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The pie that I judge all other apple pies by:
I was in high school on a road trip to a debate tournament (yes!) in Winchester, Virginia or we had to go through Winchester, VA, anywho, there was a huge red barn selling all things apple. I bought two Dutch apple pies with crumb topping. I ate half a pie in the car, the other half for breakfast the next day and someone stole the second pie. Seriously, tears sprang to my eyes when I realized my other pie was gone.

On a family vacation to Williamsburg, VA many many summers ago, we ate twice at a tea room near the William and Mary campus. The first dinner I had a piece of their homemade chocolate cream pie for dessert. It was the perfect blend of ultra-chocolaty and mousse texture with a super flakey crust. It was so good that at dinner the second night, I had another piece and my brother had two pieces as his dinner! We refer to it as "The Two Pie Piece Meal" in my family now. I have yet to find another piece of chocolate cream pie that is that perfect!

The homemade peach pie I attempted a couple of months ago. The pie itself wasn't fabulous (peaches weren't quite ripe enough), but it was my first successful attempt at a crust from scratch, and that part of it at least was worth remembering.

My best friend in college made blueberry pie from scratch (the crust, the innards, the works) from blueberries she picked herself, illegally, by scrambling underneath a hillside fence and perusing the hill for them. She almost died doing it on more than one occasion, but the pies were ceaselessly delicious and prevail as the best in show to this day!

For holidays, my mother made everyone's favorites including her own which was mincemeat. Others were apple (sometimes also blueberry or cherry), coconut cream, lemon meringue, pumpkin, pecan. Summer holidays she also made strawberry rhubarb. Nobody, including me, has the knack to make pies as good as my mom's. That flaky crust would have been delicious with any filling.

My own apricot pie, which I make about 5 times every June, with organic Blenheim apricots and a small squirt of lemon juice and nothing else to get in the way.

the most custardy custard pie ever with sweet, syrupy canned peaches in a store bought graham cracker crust. Not gourmet, but delicious nonetheless in elementary school and now.

drawing a blank in the fruit pie category (they're rarely bad, and almost always memorable). in warm weather my go-to is a savory pie, the shepherd's pie at mug's ale house in brooklyn.

Pecan pie with fresh whipped cream. The decadence of the carmel, pecans and whipped cream created a cosmic over the top experience. My teeth still tingle every time I think about this pie.

Chilled Grapefruit Caramel Meringue Pie... a recipe I attempted off of Food and Wine. I'm quite sure it should be illegal- a layer of grapefruit curd, topped with a fluffy caramel cheesecake, topped with caramel, served chilled, topped with meringue. It was crazy complicated and actually turned out, picture perfect! even more surprising, it was the best combination of tastes, ever. so rich, even i could only eat one slice.

My favorite pies are probably pecan -- nothing can beat the buttery, and slightly salty crust along with heaps of pecans, but if a singular pie has to be named, I'd have to say Ikeda's apple pie from Auburn, CA. It's a rare treat, as I never go up that way, but friends and family have been kind enough to bring the goods on the way back from Tahoe on occasion. Mmmmm...it's been too long...

Sour Cream Pineapple Pie, with meringue topping. It was the first dessert I ever made that BOTH sides of our family loved. A huge deal for a new bride!

My most memorable pie is my first real one. Cherry pie with the perfect amount of tart and sweetness and now the one my family requests I make most often.

I went from asking what temp. to boil water at, to being a pretty good cook/baker--I felt like Tom Hanks in Cast Away starting a fire when that first pie turned out awesome! I've had many "I have made fire!" moments in my kitchen since and always look forward to more.

I first time I had a real Key lime pie, my freshman year of college. I couldnt get over how tart yet sweet and creamy a really well made key lime could be. it was so delicious :)

@bobcatsteph3 -- Your "I have made fire!" comment made me laugh out loud. I remember that feeling when getting pie right for the first time, too, but just to see you express it that way made me chuckle!

