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    I want to see a pie chart about pie. What percentage of people like blueberry or apple best? Where do cream pies fit in?
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    • Profile picture of the author David Beroff
      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      I want to see a pie chart about pie.
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      Originally Posted by Kurt View Post

      I want to see a pie chart about pie. What percentage of people like blueberry or apple best? Where do cream pies fit in?




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        Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post




        Cheers

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        Uh, Don?

        I hate to point this out, but in the above cherry section, um, that's looks uncannily like black raspberries, not cherries.

        I think whoever labeled that is fruit blind, lol!


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          Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

          Uh, Don?

          I hate to point this out, but in the above cherry section, um, that's looks uncannily like black raspberries, not cherries.

          I think whoever labeled that is fruit blind, lol!


          Terra
          Probably just shriveled black cherries (we hope). Those would need to be monster sized raspberries to cook down like that.




          Black cherry pie...



          But for you, here is a black raspberry slice...



          Cheers

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          • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
            Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

            Probably just shriveled black cherries...





            Those would need to be monster sized raspberries to cook down like that.

            But for you, here is a black raspberry slice...



            Cheers

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            That looks yummy, so I won't even mention the fact that in the pie in question, the black fruit isn't smooth like a black cherry, but appears sectioned, like this...




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              Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

              That looks yummy, so I won't even mention the fact that in the pie in question, the black fruit isn't smooth like a black cherry, but appears sectioned, like this...
              That why I mentioned shriveled... Like these cherries...



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              • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

                That why I mentioned shriveled... Like these cherries...



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                Ah, I see.

                Well that explains everything, then.

                I don't like anything that's shriveled.


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                • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
                  Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                  Ah, I see.

                  Well that explains everything, then.

                  I don't like anything that's shriveled.


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                  For the last time, the water was cold.
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                  • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                    Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                    For the last time, the water was cold.
                    For the last time, there was no water!


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                      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                      For the last time, there was no water!


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                      My response would get me banned.
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                      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                        Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                        My response would get me banned.
                        Perfect! Now perhaps, finally, you'll learn it's not good for you to start things you just can't finish.


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                        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                          Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                          Perfect! Now perhaps, finally, you'll learn it's not good for you to start things you just can't finish.


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                          Terra; Trust me. Riffle's entire life consists of starting things he can't finish. Like chewing his food.

                          No innuendo...I'm just being mean to Riffle. After all, he caused my break up with Jennifer Biel.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                      Ah, I see.

                      Well that explains everything, then.

                      I don't like anything that's shriveled.


                      Terra

                      Originally Posted by Dan Riffle View Post

                      For the last time, the water was cold.
                      Funny.


                      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                      For the last time, there was no water!


                      Terra
                      Makes it ten times funnier.
                      Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post


                      But, like you, I'm in for the jerky!


                      Terra
                      Terra knows you too well. We guys have always known that Riffle is in for the Jerky. Not that there's anything wrong with that.


                      (The most PG thing I could think of to say)
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                      • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
                        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


                        Terra knows you too well. We guys have always known that Riffle is in for the Jerky. Not that there's anything wrong with that.


                        (The most PG thing I could think of to say)
                        Claude no, just no.

                        Jerky as in food!

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                        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
                          Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                          Claude no, just no.

                          Jerky as in food!

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                          My dear Terra;

                          This is a sincere post.

                          I'm not sure about Riffle's wife. But my wife talks like you post. And every time you say something that Riffle or I can twist, it reminds me of how I twist what my wife says, and it makes her laugh...or more often...embarrasses her.

                          I just think that your Lady Like innocence is Classy...incredibly funny, and incredibly appealing.

                          I mean it. Your husband's a lucky man.

                          Claude Whitacre. Author of his new book, Sucking Up Is An Art
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                          • Profile picture of the author positivenegative
                            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post


                            Claude Whitacre. Author of his new book, Sucking Up Is An Art

                            With a foreword by Jeff Goldblum (The Fly), I presume.






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                  Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                  Ah, I see.

                  Well that explains everything, then.

                  I don't like anything that's shriveled.


                  Terra
                  Hahaha...no Prune Crostata for you!



                  Or me either for that matter!

                  I'm in on the Beef Jerky though...



                  Cheers

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                  Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

                  I don't like anything that's shriveled. -Terra
                  So, I'm guessing that you and Claude will never be an item? 'Shriveled' is an elevated stature that Claude aspires to.

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    Popular Thanksgiving Pies...



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    • Profile picture of the author Dan Riffle
      I'm not buying this chart at all. Pumpkin pie approximately equal to apple and strawberry(?!)? Inconceivable!





      Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

      Popular Thanksgiving Pies...



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    These are the only pie flavors that mattered anyway. It's the three pies I served on Thanksgiving.







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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

      This is the only pie that mattered anyway. It's the 3 I served on Thanksgiving.







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      -don
      So, it must be a photographer's thing then.

      Thanks for clearing that up. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why my son always takes pictures of the food!

      But I understand now...it's from taking those photography classes while going to college for graphic design.

      Thanks!

