ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF...B. "Flaming Pie" by Paul McCartney C. "Promises Like Pie-Crust" by Carla...
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF LINDA JOHNSON Executive Director [email protected] JULIE DIDION Community Relations Director [email protected] KRYSTAL ADKINS Resident Care Coordinator [email protected] JENNIFER DAZELL Business Office Manager [email protected] JODI KIMBALL Activity Director [email protected] KILEY CULKOWSKI Dining Room Manager [email protected] ELLEN MATTESON Housekeeping PETE MOLINA Maintenance 5020 Ryan Rd, Toledo, OH 43614 P: 419-389-0800 F: 419-389-0819 FEBRUARY 2021 February of each year is the Great American Pie Month. Look it up. It's true. Pies have been around for thousands of years. In Ancient Egypt bakers used to fill bread dough with honey, fruit, and nuts and serve it to the Pharaoh. There are drawings depicting this on the tomb walls of Ramses II. The first pie recipe was published thousands of years ago on a tablet by the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie. The first pie to be eaten in the United States was in 1620, when the pilgrims brought their favorite family pie recipes with them to America. These were English-style, meat-based recipes. The first pumpkin pie was recorded in a cookbook in 1675 and became popular in the 1800s. It’s our love for a sweet-tasting pie that makes an American pie distinctive, and over the years it has become woven into our culture as a symbol of tradition and the home. This is backed up by the fact that July 4, our nation’s birthday, is one of the most popular days to bake and eat pie. By 1990 our love for pied had blossomed so much that the Great American Pie Month was declared to be February. Since we can’t gather in person, we're asking family bakers to send us your prettiest pie on Feb 19th by 12:00 for our Tastes Like Home Pie Baking Contest! Please share your story: 1. What’s your connection to your pastry? 2. Is it a family recipe? or something new? Send us some pictures too: 1. An overhead beauty shot of your pie 2. A shot of you with the pie you made 3. Your pie in action: Maybe it's you or your kids eating pie, or a messy countertop, or your favorite cookbook! 1st Ribbon, $50 2nd Ribbon, $25 3rd Ribbon, $10 Pie Contest Rules: 1. This contest is open to bakers of all ages! 2. Pies must be entered in the name of the resident family who made it. 3. Each Pie must be made from scratch and based in a 9” – 10” pie plate/pan. Each pie must include a cover. You may not use pre- made store-bought crust. Judging by Residents at 2:00pm: Each pie will be judged on the following, out of 25 possible points. The pie receiving the highest total numerical value is the winner. 1. Overall Appearance – points 1-5 2. Crust – Color, Texture, Doneness – points 1-5 3. Filling – Consistency, Doneness – points 1-5 4. Flavor – points 1-5 5. Creativity – points 1-5
Transcript of ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF...B. "Flaming Pie" by Paul McCartney C. "Promises Like Pie-Crust" by Carla...
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
LINDA JOHNSONExecutive Director
JULIE DIDIONCommunity Relations Director
KRYSTAL ADKINSResident Care Coordinator
JENNIFER DAZELLBusiness Office Manager
JODI KIMBALLActivity Director
KILEY CULKOWSKIDining Room Manager
ELLEN MATTESONHousekeeping
PETE MOLINAMaintenance
5020 Ryan Rd, Toledo, OH 43614 P: 419-389-0800 F: 419-389-0819 FEBRUARY 2021
February of each year is the GreatAmerican Pie Month. Look it up. It's true.
Pies have been around for thousands ofyears. In Ancient Egypt bakers used to fillbread dough with honey, fruit, and nutsand serve it to the Pharaoh. There aredrawings depicting this on the tomb wallsof Ramses II.
The first pie recipe was publishedthousands of years ago on a tablet by theRomans and was for a rye-crusted goatcheese and honey pie.
The first pie to be eaten in the UnitedStates was in 1620, when the pilgrimsbrought their favorite family pie recipeswith them to America. These wereEnglish-style, meat-based recipes.
The first pumpkin pie was recorded in acookbook in 1675 and became popular inthe 1800s. It’s our love for a sweet-tastingpie that makes an American piedistinctive, and over the years it hasbecome woven into our culture as asymbol of tradition and the home. This isbacked up by the fact that July 4, ournation’s birthday, is one of the mostpopular days to bake and eat pie.By 1990 our love for pied had blossomedso much that the Great American PieMonth was declared to be February.
Since we can’t gather in person, we'reasking family bakers to send us yourprettiest pie on Feb 19th by 12:00 for our
Tastes Like Home Pie Baking Contest!Please share your story:
1. What’s your connection to your pastry?2. Is it a family recipe? or something new?
Send us some pictures too:1. An overhead beauty shot of your pie2. A shot of you with the pie you made3. Your pie in action: Maybe it's you or
your kids eating pie, or a messycountertop, or your favorite cookbook!