My most memorable would be my mom's pumpkin pie. It was the Libby's recipe, but I still make it and my hubby still loves it. Of course, any pie is memorable in my book!

Oh God, that's easy. There is a place called Bingham's that hand-makes dozens of different pies -- all remarkable, including a chocolate-peanut butter pie that is good enough to kill for. However, since I am a true lover of pumpkin pies, their pumpkin streusel pie is likely to remain the most amazing and memorable pie I have tasted in my lifetime.

My college roommate's mom's version of Derby Pie :)

My mom's avocado chiffon pie. It's odd to think of avocado in a sweet preparation, but her pie was awesome.

The first time I made a pie - peach pie, in fact - I managed to completely botch the dough and ended up with chunks of waxed paper mixed in with the peaches. While I've made plenty of good pies since then, that pie was so bad my mom and I still giggle over it, fifteen years later. Bad pies can be just as memorable as good ones.

A couple years ago, I took my boyfriend to the Farmer's Market in Detroit. We found some delicious blackberries and they inspired my boyfriend (who up until then had only made scrambled eggs and sandwiches) to bake a pie. It was awesome!

My grandmother's cherry pie

surely something with peanut butter and chocolate. The more sickeningly sweet, the better.

My daughter Heather makes a spectacular fresh peach pie with cream.

You asked for "most memorable", not the best so...my mom's zucchini pie that she would make every freakin' year for Christmas, and I absolutely hated it. I get nauseous if someone even mentions zucchini pie...

Two years ago was the first Thanksgiving I didn't go home to my family in Texas. Even though it was just me and my boyfriend, I made two pies: apple and pumpkin. I hate pumpkin pie, but the experience of watching my boyfriend eat the whole thing over two days has proved very memorable.

French silk, apple, blueberry, blackberry, cherry, pumpkin, chess? Nope Lemon Meringue with a mile high topping. It never gets any better than that!

The kabocha squash pie with a gingersnap crust that I made for the first Thanksgiving at my girlfriend's parent's house. It was delicious, the first time I had (successfully) made a sqash/pumpkin pie from the actual vegetable as opposed to from a can, and it made a good impression to boot.

Not to be self-serving, but my very first apple pie sticks in my mind. Not because it was especially awesome, but because I was on a health kick and added very little sugar and made a whole wheat crust. The crust came out well, but the pie itself needed rather a large scoop of vanilla to compensate.

I can't just pick one - a lemon meringue, a fantastic apple, and what about tomato pie made with homegrown heirloom tomatoes. And of course, I have to mention a couple of my fantastic tarts - carmelized onions with gruyere, pear with frangipane......

It had to be the apple pie I baked for my first Thanksgiving with my in-laws. The hostess wouldn't give me my pie pan back, because there was still a piece or two of pie left! I got the pie pan back almost a year later with a note requesting I bring another one for Thanksgiving!

My strawberry pie, with fresh from the garden berries can't be beat. I served it to my husband, way back, when we were dating and he either fell in love with me or the pie.

coconut icebox pie from The Frisco/Night Hawk in Austin, TX.

My very first homemade summer fresh blueberry pie. I didn't know that this was the first true pie that I had ever had, all others being sad, sad, imitations.

my grandmother's raisin pie eaten when completely full after Thanksgiving dinner

There weren't a whole lot of pies in my childhood except the Hostess kind, but one year in my late teens we went strawberry picking and I ended up with mountains of strawberries, and made a strawberry pie that was wonderful. Well, it was wonderful compared to any pie I'd had before.

I recall my aunt's Thanksgiving mincemeat pies as being particularly terrible.

My mom used to make this amazing pie for New Years, it was something like "Mclenberg's Pie." and it had a hard chocolate/nutty crust, a mocha filling and a whipped cream topping. She stopped making it because the recipe called for raw eggs...though i would gladly risk food poisoning for a slice of that pie!

probably a blueberry one I ate in summertime in Maine. As a California kid, I didn't have much blueberry pie until we went there one summer. Delish!

