Comments on: Celebrate Pi Day (3/14) with a spherical pie! http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053967 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053967 alternatively, you could have put the dough for the crust inside the half-bowl form and then fill the resulting dough bowl with dried lentils or peas, then bake it. (in german we call that "blind backen", which translates as blind baking.) alternatively, you could have put the dough for the crust inside the half-bowl form and then fill the resulting dough bowl with dried lentils or peas, then bake it. (in german we call that “blind backen”, which translates as blind baking.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054515 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054515 celebrate biscuit day http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201541153207255 . Just do it! celebrate biscuit day http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201541153207255 . Just do it!

]]> By: rrh http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054030 rrh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054030 I thought pie are squared? I thought pie are squared?

]]> By: RebNachum http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053803 RebNachum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053803 Two words: Centrifugal oven. Two words: Centrifugal oven.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053812 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053812 Alternately, you can get a bunch of profiteroles at your local patissier. Enough of them to make a croque-en-bouche. Then you can also discuss cutting the croque-en-bouche to make circles, ellipses, parabolas,... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croqembouche.JPG At my sister's wedding, some decades ago, the restaurateur, an immigré from France, refused to allow the usual fruit-cake monstrosities in his restaurant. Instead, he made a croque-en-bouche using maple syrup as the glaze holding it together, and decorated with local wild flowers. The profiteroles were filled with mascarpone cheese. I still remember how good it was. Alternately, you can get a bunch of profiteroles at your local patissier. Enough of them to make a croque-en-bouche. Then you can also discuss cutting the croque-en-bouche to make circles, ellipses, parabolas,…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Croqembouche.JPG

At my sister’s wedding, some decades ago, the restaurateur, an immigré from France, refused to allow the usual fruit-cake monstrosities in his restaurant. Instead, he made a croque-en-bouche using maple syrup as the glaze holding it together, and decorated with local wild flowers. The profiteroles were filled with mascarpone cheese. I still remember how good it was.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054582 pjcamp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054582 Whatcha got there is a walnut. Or an ovary. Whatcha got there is a walnut.

Or an ovary.

]]> By: LuckyNotLucky http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053821 LuckyNotLucky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053821 When making a demon core pie, be sure to prop open the two hemispheres with a bit of frosting. When making a demon core pie, be sure to prop open the two hemispheres with a bit of frosting.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054092 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054092 4/3 larger than our cubic pie! 4/3 larger than our cubic pie!

]]> By: stuiethegod http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054121 stuiethegod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054121 I'd hate to be the buzz kill for such an epic pie... but how the heck do you eat it with out making a terrible mess of everything? I’d hate to be the buzz kill for such an epic pie… but how the heck do you eat it with out making a terrible mess of everything?

]]> By: awillett http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053870 awillett Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053870 Next stop: Death Star Pie. Though I'm not sure what filling would be most appropriate. Next stop: Death Star Pie. Though I’m not sure what filling would be most appropriate.

]]> By: OriGuy http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054896 OriGuy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054896 Could you do something similar to make a meat pie? I assume you would need meat from a spherical cow. Could you do something similar to make a meat pie? I assume you would need meat from a spherical cow.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053889 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053889 Dark chocolate? :D Dark chocolate? :D

]]> By: settle4 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053916 settle4 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053916 Isn't it enough that pies are already circles?? Isn’t it enough that pies are already circles??

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1053917 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1053917 4/3*Pi*r^2 filling or 4*Pi*r^2 of touchable roundness 4/3*Pi*r^2 filling
or 4*Pi*r^2 of touchable roundness

]]> By: starshipminivan http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054184 starshipminivan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054184 Actually, it's not that hard to cut: http://www.instructables.com/id/Spherical-Pie/#step6 Actually, it’s not that hard to cut: http://www.instructables.com/id/Spherical-Pie/#step6

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/celebrate-pi-day-314.html#comment-1054960 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1054960 You don't eat it without making a mess. That is not a bug, it's a feature. You don’t eat it without making a mess. That is not a bug, it’s a feature.

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