New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-26
PIE FOR THE PEOPLE.
BAKEsHors TuRN OUT MILLIONS or II

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OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT 80 GOOD - -
xorzxas," But THEY AHE H.xn
susFsrns SANE. ~ s n
No pumpkin pk season is here-pumydns - -
ss from % to $40 . ton. The mnce-pse sessne w.
Ing, and there is reason why pie-csteFs -
be happy. A woman. . man, 90
conventional and we'll fitted desert island 60
have no difhculty In finding something - 60
WHICH TO mako pie That IL Why they ase e
desert islands. But pie thus consezuctod uns9
favorable conditions is far from the article II shse
no Il 4, likely that r. Crusoc with heovy heeez;
ate ME with heavy crust and belsbored If14av W.
heavy stick because the light Of ciNn1stoa ~ -
hroken in mon him and taught him the aEt Il naAmo
light crust.
Pic at its best Is made In New-Engiand nsoaeo "
your mother wearing gingham apron. foef Va
never coud make IT, Even the gingham epson q
your mother IL bedueathed to your wife fais 70 90
Inspiration with 1t. What remarkable pro Eve y.
first mother, must have made Your son now -
his mother. your wife, makes the best Pic you Hn
that your mother. the wife Of your father mooo
pie than your wife; your father knew thai MS mosa
made better pie than his wife your mother' s"u ~
may be followed back to the Garden OF Eden. Aoso
was to be pitied. for he had no mother 10 mHs0 p
for him. Eve, OF course made marvellous PIE, vmcs
equally Of course Adam failed to appreciate. O.A
and Abel. however. knew its excellence ana !"
more than probable that their famous quarrel was soo
piece Of 1t.
1t Is likely that bad little boys in New-Enstsns
have always, more or less, exhibited . tendency 10
take Of their mothers mince pie to oed WIZ
them. They have without doubt In each mssAn0
their great grandmohes. who. according TO inc"
gandfsthers. the best pie makers bat tho cusm
will be continued. and Mr.. Belamyls little boy WIZ
be rigdly conservative In this particular.
has hepD hv a Denc01u
pie that IL is indgestble. II Is indigcsble II 1t u
good and more so II II Is bad but Is not good PIC
worth little Indigestion There many people.
mostly English people. who from pure patriotism
eat plum pudding when they know 1t will make them
III. Is not American patriotism up 10 tho Engnsn
standard and is not American pie better than Enghsh
plum pudding
The pic statistics Of this city Of Sew.York show thaA
It Is.
| Pie eating being enthusiastically American 1t would
have been no more than proper II the census bureau
had included its list questions relative to the
consumpto on OF pic There is better index OF tho
prosperity OF the average American family than the
| amount and quality OF the pie II consumes
The enumerators should have been Judges Of pie
| and should have eaten piece IN each mousse.
If the pie proved good the enumerator would at once
conclude tina. the family eninently respectable
one and that there was no mortgage on the house.
He would then have avoided impertinent questions
and his living expenses would have been reduced II MOI
stopped altogether for all time.
As il Is pie data is mcagre and unsatisfactory. 1t
known that New England is the pie centre. that New
York large portion Of its population being Of New
England origin does its duty by the National pastry
and that New-York state comes down to the Harlem
River with a score of pies eaten that more than COM
pensates for lack of taste for pie among the Tor
eigners Of the city.
| The lot OF a New-Yorker with New England home
made pie ideal is hard In these days OF French
chefs and Strasbug pate the real thing hard to ma
1t is not that bakers pie is bad. but that homo
made pie is better The piebakers and pastry cooks
turn out o pie that they call homemade but u
lacks flavor and falls far short Of the genuine homo.
made pastry.
In New-York It has been estimated that the annual
consumption is fifteen whole pies for each man. woman
and child within the city limits. Pie baking has been
made a separate industry and there are now
twenty establishments in town that bake pies ex'
cusivey. OF these there Is pie baking company
that turns out $500 pies day. or 2,06O,ooO pics
year. counting Sundays and another that averages
| 1000 a day or 2,191.OOO a year Many bakers make
their pies. but by far the greater amount Of tho
pie Of commerce Is supplied by the companies and
delivered the bakeries by the piedevery wagons,
The companies also supply hotels. restaurants. board
ing houses and private families. visit to ono Cd
these great efoundres is well worth while and 1t Is
revelation to those who have only seen pies made one
at time n the Od-fashoned way.
Entering the large wagon door the ground door Of
big pie factory first the long Of delivery
wagons receiving their precious loads Men In white
aprons and caps scurry about with trays OF pie ana
some Of the wagons trays piled as high Is .
| mans head. Each wagon will hold GOO pies neatly
packed In shallow shelves at the sides. Little doors
close each tier Of pie, and the pastry is trans
planted without the slightest danger Of being
| crushed In another part OF tile ground
RHmph ans ' SsHs u fpp ass .os
only small quantity OF these perishabe fruits Is
newed In the basement are the reat brick ovens.
the mnce, custard aud coooanut departments and the
Everything about the basement Is ,potlessly clean,
and the bakers dressed IN The white uniforms Of
| the rapdity with which a single one Is made ready
Tor the oven j., startling. -, .-.
others ROY out IN great sheets PILES OF pie tins six
and each square wooden tray for The reception OF
PIE d aS If for s N to the Of s
frt interiors upstairs and the great wooden dishes
room Oh elevators, In the bakeroom. which is en-
urely Of brick. there are from ten To twenty brick
dves a to ali Intent sna Ike
the Old-fashoned brick ovens and their usual size u
At one corner Of each is a crate upon which
live Goals glow and give forth the heat that gves the
rlent of dIafts even temperature is maintained
throughout, and the burning OF pie is an unheard a
cSam ~ MEANS rs ps
| nically called pees.o As the pies come out. done
| 10 a beautiful brown. they placed in one Of tho
square wooden trays and taken 70 the ground moor.
| where they are packed in the delivery wagons.
| Three sizes OF pie are constructed six. nine and
thirteen inches In diameter and the average thicce.
is three quarters OF inch The average wetRnt OF
n nine-inch pie is eighteen ounces. but this varies
greatly according to the variety The kinds nov most
| cranberry. pumpkin cnstad and cocoanut Cocoa
nut pumpkin and custard pies are not made In sum
| third OF all the pie made Is apple Pumpkin and
mnce Just now the next most popular; It TINS
the demand for apple pie will STEADILY decrease. Tho
| demand for plum pie is Smallest.
| When the wagons are all loaded they are rapidly
driyen IN the restaurants, hotels and bakeries and
| shortly sfterward the business man Is munchtnE .
| ~ stand nov hAft