Custard pie

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This article is about the dessert. For the Led Zeppelin song, see Custard Pie.

A custard pie is a pie crust filled with a cooked custard. Ideally a custard pie should be light and delicate, but still have good body. A custard pie is firmer than a cream pie, which is actually a custard pie thickened with cornstarch and then topped with whipped cream, or a chiffon pie, which is custard thickened with cornstarch and gelatin and then folded into whipped cream.

[edit] As a weapon

The American billionare Bill Gates was once filmed being struck in the face with a custard pie while attending a conference. [1] The attackers, who described themselves as 'pie terrorists', were later fined. [2] The practice of 'flanning', or throwing custard pies into the faces of public figures as a sign of disapproval, is well-known; its victims include designer Karl Lagerfeld, American singer Kenny Rogers and Dutch finance minister Gerrit Zalm.[3] People who appear to take themselves too seriously are said to be most at risk.

[edit] References

Kimball, Christopher (1996). The Cook's Bible: the best of American home cooking, Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-49371-6.

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