1st Ribbon, $502nd Ribbon, $253rd Ribbon, $10
Pie Contest Rules:1. This contest is open to bakers of all ages!2. Pies must be entered in the name of the
resident family who made it.3. Each Pie must be made from scratch and
based in a 9” – 10” pie plate/pan. Each piemust include a cover. You may not use pre-made store-bought crust.
Judging by Residents at 2:00pm:Each pie will be judged on the following, out of 25possible points. The pie receiving the highesttotal numerical value is the winner.
1. Overall Appearance – points 1-52. Crust – Color, Texture, Doneness – points 1-53. Filling – Consistency, Doneness – points 1-54. Flavor – points 1-55. Creativity – points 1-5
At one time everything baked in a ovenwas pie. The earliest ovens were actuallylarge clay pots were fire was burned insideto heat them. Bread was baked in flatcakes on hot hearthstones. Meat wascooked directly exposed to fire on spits orover hot coals.
The problem of cooking meat this way isthat the thing got burnt. The tasty juicesdripped away and the meat was tough anddry. They got around this problem bywrapping the meat with leaves or mud topreserve the juices. Since dough seem likeclay or wet mud, they wrapped the meatwith dough made from flour and water topreserve the meat juices and preventburning. This created the primitive juicymeat pie.
The crust of this medieval pie formedlike a baking dish. This serve for hundredsof years as the only form of bakingcontainer for cooking over a fire or in a fireoven. Thus the meaning everything wasbaked in a pie.
The crust to these medieval pies servedother functions. It acted as a carrying andstorage container. By excluding air fromits host, it help preserve the filling of meator vegetables.
These medieval early pie crusts werecalled coffins. It sounds bad today. Itconveys the contents were dead. In factthe word originally meant a basket or box.This term was used first to describe apastry casket of food before it came torefer to the funeral session.
Due to the hard crust, between the 13thand 16th centuries, many pies held livebirds, frogs and other small creatures,even dwarfs and sometimes a smallorchestra. These were contained insidethe pie to emerge to enliven royal feastswith entertainment.
Sing a Song of SixpenceSing a song of sixpence,
a pocket full of rye;Four and twenty blackbirds
baked in a pie.When the pie was opened,
the birds began to sing,Wasn't that a dainty dish
to set before the king?
How in the world did they do this? Well inmedieval times the way they made piecrusts was a little different than in presenttime. The crust was thick, and could bebaked first, and would rise forming a pot,hence the term "pot pie." The lid would beremoved from the pie, and the birds wouldthen be set inside, the lid put back on, andthen this wildly entertaining dish placedbefore the host of the party.
So these birds were not actually cookedin the pie. Cooks would get quitecompetitive at feasts, and try to outdoother lords and ladies' cooks.
Test Your Pie-QHow well do you know your pie trivia? Here, 10questions to test your knowledge of pie baking,pie eating, pie history and famous pies in film,television, music and politics.1. Approximately how much do Americans spendon supermarket pies each year?
A. $260 million C. $2.3 billionB. $700 million D. $1.1 trillion
2. What portion of Americans admit to havingeaten an entire pie by themselves?
A. 1 in 2 C. 1 in 10B. 1 in 5 D. 1 in 19
3. Which of the following delicious fats isthought to maximize a pie crust's flakiness?
A. Leaf lard C. Beef tallowB. Duck fat D. Butter
4. Which film features the first-known cinematicinstance of a pie-in-the-face gag?
A. Berlin Wintergarten Novelty Program (1895)B. Mr. Flip (1909)C. Duck Soup (1933)D. The Great Race (1965)
5. On The Simpsons, what type of pie luresHomer into a rope trap?
A. Pumpkin pie C. "Floor pie"B. Donut pie D. Mincemeat pie
6. Which person has not been the victim of apublic pie-ing?
A. Ann Coulter C. Julian AssangeB. Bill Gates D. Andy Warhol
7. Which of the following is not an actual song?A. "Pie on the Sly" by PrinceB. "Flaming Pie" by Paul McCartneyC. "Promises Like Pie-Crust" by Carla BruniD. "Slice of Your Pie" by Motley CrüeE. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus
8. What is the filling specified in the oldest pierecipe on record, which dates to the secondcentury B.C.?
A. Strawberry and rhubarbB. Goat cheese and honeyC. Lamb and thymeD. Figs and pears
9. Which of the following terms does notdescribe a variety of pie?
A. Pasty C. Bedforshire clangerB. Coulibiac D. Fleischkuekle
Answers: 1-B; 2-B; 3-D; 4-B; 5-C; 6-C; 7-A; 8-B;9-Trick question—these are all pies.
Pie Idioms1. As Easy As PieMeaning: something that is easy or simple.2. As Sweet As PieMeaning: used to describe a person that is verykind or friendly.3. A Piece Of The PieMeaning: a part of something bigger. To dividesomething up.4. As American As PieMeaning: used to someone or something that isAmerican or something that is indicative of theAmerican lifestyle.5. To Have A Finger In Every PieMeaning: a person that is involved in manydifferent activities.6. Promises Are Like Pie CrustMeaning: Promises are easy to make, but theyare also just as easy to break.
