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Use of "Karo pie" rare

My source for this assertion is:

search for exact phrase "Karo pie" Results 1 - 19 of about 23 for "karo pie" with Safesearch on
search for exact phrase "New Orleans pecan pie" Results 1 - 91 of about 300 for "New Orleans pecan pie" with Safesearch on
Search for exact phrase "pecan pie" Results 1 - 100 of about 232,000 for "pecan pie" with Safesearch on

Dpbsmith (talk) 16:26, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Seems like that would be justification for removing the "New Orleans Pecan Pie" section title, too, especially since the page it's sourced to is not very scholarly. Warren Dew (talk) 01:42, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

from Vfd

On 6 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Pecan pie for a record of the discussion. —Korath (Talk) 16:38, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)

Slang Usage of the Term

The term Pecan Pie is slang in many cultures for different things.

Bermuda

In Bermuda, 'pecan pie' is used in substitution of the term 'cool.' Recently, it has been common to call something good 'PP.'

Kyoto

In Kyoto, Japan, Pecan Pie is a very derogotary term. In 1876, a shipment of pecans from Canada were famously plague-infested. Pecan Pie is thus used to refer to anything very unsavoury that someone would not want contact with; recently it is used to refer to people.

Kent

The American soldiers who came to Kent before D-Day brought many Pecan Pies with them. These soldiers also had a hadbit of seducing local wives. Thus, the term 'Pecan Pie' is now used in the region to refer to any people who might be as regarded as 'wife stealers.'

Afghanistan

Afghanistan is majorly afflicted with land mines. CIA workers, working with the local militia against Soviet invading forces in the 1980s, noticed that the mains looked like Pecan Pies from their native Americans. The term now refers to land mines in the area. Someone who has been maimed by a mine is said to have been pied.

With sources, this can go back, otherwise, lets just chuckle at it. Rich Farmbrough 16:37 9 May 2006 (UTC).

Custard?

Why is it referred to as a "custard pie"? It's got nothing to do with custard —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marthiemoo (talk • contribs) 21:02, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - the filling is nuts and syrup, there's no custard ingredients there at all. I'll delete the reference. Gymnophoria (talk) 13:41, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Cultural context

I take it very poorly that an entire section of this article was deleted, with a cryptic edit comment and no discussion.

The reason why we have an article about pecan pie is because of its cultural significance in the United States. The deleted section indicates that significance and supports it with citations. Dpbsmith (talk) 01:15, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

whipped cream???

I have never heard of putting whipped cream on this pie. Is that for real? Contributions/65.121.141.34 (talk) 20:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Google gave about 98,600 hits for "pecan pie" + "whipped cream", including food magazines and recipies. Jonathunder (talk) 16:15, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A tart is not a pie

Someone should replace the image on this page. It's a pecan tart. It's NOT a pecan pie. 207.172.210.100 (talk) 02:06, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's a somewhat unresolved matter whether a pie has to have a closed pastry top, whereas a tart typically is smaller with an open top. From the list of pies, tarts, and flans, the image for pecan pie isn't the best among those available on Wikimedia Commons, from which all Wikipedia images are obtained. The image of the pie/tart currrently in the article really is the best one there, imo, and the contributor providing it in 2010 called the file "pecan pie". In my experience of favoring pecan pie for several decades, I haven't seen one with a closed top, presumably because the pecans are featured artfully in the pie presentation. Zefr (talk) 02:48, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Variations

@Novemberjazz regarding this change, I'm not so sure these variants warrant sub-sections. A lot of these are barely notable and the sections will probably never be expanded. It's really clogging up the table of contents. (Also, I'd suggest that if you're changing the format from a deflist, it's better to change it completely and not leave behind the ":" (dd) markup. Ibadibam (talk) 09:19, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that listing "variations" probably isn't necessary. These were first added in April 2016 and don't seem to be all that notable. Novemberjazz 15:46, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]