      Yeah, I'll pass on the prune pie, lol!

      But, like you, I'm in for the jerky!


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        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        So, it must be a photographer's thing then.

        Thanks for clearing that up. I couldn't for the life of me figure out why my son always takes pictures of the food!

        But I understand now...it's from taking those photography classes while going to college for graphic design.

        Thanks!

        Yeah, I'll pass on the prune pie, lol!

        But, like you, I'm in for the jerky!


        Terra
        Those came from the web but they are the flavors I served... I have taken roughly 1 million photos but only a handful were food pictures.

        Unless photos of turkeys in my yard and ducks on the river count!





        Maybe I can count deer and pheasant?





        I would not eat that beautiful Chinese pheasant though!

        Cheers

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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

          Those came from the web but they are the flavors I served... I have taken roughly 1 million photos but only a handful were food pictures.

          Unless photos of turkeys in my yard and ducks on the river count!





          Maybe I can count deer and pheasant?





          I would not eat that beautiful Chinese pheasant though!

          Cheers

          -don
          I guess I'll have to go with the he loves food theory then, lol!

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    Black Raspberry pie with regular crust just doesn't do much when compared to a black raspberry pie with buckwheat crust. Here's my favorite pie chart just waiting to be divied up - 3/4 under "MINE".

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    I never knew that Americans called blackberries 'black raspberries'. I hope the picture with the piece of shriveled berry pie isn't portraying ropey pies in general (the apple pie looks a bit past it's best too!) because the slice of pumpkin pie on that plate is the only one on the page that looks just like the ones I make. I admit to being a terrible cook though, so it wouldn't surprise me that much

    Despite the fact that I've been making a pumpkin pie every Halloween for the last twenty years or so, I have no real idea what they're supposed to look like because nobody else I know has ever made one. We do the 'decorating everything with pumpkins and making pumpkin lanterns' thing for Halloween in the UK (something we must have borrowed from the US, because apparently it was always turnips here), but making pumpkin pie just hasn't caught on. The only time pumpkins are available in the shops here is in the two weeks leading up to Halloween - tons and tons of them. The next day there are no more pumpkins anywhere, and won't be for another year.

    It bothers me a bit that people are buying all this food and not actually eating it.

    My recipe does have a picture of a pumpkin pie next to it, sitting in the shadows cast by a carved pumpkin lantern so you can't really see it properly. If the pumpkin pie on that plate is as iffy as a lot of the rest of them look then I am going to have to be employing a fair bit of candle light in future each year too
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      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      I never knew that Americans called blackberries 'black raspberries'.
      Typically, we don't.

      Blackberry vs Black Raspberry: What's The Difference?
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      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      I never knew that Americans called blackberries 'black raspberries'.
      Black raspberries and blackberries are two different fruits.
      How do you tell the difference between a blackberry and black raspberry? The most obvious difference is that a black raspberry is hollow -- the core of the fruit stays on the plant when it is picked, while the core stays in a blackberry. Black raspberry fruit are also smaller, less shiny, and have a bluish waxy coating between the sections of the berry.

      The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association
      The easiest way to tell the difference between the two is by the core, where the stem attaches to the berry. Blackberries will always have a white core, whereas black raspberries are hollow in the center (just like raspberries).
      Black raspberries are a small, black-colored raspberry covered with very small hairs (much like a raspberry).

      Blackberries are usually larger, with bigger "cells."

      Blackberries are sometimes described as shinier than black raspberries.

      Black raspberries are harvested earlier than blackberries, and can also handle the cold better.

      Black raspberries are said to be less tart than blackberries, making them better for eating fresh (though they also make great jams). Blackberries, which can sometimes be rather sour, are great berries for making dessert.

      Blackberry vs Black Raspberry: What's The Difference?
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      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      I never knew that Americans called blackberries 'black raspberries'.
      One day someone is going to have to teach Americans how to speak and write English.
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        Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

        One day someone is going to have to teach Americans how to speak and write English.
        Would you organise that? There would be a lot of spell checkers to amend as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      I never knew that Americans called blackberries 'black raspberries'. I hope the picture with the piece of shriveled berry pie isn't portraying ropey pies in general (the apple pie looks a bit past it's best too!) because the slice of pumpkin pie on that plate is the only one on the page that looks just like the ones I make. I admit to being a terrible cook though, so it wouldn't surprise me that much

      Despite the fact that I've been making a pumpkin pie every Halloween for the last twenty years or so, I have no real idea what they're supposed to look like because nobody else I know has ever made one. We do the 'decorating everything with pumpkins and making pumpkin lanterns' thing for Halloween in the UK (something we must have borrowed from the US, because apparently it was always turnips here), but making pumpkin pie just hasn't caught on. The only time pumpkins are available in the shops here is in the two weeks leading up to Halloween - tons and tons of them. The next day there are no more pumpkins anywhere, and won't be for another year.

      It bothers me a bit that people are buying all this food and not actually eating it.