My mom's lemon pie she has the cutest curlies and so sweet.

My Mom's chocolate pie is the best pie I ever had.

Every pie is a memorable pie!!!

Ollalieberry pie from Duarte's Tavern in Pescadero, California (on the coast south of San Francisco). WOW!!!!

I can't think of a specific pie...they're all good!

Apple pie - I didn't think I liked pie until my junior year of high school, when a teacher brought in his much-talked-about homemade apple pie with crumb topping. I've never looked back, but I do always make my apple pie with a crumb topping now!

I think the most memorable pie I've ever had has to be one of memory...a couple of friends and I had somehow been together all day, just studying and lounging and talking and generally wasting time, and when it reached the wee hours we decided to walk to a store nearby that sold pies.

We split this enormous lemon meringue pie - wasn't that amazing, really, but it was about 10 inches tall and easily the most fun I've ever had eating pie in company :)

My mom's frozen peanut butter chocolate pie--creamy chilly chocolate goodness!

Mom's pumpkin chiffon pie - every year for Thanksgiving it was what I looked forward to! So light, spicy, whipped cream...... YUM!

My Dad's apple pie is my favorite for the most reasons, but if I'm honest, the best tasting one ever was in Julian, CA - apple boysenberry crumble.

On the savoury side, a tiny mom-n-pop store near my childhood home used to make a vegetarian tourtière, with millet instead of meat. YUM!

For sweet ones, it's a tie between the lone (cherry) pie my mom made when I was growing up, and an avocado pie I had ages ago in London. It was creamy and rich and just unusual enough to stick in my mind.

My Father-In-Law's amazing Chess pie! It is the hands down favorite of the whole family for important holidays and now that I have thought about it, I may have to make one this week! Isn't tomorrow an Important Holiday?

I'll always remember the first pie I made on my own - a chocolate pudding pie from home ec!

A shockingly tall bananna cream pie from a dumpy restaurant near my old house-they knew good pie though!

Commonwealth Pie--- A chess like pie with chocolate chips and pecan pieces sprinkled on the bottom of the crust.

Caramel Cream- Caramel & cream cheese whipped together and poured in a graham cracker pie crust. Simple and AWESOME!

The best would have to be at a vegan restaurant in Philadelphia called Horizons. Their baking and all their desserts are to die for, and all dairy-free!!!

At 9 years of age I was a tomboy and my mother decided to broaden my outlook and have me bake an apple pie. She was interrupted while I followed the recipe directions, and I completed the pie and baked it without her supervision. At dinnertime, the family was given pieces of the pie, oohing and ahhhing over my attempt at domesticity. However, they were puzzled by the crunchiness and asked about it. My mother then reviewed every step of the recipe to find out I had used "whole" cloves, not ground cloves. Needless to say, that pie has been my favorite. I am 68 years old and still remember that pie.

My favorite pie has to be my grandmother's lemon meringue-I have never found one even half as good!! Her apple was exceptional as well.

rhubarb pie with the rhubarb coming from our family garden

The pumpkin pie that my college roommates and I made freshman year in the dingy little kitchen the dormitory had. The pie didn't set properly, but it was still delicious, and making it was good times.

The first time I had chocolate cream pie was one of the happiest days of my life!

I remember in Western NY where I grew up, my best friend and I would go strawberry picking with her family. After spending an hour or so in the fields, we would head back to the house, pull some rhubarb from the garden and make Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie!!! It was the best pie I've ever had! The crust was a simple Betty Crocker recipe, but somehow it was just soooo delicious! Truly made with love!

My very first pecan pie was a revelation! I make it all the time now.

Most memorable pie that someone else made: My cousin's grandmother's simple mennonite apple pie. Tender, flaky crust... yum! I learned just how good homemade pies could be.

