I didn't really do anything today other than sleep in, so I don't exactly have anything to write about. I posted on Facebook to give me suggestions, and my friends Addy and Olivia suggested pie. I was never told what exactly about pie, so I guess I'll have to include everything.
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Pie: A History
Pie is a baked dish, usually composed of a crust and a filling. The crust can either be more of a shell, where pie has an open face exposing the filling, or in can completely encase the filling. The filling can be... well, anything you want to put in a convenient pastry. Pies can be either sweet (for desert) or savory (as an entrée, appetizer side, basically anything else) and can be made in sizes anywhere from big pies with multiple servings to one-bite pies.
It is believed that the ancient Greeks are the origin of pie pastry. They used a flour paste (basically flour mix with fat, the most simple form of a pastry) to encase meats to seal in juices, help in the cooking process, and it was much easier for soldiers to carry at sea.
In Europe, meat pies are much more common than in the United States. They are almost like the European version of fast food, because they are very convenient. However, the United States is known for their pot pies with flaky crusts and creamy meat fillings. Fruit pies in America are often served à la Mode, meaning they are served with a scoop of ice cream. It is also common to put excessively large amounts of whipped cream (or Cool Whip, which is common with pumpkin pie) on top of pie.
In popular culture, cream pies are often used as props and are thrown into people's faces. The term for throwing a pie in someone's face is called pieing.
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Unless Addy made a typo, I believe this short essay will do nicely. If, in fact, she did mean pi, here's another essay.
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π
Some people are like pi. They're simply irrational.
Pi is a mathematical constant, representing the ratio of a circle's circumference to its
diameter. It is a never ending decimal, and it never repeats.
For more information, please click here.
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I would write more, but the Wikipedia page on Pi is longer than the page about life. That's a liiiitle sad.
Addy and Olivia, I hope this was satisfactory.
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