Do you know any others?
The Full Snow MoonGot your snow shovels ready?
February’s Full Snow Moon rises on thenight of February 26th and peaks in theearly hours of February 27th at 3:17AM. Why is it called the Full SnowMoon?
Since the heaviest snow usually fallsduring this month, native tribes of thenorth and east most often calledFebruary’s full Moon the Full SnowMoon. Some tribes also referred to thisMoon as the Full Hunger Moon, sinceharsh weather conditions in their areasmade hunting very difficult.
If February give much snow,A fine summer it doth foreshow.
Fogs in February mean frosts in May.
African American History MonthThe Library of Congress, National
Archives and Records Administration,National Endowment for the Humanities,National Gallery of Art, National ParkService, Smithsonian Institution and UnitedStates Holocaust Memorial Museum join inpaying tribute to the generations of AfricanAmericans who struggled with adversity toachieve full citizenship in American society.
As a Harvard-trained historian, Carter G.Woodson, believed that truth could not bedenied and that reason would prevail overprejudice. His hopes to raise awareness ofAfrican American’s contributions tocivilization was realized when he and theorganization he founded, the Associationfor the Study of Negro Life and History(ASNLH), conceived and announced NegroHistory Week in 1925. The event was firstcelebrated during a week in February 1926that encompassed the birthdays of bothAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.The response was overwhelming: Blackhistory clubs sprang up; teachersdemanded materials to instruct their pupils;and progressive whites, not simply whitescholars and philanthropists, steppedforward to endorse the effort.
Randall W. 2/5John S. 2/6James R. 2/20Franklin S. 2/22Lois G. 2/25
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS PIE FOREVERThroughout the years, pie has been
adapted to fit into every culture it hastouched and it is made with a a variety ofdifferent ingredients, including meats,poultry, seafood, fruits, nuts, vegetables,cheese, custards and so much more. FromAncient Greeks to present day, pie has comea long way, baby, so be sure to celebrateFebruary with a slice of pie or two. Pie hasbecome so much a part of American culturethroughout the years, that we nowcommonly use the term "as American asapple pie."
What is Pie and what is Not Pie?Believe it or not a concise definition
for pie does not exist that everyone agreeswith.
There are some pie definitions thatsome like while others would hate. Piesare not pies just because they are calledpies. The American treat called Eskimo pieis definitely ice cream. Moon pie is achocolate biscuit. Boston cream pie iscertainly a cake baked in a pie tin.Then we have cottage pie and shepherd’spie. But none of these pies have a pastry.
First Law of Pies: Pies must have apastry made from some sort of grain,wheat, rice, cracker or cookie crumbs. Nopastry, No pie!
Second Law of Pies: Pies must be bakedin an oven at some time of the process orpseudo bake – like no baked piecustards. Pies are not fried, boiled orsteamed.
Third Law of Pies: A pie shall be bakedin some form of a dish – metal, ceramic orglass.
Fourth Law of Pie: A pie in Americamust have a bottom crust of some sort ofpastry. Europe makes the top crustessential to be a pie.
Fifth Law of Pie: A pie must have apastry that comes up on the sides tocontain its filling. If sides are missing orperpendicular, filled with custard andtopped with fruit, the pie is called a tart.
Pie Making TipsHere are some great tips when baking a
pie from the experts at the American PieCouncil:1. Read the recipe in its entirety beforebeginning. Make sure you have all of theingredients and utensils and that youunderstand all of the directions. Manymistakes have been made skipping steps.2. Cold ingredients are essential to makinga great pie crust It even helps to have coldbowls and utensils. In addition, be sure tochill the dough for at least an hour beforerolling it out. Keeping the shortening coldensures a nice flaky crust!3. Don't overwork or overhandle the dough.4. Your shortening/butter should be coatedwith flour mixture, not blended with it. Over-processing causes gluten to form, asubstance that toughens the dough. It'seven a good idea to have cold hands beforehandling.5. Carefully transfer the dough into your piedish. Fit the dough into the dish (avoidstretching). Trim the dough to 1" inch overhang and tuck it under itself to create a thickrim.6. With the index finger on one hand, pressthe dough against the thumb and forefingerof the opposite hand; continue around theperimeter of the crust and dish following thenatural flute of the pie dish.7. To ensure that your bottom crust isfinished, bake pie in the lower third of theoven. You may have to cover the edges withfoil or a crust protector to avoidoverbrowning the edges.8. Make sure that all of your ingredients arereally fresh. Try making fruit pies when thefruits are in season to ensure a wonderfulpie.
What tips can you add? Have you learnedfrom experience or where they tips passeddown from generation to generation?
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