Most memorable pie that I've made, possibly tastiest pie I've ever eaten: The Apple Cranberry Pie recipe from Elise on Simply Recipes (http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/001555apple_cranberry_pie.php). The first time I ate this I realized that yes, I too am capable of making truly tasty pies.

I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant in downtown Charleston, SC that we had the best, most expensive Key Lime Pie we'd ever had...

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My grandma's apple pie is the most memorable to me.

When I was ten I baked my first pie with blueberries we'd picked on a hike in the mountains. Unfortunately I tripped over a stone carrying my basket and spilled the berries. I was able to pick most of them up, but when my family tried the pie that night we found it was full of little white stones.

Chocolate pudding pie with whipped cream. Why? It's the first dessert that I was able to make completely on my own as a little budding chef, and still brings back a wave of nostalgia to myself and my friends when I make it today (albeit a little fancier than the original version) :-)

The closest our household got to pies was Thanksgiving, when my father made mincemeat and pumpkin. I never learned to like pies after that.

i made a chocolate pecan/pine nut pie that was really, really great once and have never quite replicated it.

The blackberry cobbler I made from the berries I picked minutes before!

I love my mom's pecan pie which she only makes for Thanksgiving. Gooey, super sweet, with cruncy pecans, just a sliver is all I can handle before going into sugar-overload.

The most delicious pie I've experienced was a mince pie contributed by a Scottish woman years ago at a communal Thanksgiving in Arlington, MA. There were pies galore, all great, but hers was fantastic. With a dollop of whip cream, it was pie heaven. Mince has about 14 ingredients, and you just use Crosse & Blackwell filling, but I believe she made her own. She was an HBS student, she should really have started a business.

My own pie recipes that I love: raspberry doublecrust pie, sour cherry pie, pumpkin custard with chestnut for the holidays. No mince pie attempts yet!

A homemade blackberry peach pie using peaches and berries from our own backyard. Heaven in a pie dish.

Shoofly pie. Memorable because it was the first pie I ever thought was disgusting. In the trash.

My favorite pie is my grandmother's strawberry rhubarb. However, the more interesting story is of my least favorite pie, which was a pumpkin pie from a Thanksgiving back in high school. My little sister had been given the honor of making the pumpkin pie, and was very excited to bring it to the table. We topped it with cool whip and took big bites...then swiftly piled more cool whip onto, into and around the pie...she had forgotten to add the sugar!!

My mother's apple pie is heavenly. It's not a big, chunky appley pie. It's more refined, with little chopped up pieces of tart apple, no nonsense jelly filling. It's all just cinnamony apple goodness. I like it best really cold straight from the pan fork by fork. The stuff dreams are made of. At least mine.

My Mom's Cherry Cream Cheese Pie is memorable! Mmm, now I really want some.

My friend Judy taught me how to make apple pie. Although I have eaten tons of different varieties of apple pie, her recipe always brings me back to the time she stood next to me in her kitchen lovingly showing how to make that apple pie.

Mulberry pie. We only made one or two a summer when we were kids. The trouble we had to go through to get enough mulberries for a pie. no wonder mom hated the whole process. everything and everybody got stained purple!. but man i have tased nothing like it since.

Most memorable... the pumpkin pies we had at Thanksgiving one year at Two Degos from Texas in Seattle. The head chef invited friends and family, the kids had tap sodas and the pumpkin pie was awesome.

My most memorable pie is my aunt's pumpkin pie. It tastes exaclty the same every year and it is always perfect (with cool whip of course)

Fresh strawberry in a gelatin glaze topped with whipped cream; an old Woolworth's seasonal special served when I got my first job there as a bus boy, 45 years ago...

A rhubarb pie made with the last rhubarb of the season, which I learned how to make from my boyfriend's Grandma. Now I know how to make the family's favorite pie!

My grandmother's grape pie, homemade crust with fresh grapes from the small backyard vineyard. Oh, yum.

The chocolate creme pie from a local bakery gives me shivers . Perfect flaky crust ...rich chocolate pudding .....and real whipped creme all over the top and in swirls around the rim . OMG !!!!! It's heaven in a tin .