      My recipe does have a picture of a pumpkin pie next to it, sitting in the shadows cast by a carved pumpkin lantern so you can't really see it properly. If the pumpkin pie on that plate is as iffy as a lot of the rest of them look then I am going to have to be employing a fair bit of candle light in future each year too
      Blackberries and black raspberries are 2 different berries all together. Every once in a while you will hear black raspberries called blackberries, but that is a case solely of the person not knowing the difference.

      Oregon is the epicenter of blackberries. You'll never find more wild black raspberries than in CA - from the stockton area on N. All the black raspberries in OR are on farms.
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  • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
    Ah. If we have black raspberries over here, then I've never seen them. It's quite educational, this Off Topic forum. Sometimes
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      Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

      Ah. If we have black raspberries over here, then I've never seen them. It's quite educational, this Off Topic forum. Sometimes
      Growing in Britain commenced in 2009 or 2010...

      The king of berries: British black raspberry superfood will help prevent cancer

      A new superfood – black raspberries that have been grown in Britain – will go on sale today.
      The variety, which has been named Mac Black, apparently has a more intense flavour than traditional red varieties.
      Perhaps more importantly, it is also said to include relatively high levels of compounds which scientists have identified as helping to prevent cancer.

      The king of berries: British black raspberry superfood will help prevent cancer | Daily Mail Online
      Oregon is the black raspberry epicenter...

      Rubus occidentalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Liqueur you ask?

      Chambord Liqueur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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      • Profile picture of the author Diana Lane
        Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post

        Growing in Britain commenced in 2009 or 2010...



        Oregon is the black raspberry epicenter...

        Rubus occidentalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        Liqueur you ask?

        Chambord Liqueur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        Cheers

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        We're very slow to adopt anything new here - in my house, anyway. About eighteen months ago I picked up some reduced-price potatoes while I was out shopping. The next day, I was walking through the kitchen just as my husband was about to peel them (he does most of the cooking here because my cooking really is dismal). He was complaining that they were purple to which I replied with confidence 'Stop moaning. It's just the skins. They'll be perfectly normal inside'. They weren't. This was what was dished up in front of me about an hour later...



        Yup. Purple spuds. I'm only still trusted to do the shopping because he's too busy doing the cooking. Well, 'trusted' is probably stretching it
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          Originally Posted by Diana Lane View Post

          Yup. Purple spuds. I'm only still trusted to do the shopping because he's too busy doing the cooking. Well, 'trusted' is probably stretching it


          Purple potatoes are quite rich in antioxidant phytochemicals --> and tasty too. Good choice.

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            Originally Posted by ForumGuru View Post



            Purple potatoes are quite rich in antioxidant phytochemicals --> and tasty too. Good choice.

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            I've seen them a few times but didn't touch them because they weren't in the organic section. So - are they like a regular potato or more like a yam?
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              Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

              I've seen them a few times but didn't touch them because they weren't in the organic section. So - are they like a regular potato or more like a yam?
              They taste just like ordinary potatoes, but we did find them a bit dry and my husband says he thinks they need more butter and milk than usual if you're going to mash them.
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              Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

              I've seen them a few times but didn't touch them because they weren't in the organic section. So - are they like a regular potato or more like a yam?
              They are not potatoes. They are not yams.

              They are alien seed pods. They are being laid next to people, as they sleep. In the morning...a new...more obedient version of the person is there.

              Beware..beware.
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                Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

                They are not potatoes. They are not yams.

                They are alien seed pods. They are being laid next to people, as they sleep. In the morning...a new...more obedient version of the person is there.

                Beware..beware.
                You forgot about the part where they turn the person into the infamous purple people eaters.


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    Whateverpedia,

    Great post. A tip of the hat for acknowledging the source.

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      Originally Posted by Joe Mobley View Post

      Whateverpedia,

      Great post. A tip of the hat for acknowledging the source.

      Joe Mobley
      @andrewducker is not the original source...it appears as if he was just tweeting it under fair use doctrine. In-fact he reblogged that blurry image to his tumbler blog on the 30th from the best-of-imgur tumbler blog that had grabbed it from the imgur site on the 29th.



      I am not sure who originally uploaded the image --> but the image was posted here on the 29th...



      http://hackit.edward.io/p/69887#

      Here is the clean and crispy high quality .png linked by Steinberg...



      ...and if you look around you will find that image all over the net.

      Genuine fair use in general does not require attribution, a site (especially a for profit site) built on curation better include attribution if they want to stay on the semi-safe and legal side, and even then they may be walking the line. Sure attribution is given as a courtesy in many instances, like when I use a snippet from an article I always link the full article, but an attribution will not absolve you if a judge has deemed you have infringed copyright. If it's not fair use then permission or a license is needed, not an attribution (unless it is requested). Attribution is often given when quoting snippets of articles to avoid plagiarism charges which is altogether different than copyright violations.

      Consequential copyright law and fair use doctrine rulings have been few and far between lately, leaving quite a wide gray area, and this is one of the reasons we have seen such a massive growth in aggregators and curated sites.

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    I've been wondering what a 'Chess' pie is. Maybe other people wonder too, since it only got 2%...

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    There's actually a really good pie chart creator at http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
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