Sorry

Don't know what that "F30" is in there.

I intended for there to be a space there.

Gremlins?

Rusty

Yeah, Lars - recipe, please?

Rhubarb - hands down - unfortunately it has been years since I had one. Can't find it in my part of TX and it won't grow here either at least not successfully by me although I haven't tried it in the winter. I'd settle even for buying some frozen.

Oh yes, Lars...recipe please!!!! I'm really not that fond of desserts but that makes me drool.

jude

Pecan Pie. Hands down.

Lori

I'll post the Bavarian Cream pie recipe on a new thread when I get home.

Lars