The ultimate pie for me is the Coconut Cream Pie from Mary Kelley's Restaurant & Pub in Dublin, Ohio. The slice is huge and the pie is filled with this amazing filling with a crust that holds up with every bite. I do need to mention a different Coconut Cream Pie that I had in Sylvania, Ohio at the Mayberry Diner it was like biting into an old fashionesd sugar cream pie with coconut yum, yum.

My Mom's Lemon Meringue pie. I've never tasted another that was anywhere cloes to as good as hers was.

The best pie I ever had was a Key Lime Pie in ( surprise not The Keys)Avalon,NJ. My husband and I had stopped at a Produce stand that also happened to be selling Key Lime Pies-we weren't really expecting much but it was fantastic-it is the pie we compare every other key lime pie to.It had the perfect balance of sweet and tart and was creamy (melt in your mouth) to boot.

I'm going to have to break the rules and talk about the most memorable pie{s} I've ever eaten. They hail from Marion's Pie Shop, in Chatham, MA (Cape Cod). This shop bakes pies in many flavors and they come in a large standard size, and a mini 6 inch version. Every flavor tastes delicious, so I can't choose a favorite...but the most impressive thing about the pies is the fact that the crust actually TASTES GOOD. It's buttery, sweet, and soft. I'd eat a whole crust, and only crust, pie from there if I could. Too often I am disappointed by pies with lackluster crusts. Ms. Marion knows what she is doing!

my grandma's chocolate pecan pie, no doubt. she only makes it once a year, for thanksgiving and it literally makes the entire holiday for me. aaand now i'm craving it while thanksgiving is still a good four months off! thanks a lot SE :)

My own Cheesecake. I know it has "cake" in the name, but really it's a pie. I never knew how easy they were to make before I made my first cheesecake. It probably wasn't the best cheesecake in the world, but it was incredibly good with fresh blueberries.

My favorite when I was little was something my mom called "Derby Pie" made with chocolate chips and butter--very thick, fudge -like on pie crust and topped with fresh whipped cream (and a touch of whiskey for the adults)

The most memorable pie for me was a pumpkin pie I made right before my mother died for Thanksgiving in 1980.

Ooh. I have one sweet, and one savoury. For our tenth birthdays, my maternal grandmother offered all of us grandkids whatever we wanted for a present. We could ask for anything. My older cousin asked for a horse. I asked for a trip to Hawai'i. I have a lot of great memories from that trip, but one of a small restaurant we ate at in Maui, which had a fluffy, tangy, overwhelmingly delicious passionfruit pie, the like of which I will probably never eat again. It was a slice of my Platonic Ideal of pie-dom.

The savoury is my mom's chicken pie, with her homemade shortcrust rolled thick and baked to crisp perfection, and a filling like thick, dumplingless chicken and dumplings, but with sliced eggs. She made it for company once, and I've been trying ever since I got a kitchen of my own to recreate it. Since she cooks off the cuff, like my grandmother (and, I have to admit, I do it too), she's never been quite able to remember what she did that night to make it so perfect. So I just have to keep trying until I get it right.

I think the best and most memorable pie I ever had was always my Mother's apple pie. She made each one so well.

My aunt's pumpkin pie

Probably the most memorable pie for me was a lemon meringue pie that was so good, my husband and I ate the whole thing in one sitting (not my proudest moment but hey, that was some goooood pie!)

