Pie season – vote for your favorite and share your personal pie stories!
By Steven V. Dubin
It’s that time of year again.
Right. Pie time!
I try to make pie a year-long focal point. I often get sidetracked by ice cream, pumpkin muffins, toasted marshmallows and more.
Back to pie.
What pie must you have on your Thanksgiving table? What is your back up? Your second slice? What should be banished completely?
Me, I’ll eat almost any pie. Sweet potato, pumpkin, mincemeat, apple, berry (too many to tease me), lemon meringue, chocolate cream, custard, Boston cream, strawberry rhubarb.
According to recent polls and sales data, pumpkin pie is the most popular Thanksgiving pie, followed closely by apple and pecan. While pumpkin pie received 23-29% of the vote in a recent Sherwood News and Midwest Living poll, apple pie accounts for nearly a third of all U.S. pie sales in general and is a close second for Thanksgiving. Pecan pie is often in the top three, with some sources citing it as the second most popular for Thanksgiving.
I’d love to hear your pie preferences. Please forward your answers to the email address noted at the end of this crusty article.
I’d also like to hear your personal stories tied to pie. How your favorite aunt always filled the house with the sweetest smell. Grandma did her own take on Shoofly pie. Dad picked his own berries for a killer pie.
Pie picks? Pie stories? I look forward to hearing from you! Please email me at SDubin@PRWorkZone.com.
Steven V. Dubin is the founder of PR Works, a lightly used public relations firm based in Plymouth which helps small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations and for-profit companies navigate the overwhelming options of advertising. Steve lives in Plymouth with his wife, Wendy. He is a contributing author to “Get Slightly Famous” and “Tricks of the Trade,” the complete guide to succeeding in the advice business. He recently authored “PR 101,” an E-book.
