Slog - Comments on It's National Coconut Cream Pie Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day For real. (National Apple Pie Day is coming up: May 13). My favorite version is the Triple Coconut Cream Pie at Etta's on Western near the market. The recipe (I've not attempted it since a slice is so easy to procure) is available in Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen cookbook (an all-around great resource for locals; the crab-cake recipe is a foolproof). But back to the pie... the Dahlia Bakery (Fourth and Virginia) makes the masterpiece and sells it in four sizes: a nine-inch pie (serves 6-8, $32), four-inch baby pie (serves 2-4, $15), by the slice ($4.40), and a... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:02:38 -0800 Fri, 09 May 2008 04:49:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by wisepunk I may be the answer to your dreams, depending on my 4 oclock meeting. :)

]]> wisepunk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019773 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019773 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 10:57:03 -0800 Comment by thaumaturgistguy You are an evil, evil human being. It is almost lunch time, I am starving, and you tempt me with that. I used to work near Dahlia's but I'm up in the U district now. Pout.

]]> thaumaturgistguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019840 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 11:33:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Please, bring pie.

Bribing judges is a long and honorable tradition ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1019909 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 12:07:54 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus $32 for a 9-inch pie? Never!

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020572 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 16:28:28 -0800 Comment by brad Oh, bauhaus, you say that, but you must never have had a piece of it...

...we just burned through one this past weekend. the shit is good.

...and it's actually $5 more because you have to pay the deposit on the pie plate.

...it's still well worth it.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020597 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 16:38:59 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus I've had some mighty righteous coconut cream pies in my day, but never have I had one worth $32. I'd rather make one myself - and for $32 I could make three.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020864 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020864 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 23:44:12 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus And for chrissake - for $32 couldn't they throw in the fucking pie plate?

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020865 Chow Thu, 08 May 2008 23:45:59 -0800 Comment by Kristen I think I have to make a coconut cream pie now.

Why don't they do Apple Pie Day in the fall?

]]> Kristen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/its_national_coconut_cream_pie_day#c1020895 Chow Fri, 09 May 2008 04:49:18 -0800