EVERYTHING IS PIE! DO YOU LIKE FRENCH FRIES?! MORE LIKE FRENCH PIES! CHEESEBURGERS? PIES! STEAKS? PIES! VEGETARIAN CHILI? PIE! KAENG PHET PET YANG?! PIE! PIE! PIE! PIE! PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A brulee is just custard that's had sugar poured on top and carmelized with a blowtorch. If you put it on top of a pie crust, you'd have creme brulee pie though.
I had a pina colada brulee once. That was awesome. I had a lavender brulee with fresh wild blueberries in it. That was sex.
There's a porno floating out there where the guy shows up just as the girl takes a cake out of the oven. He starts doing stuff with the girl but gets distracted by the cake, saying, "That cake looks good". Then he fucks the cake.
Let's not get carried away here. It's okay to like cake more than pie, but not liking pie at all is scientifically retarded.
For what its worth, the cake and pie absolutists are ridiculous. If you're someone who is all pie uber alles cake sucks, that indicates that you haven't been exposed to anything other than, like, birthday cake. Just this past Thanksgiving I made a pumpkin roulade, which is a super-moist rolled cake with a vanilla cream-cheese filling. It was heavenly, and much better than pumpkin pie. That's not to say there's no room for pie: I like lots of pies! But taking an absolutist stance is, IMO, rather ridiculous.
I don't get this cream-cheese filling or frosting thing. Why would you ruin sweet, delicious cake by letting cheese anywhere within shouting distance of it?
Can we all at least agree that the standard pumpkin pie (store-bought and/or with canned filling) is pretty much at the bottom of the dessert hierarchy? I'm sure there are fantastic pumpkin pies out there, but by and large it seems like the only reason we ate them is because of tradition.
You want to hear my theory on cheese? Of course you do. I believe that everyone -- everyone -- who likes cheese can't taste it. If they could taste it, they would agree with me that in all of its forms, it is vile.
I love cheese. I mean, in all seriousness, I could live on nothing but cheese and be fairly happy. But! I don't care for cheesecake because the texture seems super-weird to me. And plain cheesecake has this sort of bland, cloying richness that I don't really like, though flavored cheesecakes can be okay. The cream cheese frosting is also the downfall of red velvet cake, IMHO. The cake is great, but that frosting just has an unpleasant mouth-feel.
But I must stand strong with the forces of non-cheesy cake! But not carrot cake. What kind of warped individual thought "cake is awesome, but you know what? It would be better with vegetables in it." I mean, really.
I am somewhat traumatized by carrot cake, as that was the super trendy thing to make wedding cakes out of in the '70s, when all my moms friends got married. I ate far too much of it, so I am not much of a fan.
Actually, you're talking to someone who hates cheese. The only exceptions to that rule are cream cheese in desserts when augmented with sugar, and flavorless mozzarella on a pizza that's doused in flavorful sauce and toppings. The mere thought of the smell of cheddar makes me nauseous.
Imagine someone who hates beer. That's how I feel about you right now. Someone denied the simple pleasure of something tasty and delicious.
Though I agree that cheese doesn't have the best smell, it's fucking delicious and anybody who says otherwise is a bad person.
