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I used to eat all kinds of the pies as a kid and i loved them. I am 27 now and just recently discovered the delicious nature of the pies. I do agree with you guys about the half moon pies as opposed to the square ones. Don't get me wrong the square ones do the trick, but the whole pie is the daddy of fruit pies. the reason im writing this blog is because i found a website in which you can order the old school half moon pies and have them ordered to your house. This is the website. http://www.freshchocodiles.com/hostess/fruit_pies.html

I signed up just to comment on Hostess fruit pies. I was eating one a while back and had to ask myself why or if I liked it. The fond memories of them fell away as I evaluated the one I was eating and found that the crust smelled like Play Dough. I don't remember making this connection as a child (which seems odd to me), and I can't help but wonder if the recipe has changed over the years. At any rate I was eating another one tonight and had to stop and see if anyone else thought they smelled like Play Dough (my wife agrees that they do) That brought me here.
It is probably too late to get a reply about this because the last post was from november, oh well.
By the way, my favorites groing up were cherry and apple and were, as was the one I ate tonight, half-moon shaped.
I still find them edible, but will tell my wife not to buy them for me again.
I can't get past the Play Dough thing.

Feta cheese with tomatoes fresh out of the garden and kalamata olives sprinkled over a round of dough brushed with olive oil, minced garlic, greek oregano and a thin layer of mozzarella cheese is one of my favorite summer time pies. Even better when it's done on the grill.

No pepperone, love it uncooked with cheese & crackers or antipasto, but not on pizza, overpowers everything else. Same thing with bacon. Good sausage meat or plain cheese for me. And don't even start with those cowpies from Chicago!

I agree. Why is pepperoni the default ingredient?? I just think it's the most fun to say. Pepperoni.

Pepperoni pizza sucks? What can i say... you are are crazy. Seek help. I appreciate the devil's advocacy – the iconoclasm, but... seek help. I'm serious.

Phew! Lotsa posts. I'm afraid I've never been particularly fond of pepperoni...I don't hate it, but I wouldn't choose it. Go-to favorite? A combo of cheeses, including provolone and Cheddar with caramelized onions. I have had a fabulous Thai pizza, and by that I mean traditional in form (shape, size of crust, laying down of toppings, etc.) but Thai in flavors (chicken, purple basil, a bit of peanutty flavor, coconutty flavor, a base sauce that'll blow the top of your head off). That was fabulous...could only eat about a slice and a half but for that many bites, it was intoxicating.

nothing wrong with a fresh whole chicken free-range is a good thing, try to get the biggest which is also the oldest just got some huge thighs bone-in, skin-on from ralphs/kroeger .88/lb fresh not frozen cook 'em alittle longer either cut-up your own from whole or bone-in skin-on to get flavor just dont eat the skin,duh if your worried about it fried chicken just isn't unless its on the bone and with skin-on. when i stew chicken for stock or soup i always skim the fat off all batches after the first full of fat decadent batch. i also save the chicken fat for a few recipes if i'm gonna prepare them soon. i also love prime steak believe it or not costco has USDA prime steaks in a few cuts if you know what to look for i.e. boneless rib-eye, filets, and new yorks (n.w. are too fatty/grissly for my liking) you can get them in the bag too if you ask thats what the big sliding windows are for, i've made friends with the head meat cutters at three costco's they are more than happy to talk meat and help you out you cant beat a whole tenderloin for 8.99/lb either prime or a buck less for choice. go to a small butcher about 15 miles away to get the older larger chickens fresh off the farm. sunday chicken dinner was that old hen who quit laying or that obnoxious rooster that chased the grandkids aroud the yard and peckedd the crap out of you and gradma cooked them up tender and juicy full of flavor just try a little harder to get the good stuff. sometimes (always) the wife and i have a skin feast on a roasted chicken or two when it comes out of the oven its a ceremony we watch it cool make conversation and after ten min's pull all the skin off divide in half say grace and induldge in a crispy roasted skin fest then shred the meat down to the bare bones vacuum-pak the meat for meals to be determined later. we are meat eaters and love it brought back 150lbs of fresh-frozen vacuum-bagged fish filets from alaska wild caught king salmon, halibut, lingcod, yelloweye, snapper, and blackbass all delicious yes it is too much for the two of us our nieghbors are sure glad i fish alot

try leftover pizza. i have been making this for years. whatever your favorite pizza. scrape the toppings off, heat, and add to 3 beaten eggs. add cheese on top. the best omelette ever. enjoy

Hmmm,

bresse chicken (form France, a protected name like a appelation controle for chickens). Eat one of these and tell me you are still turned of chicken.

These chickens are amazing. The actually have pastureland sown with special weed and flower mixed seed for the chickens to forage in. Fertilizer and chemicals not allowed.

Hmmm..... (dreams away thinking of chickens)

I am from Buffalo, NY - so thanks Machineman! I can only shake my head in bafflement at what the rest of the country puts on their pizza. Indian style? Demi-glaze? Tuna? Really, people? Come to Buffalo and get a good old cheese and pepperoni from Bocce, Bozanna's, Just Pizza, LaNova, or even some corner joint. You'll never want it any other way!

i love, but can never find pizza places that will put salami on my pizza. i grew up in massachusetts, and our family was a salami pizza family. it is SO good! now i live in nyc, and i did find one place that put salami on a pizza once, but it only had salami the one time. i had to comment on this, because i really dislike pepperoni, and it only makes me want salami pizza more!