PrintBoston Cream Pie
How would you package Boston cream pie for mailing? Could you freeze it? Would a "This Side Up" label on the package suffice? Any suggestions would be great!
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11 Comments:
Aoife ... I don't think you can do that.
NanaJoie at 5:36PM on 03/15/08
The custard filling would spoil. I wouldn't mail it to anyone I didn't want to possibly make quite ill. How about a nice pound cake?
lemons at 5:50PM on 03/15/08
And no, the custard wouldn't freeze.
lemons at 5:51PM on 03/15/08
Are you saying there's no way to transport a Boston cream pie from one place to another? How do professionals package them?
Aoife at 6:10PM on 03/15/08
Yes, I think we are saying that. But! You could go there and make one for them/her/him OR you could invite them/her/him to your house and make one .. that would work.. : )
Boston Cream Pie is GOOD. You can come here and make one for us.
NanaJoie at 6:52PM on 03/15/08
Well, I'm not sure how they do it - but you can buy commercially made, frozen Boston Creme Pies. The Retirement Community I work at now buys them through our food purveyor.
And as a Native of Massachusetts I can't say I love the frozen ones, but when I am jonesing for some, it's ok.
SayWhat at 7:57PM on 03/15/08
I would agree this isn't a good idea. Keep in mind professionals have plenty of preservatives and stabalizers on hand that most home cooks don't use.
bobcatsteph3 at 8:28PM on 03/15/08
The trick to mailing something like this is first off, do it overnight delivery, don't do it in warm weather and pack it with ice packs.
I checked w/ my Mom on this who works for the post office... writing this way up doesn't really do much, you would just have to make sure that it's very securely packed w/ plenty off cold packs. You do take a risk w/ the custard, but if you do it while it's still coldish weather, and overight delivery (if you're mailig it on a saturday, make sure they have sunday delivery in the receiving area) and have them mark the package perishable, there is a good chance it should be fine. But I agree, you might try something other than a cream fillig.
Alm25 at 9:45PM on 03/15/08
I have shipped cakes overnight with FedEx overnight. Freeze it and then use plenty of ice packs and an insulated styro cooler that slips into your box.
GumbeauxGal at 11:54PM on 03/15/08
The custard probably won't survive freezing,so you'd probably want to ship it at refrigerator temps rather than frozen. In that case, you're risking that it could go bad during shipping if you don't keep it cold and get it there fast. It might survive in a styrofoam cooler with lots of ice packs and next-day air shipping, but if that package gets delayed (or it gets dropped on the front porch any no one notices it for a day), that pie could be hazardous to eat.
The frozen custard pies that are in stores have stabilizers added so they can survive being frozen.
dbcurrie at 12:42AM on 03/16/08
It's doable, but at an expense.
A friend in Japan sent me my favorite milk from Japan to Hawaii. It arrived in less than 24 hours via courier. She packed it with ice and it arrived fine, ice packs still frozen. A cream pie does add a logistical issue.
This was 25 years ago....the 8 oz of milk cost about $1.50 total, the delivery cost $75.
Cassaendra at 9:07AM on 03/16/08