On Saturday, Bob went to Sacramento and happened to spy The Real Pie Company. This marvelous bakery has already been featured in Sacatomato, but I've never given in to my innate pie lust and visited it--because I have no control around a properly made pie. Bob went in to investigate it and came home laden with four different specimens. My cousin Charmayne was coming to visit me on Sunday and he said the pies were intended for that occasion.
Well, I freely admit that I ate the banana cream and coconut cream pies. It's a well established fact that freshly made cream pies MUST be eaten on the day they're made. (The next day Charmayne said she's never heard of this rule.) Let me tell you about the whipped cream. It was like a cloud. No strange stabilyzers that leave a waxy taste in your mouth, just a beautiful mound of perfection. They were small pies, and that's how I justify it. I could have eaten the meyer lemon meringue pie, as well. But Bob didn't buy one of those.
The apple galette and the almond,fig, ginger tartlet did survive long enough to be served the next day when Charmayne was here. The tartlet was the best of all, a delicious combination of flavors and textures. And the galette was just the way it should be, flakey crust and great filling.
The rest of the week will be modest portions and no snacking.
Ah Sher, I really thought I was totally sugared out but that almond, fig, ginger tartlet could interest me. Thank goodness it's all gone. It is all gone or I'll be right there.
Posted by: Tanna | March 27, 2007 at 11:40 AM
Of course there is a rule about cream pies! Can they really last an entire day? I thought it was hours...I'm sure it's hours..
Posted by: Katie | March 27, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Sher, oh no!!! Don't let me see.........
*licking my pc now*
Posted by: gattina | March 27, 2007 at 01:32 PM
Ooooh, the apple galette is the one that makes me want to lick the plate, but they all sound fabulous.
Posted by: Lydia | March 27, 2007 at 01:42 PM
I know for a FACT that the rule of having to force down all cream pies the day they are made is TRUE!!!! I think I was with you years ago when that law went into effect!!! I do believe Norma was with us, some bakery near WHS?? also.....Didn't we compose that law? Three Muskateer's Cream Pie Tort...or something like that!
Posted by: Char Buckley | March 27, 2007 at 03:31 PM
Now, I heard a different version of the rule - I heard it as cream pies, fruit pies, cakes, tarts, and cookies! Either way - they all look fab! :)
Posted by: Chris | March 27, 2007 at 05:37 PM
Oh how I love me some pie. And banana cream is one of my favorites!
Posted by: kristi | March 27, 2007 at 06:15 PM
Oh man... I am lusting in my mouth after those sweet treats. Does the Real Pie Company deliver -- to the East Coast?
Posted by: Kelly Cat's tartaholic human | March 27, 2007 at 06:33 PM
Charmayne had never heard of the "must be eaten today" rule? Well, where has she been all of her life? Well, and you too, because in my house growing up it was "must be eaten within the hour", along with the toddler rule of "if I see it or want it, it's mine so hands off or I'll cry."
Posted by: Glenna | March 27, 2007 at 08:45 PM
They all look yummy! Even though there is no actual rule, it is a pretty good one to abide to!
Posted by: begered | March 27, 2007 at 09:35 PM
I'm drooling!
Posted by: Ivonne | March 27, 2007 at 09:49 PM
Well, I know where I'm going to go next time I'm in the valley and need to bring a dessert to my hosts.
Those look fabulous. I've got the bakery's name tucked away in my wallet. :))
Posted by: Christine | March 27, 2007 at 11:11 PM
Tanna,
Yes!! I'm so glad that it's gone. I'm putting a moratorium on goodies like that for awhile. Well, until the Easter stuff starts! :):) That tartlet was marvelous!
Katie,
I believe you are right! They must be eaten as soon as possible. Thank goodness you remembered it.
Gattina,
Too late--you saw it!!!! :)
Lydia,
The galette was so good. The pastry was very flakey and the apples were cooked just right--not mushy.
Char,
You are so funny! I do remember something like that. Didn't we cut school one day and go to a bakery? We were the Three Musketeers! :):)
Chris,
Well, I think I like your rule the best of all. No pastries or pies will ever be safe with me now!
kristi,
Well, I wish I could send you this banana cream pie. it was wonderful, made just the way it should be made.
Kelly Cat's Human,
LOL!! I don't think they deliver. Maybe overnight delivery..... :)
Glenna,
Personally, I think Charmayne had heard of that rule--but she wanted some cream pie!! Can you blame her?
Ivonne,
I'm drooling remembering them!
Christine,
I think you will enjoy this place. They also have vegetable tarts and other savory pies. I won't be going there often--but every once a in a while...........
Posted by: sher | March 28, 2007 at 12:05 AM
i just wanna let you know that all the hoping and wishing and magic incantations can not make those pies jump off the screen into my mouth.
how i know that is a secret.
sher!!!!!!!! they are beautiful but your description of the cream was heavenly.
thanks, i think. ta, i'm off to obsess.
Posted by: whaleshaman | March 28, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Why why WHY do I come over here for a visit when I'm already hungry. I really must stop because now I'm drooling and embarrassing myself. This right here is my biggest downfall. Some people go for the salty chips, others go for the sweet chocolate....I go for the pastries and pies. HUGE downfall. And probably why I look like a pie. These all look so good Sher!!
Posted by: Joy T. | March 28, 2007 at 07:48 PM
I'm drooling over that banana cream pie. I love Banana Cream pie! If I were at a bakery I know my diet would be thrown out the window...there's no way I could go without having the delectable treats from a bakery!
Posted by: Jennifer | March 29, 2007 at 02:08 PM
I've got my eye on that almond fig ginger tartlet, that looks so good.
Posted by: Julie | March 30, 2007 at 08:49 AM
Hi there - stumbled over here from reading another blog. CREAM PIES?! We don't get them here in England. I'm jealous!
Posted by: Lizzie | April 04, 2007 at 08:27 AM