I've known my brother's wife for 32 years and she never ceases to amaze me when she makes an apple pie.
Her crust - flaky with layers of amazing goodness - her secret, light hands and fingers. She never rushes.
Every apple is cut carefully with love, and again, with no rush. Every slice is the same - and never with the help of a mandoline. Never one variety of apples but three because they all come together.
The pie is layered in some incredible kind of architectural wonder to all of us. Evenly, carefully and will great care.
A bit of flour, sugar and a dash of salt and butter and in it goes.
I used to think she was crazy to take such care. Now I know it was because her apple pie was, and is, all about love for all of us.

apple pie last year, thanks for the giveaway

That would definitely have to be my very first taste of elderberry pie when I was a little girl. My grandmother is a legendary cook in Northern West Virginia and her farm was home to several elderberry bushes (the bushes are long gone now). She used to make the most amazing elderberry jelly....she was famous for it all over the county but what she was most know for was her elderberry pie. The guys in our family have been known to start a scuffle over the last piece of that pie! She gets her elderberries from another farm nowadays but her pie is still the most wonderful I've ever tasted!

My very first totally made-from-scratch apple pie. I was so proud, and it was just perfect.

When I was little, my dad took me to lunch at the farmer's market every Saturday. The Amish butcher's stall sold the most delicious mince pie ever, and I got it as a treat once every couple months. It was so sweet, and had so many spices in it, and although I have gotten mince pies at many other places, including other Amish stores and stands, nothing has ever come close to that pie. If I concentrate, I can still remember how it tastes, even after 20 years.

Apple pie served in a bowl, covered in cream at L.A. MOCA

Wild blueberry pie.The berries were picked by me and the pie made by my mom.

Mmmm. Most memorable would probably be my first home-made lemon meringue pie. We had lots of them growing up, but with lemon pudding from a box as the filling - the first made-from-scratch lemon meringue pie was transcendental!

a nectarine and blueberry pie that I made last summer.

I love my mama's peanut butter pie!

My grandmothers apple pie... DUH!!!

chocolate resin pie--those little chocolate candies. it is a cream pie with the candies melted down. it is so good. rich and decadent.

When I was about 5 years old my darling Grandmother gave me my first baking lesson. She was making apple pie and allowed me to work along beside her and follow each step. Of course she did a great deal of the actual pastry making and apple slicing but I did peeling and ingredient measuring with her guidance. When we were applying the top crusts on our pies she made attractive cut-out leaves and a graceful rolled and crimped edge. I too wanted to make a beautiful creation and suggested adding fruit flavored Lifesavers in a pattern all over the top of mine. She didn't bat an eye and stood and watched me create my masterpiece. Ahhh, that pie...hahahaha...yes I remember the taste well!

A summer favorite in my home is Lemonaide pie, cool and refreshing. We like most refrigerated or frozen pies.

I adore Petsi Pies in Somerville, MA near Boston. My husband doesn't like anyone else's Pecan Pie and the first time I tried her Mississippi Mud Pie, I was in heaven. I miss Petsi's now that I'm in California...I spent many afternoons just sittin' and eatin' her pie. Mmm...

The best pie I ever had was made by a good friend, who made everything from scratch. It started with a crushed graham cracker crust, then she poured melted chocolate over it and let it set in the fridge. The base was a chunky peanut butter/heavy cream mixture, whipped together. As if it wasn't rich enough, she took more melted chocolate, poured it over the top of the pie, and let it set again in the fridge a few hours. She served it with shaved chocolate. I gained about 15 pounds from that pie alone, but they were all worth it. Sheer bliss!

I don't even remember what was in the pie...some type of uncommon berry like "marionberry" or "gooseberry". I just remember my Grandpa taking me for pie, just the two of us, sitting at the counter enjoying the pie goodness (it was at a hole in the wall mom and pop place somewhere outside Grants Pass Oregon). The best pie memory ever, even if I don't actually remember the pie.

When I made Banoffee pie and my boyfriend's mother almost had a seizure out of happiness.

There used to be a fruit stand that sold fantastic pies down the street from my house - until the "neighborhood committee" kicked them out

One Thanksgiving I used my aunt's recipe and made a wonderful chocolate pie, but I've never found it again. I can't remember what was in it. (almost 20 years later!)

