It's PI(e) Day on Sunday (3.14) - what kind are you baking???

Sunday is Pi Day, 3.14, the annual celebration of that great irrational number, PI, one of the most important constants used by mathematics, science and engineering. What's the circumference of a cicle? Diameter x pi. What's the area of a circle? The radius squared x pi. What's pi? A number that (so far as we can know) continues out to infinity - 3.14593. To date, the decimal has been calculated out into the trillions :scared:

What's PI Day? In 2009, the US Congress declared March 14 to be "National PI Day". Celebrations and rememberences are taking place all over the country in educational and commercial venues. Prime ( :applause: ) among them is the 2010 PI Day Bake-off
http://scienceblogs.com/pi-day-2010.php

More resources:
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

Five facts about PI
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18649-pi-day-five-tasty-facts-about-the-famous-ratio.html

http://gigaom.com/2010/03/12/get-ready-for-pi-day-2010-and-the-big-one-in-5-years/

PI Events across America
http://www.piacrossamerica.org/

Annual PI Day at the Exploratorium
http://press.exploratorium.edu/pi-day-march-2010/

Get your free/discounted pie at these places
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/03/12/free-pie-on-national-pi-day-march-14/

PI Day Magic - when a mathemitician and a magician perform magic together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yv4XxEr7bI&feature=youtube_gdata

Get your PI Day stamps here:
http://www.zazzle.com/3_14_2010_pi_day_2010_postage-172631351106313382

But wait! There's a bigger one coming on 3/14/15...
http://www.etigari.com/get-ready-for-pi-day-2010-and-the-big-one-in-5-years/


Larry Shaw, the founder of Pi Day





So... what you kind of pie are YOU making to celebrate PI Day? I'm thinking of Crack Pie as an effort to encourage those mathematicians to finally, once and for all, crack the PI code and find the end to that irrational number! :applause:



:rofl: Remembering what it was like to be in college!

Tee hee. He's cute.

Of course!

so maybe this Chocolate Cashew pie




INGREDIENTS
Crust
1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box

Filling
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 eggs
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup cashew halves

Topping
10 whole cashews
Whipped cream, if desired

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 325°F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie.
2. In large bowl, beat corn syrup, sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with wire whisk until well blended. Reserve 2 tablespoons chocolate chips for topping; stir remaining chips and 1 cup cashews into corn syrup mixture. Pour into crust-lined pie plate, spreading evenly.
3. Bake 45 to 55 minutes or until pie is deep golden brown and filling is set, covering crust edge with strips of foil after 15 to 20 minutes of baking to prevent excessive browning. Cool completely, about 2 1/2 hours.
4. Meanwhile, cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. In small microwavable bowl, microwave reserved 2 tablespoons chocolate chips uncovered on High 45 to 60 seconds or until chips can be stirred smooth. Dip each whole cashew into chocolate; place on cookie sheet. Refrigerate until chocolate is set, 15 to 20 minutes.
5. Just before serving, garnish pie with whipped cream and chocolate-dipped cashews. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/ShowRecipe.aspx?rid=11237

I'm also working at a lb bag of fresh spinach. That store is dangerous! lol

Oh my goodness!

You could always do some Cashew Chicken Salad with some of spinach but wow, it would take me a lifetime (or maybe 2) to make use of 100 lbs of cashews! What all are you doing with them?

The pie looks delicious! I love those chocolate-dipped cashews!

lol

My mom claims to be 5'1" and everything she brings home from CostCo looks bigger than she is. :)

... with gram cracker crust.