12838 Sun Jun 13 18:57:46 -0700 2004 7 4 Pacific Northwest 0 24800 Washington Hounds- Who bakes the best cherry pie in the Seattle or Eastside area? I'd love to pick up a great one for a party next weekend. Thanks. Sun Jun 13 18:57:46 -0700 2004 0 Scott T 1 24829 I can't bring myself to buy a cherry pie this time of year. If you want a truly OUTRAGEOUS cherry pie, go to the Pike Place Market (or any well stocked farmer's market) and buy a box or two of fresh sour pie cherries, a couple of boxes of raspberries, and about 5 or 6 stalks of rhubarb. Loosely follow a pie cherry or rhubarb pie recipe and you will end up making the best pie imaginable. This is the Holy Triumverate time of year, about a three week window each summer when you can get fresh pie cherries, rhubarb and raspberries and make the best dang pie on the planet-o. I add a dash of freshly grated nutmeg, and a dusting of cinnamon sugar in the filling, but it is not really needed, the fruit speaks for itself. Oh, and that is a fruit pie that has plenty to say, and it says such tart, sweet nothings... Mon Jun 14 22:18:21 -0700 2004 24800 0 Olympia Jane 2 24846 Dumb question, Jane: I've seen only Bing and Rainier cherries. Are the fresh sour pie cherries another variety? Tue Jun 15 15:49:12 -0700 2004 24829 0 KathyR 3 24849 Yup-they are usually sold (when you can find them) as sour or pie cherries. Tue Jun 15 19:48:26 -0700 2004 24846 0 kiliki 3 25357 Monday, July 12 = I saw Pie cherries in the Pike Place Market today. For $5 per pound,twice the price of Bing, Rainier, or Lambert. Mon Jul 12 18:53:50 -0700 2004 24846 0 mr.nelso 3 25358 Monday, July 12 = I saw Pie cherries in the Pike Place Market today. For $5 per pound,twice the price of Bing, Rainier, or Lambert. Mon Jul 12 18:59:21 -0700 2004 24846 0 mr.nelso 1 24850 "Where pies go to die." Oddly enough, the best cherry pie I ever had was at the R&R cafe in North Bend. (AKA the 'Mar T Cafe' from Twin Peaks.) Stopped in there once, back in the Twin Peaks days, for kicks- and damn- that was good pie. The town is a lot more developed now, and it is easier to get to from the highway.... Anyways it is located at: 137 W North Bend Way in North Bend. I know the building burned down in 2000 and I'm not 100% sure what happened after that but if they are up and running, well all I have to say is "Where's my paper and pen, I've got to write a poem about this pie." Tue Jun 15 19:51:45 -0700 2004 24800 0 Jamesongrrl 2 24869 They rebuilt the diner. I had breakfast there 3 weeks ago and it was a great diner breakfast. I loved the hashbrowns and buckwheat pancakes. Don't know about the pie, though. Wed Jun 16 16:06:02 -0700 2004 24850 0 KathyR