I love eating cold cherry pie for breakfast and once mentioned this to a friend (in a discussion about pie, what else?). The next morning around 8 am I heard a knock on my door - it was my friend, bringing me a slice of cold cherry pie! An awesome friend, and definitely my most memorable slice.

My grandmother's pecan pie!

blueberry pie in a hole-in-the-wall restaurant in jamaica plains, ma

The most memorable pie that I ever ate was in a history class in high school. My best friend and I chose to do our end of term project on food form the great depression. We made and served an apple-less apple pie and the class actually loved it!

My Mom made mince meat pie every Thanksgiving and some of the folks really like it. It is memorable as I always went the other way towards her apple pie which to me was the greatest any day of the year. It usually was piled high with apples under such a light and airy crust. Naturally I had to have a slick of AMERICAN CHEESE to go along with it.

My mom used to make outstanding lemon meringue pie. Just the right flavor of sweet and tart and the crust was always perfection.

In college my husband decided to bake me a pumpkin pie; such a sweet gesture! Unfortunately, he pureed fresh, raw pumpkin and used that in place of cooked pumpkin, so the pie started and ended as a soupy mess. It's definitely the most memorable pie for me!

my mother in laws recipe for derby pie - pecans chocolate bourbon - to die for!!!!!!\
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Chocolate bourbon pecan pie is truly unforgettable :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!

My most memorable pie was pecan custard pie with a light caramel sauce and whipped crem. My grandmother made it.

I love coconut cream and lemon. I had a wonderful piece of lemon meringue pie at the cafeteria at the Louvre.

my grandmas coconut cream pie

I acutally just ate a yummy blueberry pie at my parents house 2 days ago.

There was a restaurant that my brother got these awesome chocolate cream pies from!

I just love homemade pumpkin and apple pies at Thanksgiving...yum. I always make them from scratch.

This cinnamon dutch apple pie my grandma used to make - I am salivating just thinking about it.

My grandmother's apple pie.

My mom's pecan pie is very memorable!

The most delicious pie I ever experienced was from a bakery that is no longer in business. It was a chocolate blackbottom pie with marshmallow meringue on the top. The flaky crust was also devine. My brotherand I have spent years trying to find a pie that even comes near to the original, but have had no luck. I have even found recipes to try, but they all fall short. Oh my! I wish you hadn't brought this up. LOL Thanks so much for this giveaway.

i had this really delicious chocolate cream pie that my mom makes, she only makes it for special occasions though :{

my mother used to make the best lemon meringue pie!

My husbands grandmothers chocolate pie. It is so rich and yummy.

My grandmother's Key Lime Pie, from fresh key limes grown in her own yard. She's been gone a long time, but I remember it as if it were yesterday.

The most memorable pie I've ever eaten was a creamy coconut pie made by my grandmother. She would use eggs from her own chickens and cream from her own cows. Oh, what a walk down memory lane.

My mom's strawberry pie. I love it, and I don't even like strawberries that much. Yum!

my moms pumpkin pie was the best in the world :)

The most memorable pie I ate was an apple pie in Oak Glen, California at the pick-your-own fruit orchards there that was piled high with delicious fruit.

Pecan Pie...When I was young I always thought it looked gross...but once I tried one that my mom made, I was hooked!

Fried Apricot Pie at Pat's Barbeque in Fort Worth. Back when I was in high school a certain group of us from the nearby neighborhood used to hang out there after school and on weekends. Barbecue bologna sandwiches and fried pies were our staples along with the fountain-made cokes and 7-Up's to which you could get vanilla or cherry syrup added. But the apricot fried pie was the most delicious pie I have ever eaten...the crisp pie crust was tender and not greasy and was overloaded with pure mashed redolent apricots...that is all you could taste along with the subtle unctiousness of butter. I have never tasted a pie purer in flavor since.

TORTIERE! It is an amazing French-Canadian Meat Pie and my mother makes it every Christmas Eve! It simmers ground beef, veal and lamb together for hours with spices and fills a buttery double pie crust and is baked to perfection! OMG!