All About Pies!

Any search on Instagram under "pies" is sure to bring up loads of pictures of wonderful looking pies with the "pi" symbol.  The symbol for Pi had been in use for over 250 years The symbol was introduced by William Jones, a Welsh mathematician, in 1706. The symbol was made popular by the mathematician Leonhard Euler.  March 14 or 3/14 is celebrated as pi day because 3.14 are the first digits of pi. Math nerds around the world love celebrating this infinitely long, never-ending number.   How can you celebrate Pi Day?  It is quite popular today to celebrate Pi day with...

One of my friendly customers is David Whalen.  He keeps contact with us throughout the year and occasionally submits a guest blog for us.  If any of you would like to submit pictures or stories for us to blog about please email it to us as it's nice for customers to see what others are doing with our products. We received this email recently from David :   From: David Whalen  : Sunday, January 26, 2020 12:49 PM   For those of you who have never seen them, these are the three machines I use to make my single-serving (5 inch in...

Where have all the years gone?  They go by so very quickly!  It doesn't seem that long ago that Rob made me my very first tart press to help me make a batch of blueberry tarts - that was likely 27 years ago this coming March.  The following summer we were featured in the magazine "Country Woman" and the rest is history! That summer we had so many letters from homemakers wanting a tart press that the postman could not fit them in our old green rural mailbox.  He delivered them right to our door!  It was so much fun...

Pies come in all shapes and sizes.  Some customers make traditional looking pies that are round and have fluted edges.  Others bake their pies in square pans or make pan-less pies called "hand pies".  Increasingly we receive requests for new crimper designs and the last couple of years people want their pies personalized with their logo or name stamped into the crust or in a raised design.  With long lead times the last few years there has not been much extra time to work on innovative designs or products.  We have purchased new equipment and hired more workers and will...

 By Guest Writer - David Whalen   THE COST OF INGREDIENTS - WHERE DOES ONE TURN FOR RELIEF? Like many of you fellow pie-makers, I wind up spending a small fortune on the ingredients that go into my production . Flour is a major cost that we all must contend with. Some of us insist on ONLY using a brand like "Robin Hood" which some consider to be the elite product out there. Others find little or no difference between it and other more generic flours - like the grocery store brands, or "Five Roses", etc. In my case, I...