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11-26-2008, 04:17 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kenvil, NJ, USA
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| Mrs. Smiths Pies Does anyone buy Mrs. Smiths pies for Thanksgiving. I have been buying them for years. (Yes I am bad, I do not bake them from scratch). Well when I opened the boxes this year they were tiny. I mean teeny tiny. My mom checked her frezzer she had 2 pies from January 2008 frozen. Well my pies I bought last week were 27 oz. Hers from January were 37oz. Imagine all the people going to bake them tomorrow morning to serve 10 or more people. I had to laugh. How sad. Talk about cutting back. LOL |
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11-26-2008, 04:22 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Carolina
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| Years ago Mrs. Smith's pies were huge. I've noticed them getting smaller and smaller every year. I can't imagine how they could make them even smaller this year and still call them a pie. At this point, I think they should be called tarts. |
11-26-2008, 04:22 PM | #3 |
My Little Princess Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SUNNY,FLORIDA
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| wow!!! i buy those too
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11-26-2008, 04:54 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kenvil, NJ, USA
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| Tarts So funny, I was thinking Pie for one. But I like tarts. It certainly looks like one. |
11-26-2008, 04:56 PM | #5 |
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| I forgot to mention My friend always put her Mrs. Smiths pie into a big ceramic pie plate to serve. She laughed when she tried it tonight and said well this won't work anymore. |
11-26-2008, 05:01 PM | #6 | |
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I used this recipe with braeburn apples and I added brown sugar to the topping. Crunch Top Apple Pie Recipe : Paula Deen : Food Network
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11-26-2008, 05:04 PM | #7 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | I tried making home made pie crust once for a strawberry pie--BLECH! It was more trouble than it was worth. I threw my 3 separate attempts away and went and bought a pie crust LOL |
11-26-2008, 05:18 PM | #8 |
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11-26-2008, 05:24 PM | #9 |
Misssing Baby Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| Look at the pie I made today. It is too pretty to eat if I do say so myself!!! (I did cheat and buy frozen crust) There is a great crust recipe I have that uses veg oil instead of shortening that is so easy! It came from my Mom's old black and red Betty Crocker recipe book.
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11-26-2008, 05:31 PM | #10 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| I haven't bought one of those pies......but I am upset because my meringue (?) didn't turn out on my chocolate cream pie....sigh....
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11-26-2008, 05:35 PM | #11 |
Misssing Baby Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California
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| Did it shrink? That happened to me once!
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11-26-2008, 05:56 PM | #12 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Washington State
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| I'm making a Pumpkin Pie right now for tomorrow. I used a can of Pumpkin Pie filling I got last year on clearance after the holidays for .25 cents!! I'm proud of that savings! |
11-26-2008, 06:18 PM | #13 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | Og you scared me We bought one this year I thought there was something wrong with them ! lol |
11-27-2008, 03:24 AM | #14 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Schweinfurt, Bayern, Germany
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| yea, the pies have definately shrunk. But I always bake my own for the holidays and feed people store ones when I have the whim. i have a recipe for a crust that tastes like sugar cookie and is DELICIOUS with pumpkin pie or apple...actually its pretty darn good with any kind if you're interested. Its a ton easier to make than traditional pie crust. |
11-27-2008, 05:04 AM | #15 |
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| My husband is our pie baker. Today he is making a pumpkin pie and an apple pie. I don't particularly like baking pies, but I like eating them I know a lot of things have shrunk in size lately. It would be fun/maddening to have a number of things to compare just to see how much we are getting ripped off Happy Thanksgiving all!
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