Anyone ever make Mock Apple Pie?

flippyshark · 07-25-2009, 07:12 PM

This recipe for Mock Apple Pie used to appear on the back of boxes of Ritz crackers, and I was always sort of fascinated at the idea of making a convincing but literally fruitless apple pie. Anyone ever tried it? I have a huge economy box of Ritz, two entire sleeves left, and I'm half tempted to go buy the other ingredients.

scaeagles · 07-25-2009, 07:27 PM

My mom used to make this and I hated it. Sorry. To me it just didn't taste like apple pie.

Jazzman · 07-25-2009, 09:17 PM

Why not just make apple pie? I mean, they're apples. What's the point of faking apples?

alphabassettgrrl · 07-26-2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Thanks, Michael J Fox.

So, why would lemon plus sugar taste like apples?

I can never remember the name of the liquor, but it comes in a tall slender bottle...and it's yellow... but if you put it in a shotglass with sugar on the rim, it tastes like chocolate cake.

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Originally Posted by Jazzman

Why not just make apple pie? I mean, they're apples. What's the point of faking apples?

I think the point was to use up the Ritz crackers.

flippyshark · 07-25-2009, 09:21 PM

That's exactly the point - it's fake, and I want to find out how convincing a fake it is. I have access to plenty of very nice (premade) apple pies at several local shops and restaurants.

Alex · 07-25-2009, 09:36 PM

I think I had it once at a friend's house growing up and it was disgusting.

But that was a very long time ago so it is possible that it was actually something else. But I remember strongly a pie made out of crackers.

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-25-2009, 10:53 PM

Sorry, reading that recipe, it sounds awful.

But then again I have no idea what cream of tartar tastes like. Apples?

Gn2Dlnd · 07-26-2009, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

But then again I have no idea what cream of tartar tastes like.

Keeps the sugar from crystallizing.

The more you know

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-26-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

Keeps the sugar from crystallizing.

The more you know

Thanks, Michael J Fox.

So, why would lemon plus sugar taste like apples?

3894 · 07-26-2009, 09:47 AM

Mock Apple Pie has been banned in all your Midwestern pie-making states since 1932.

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Anyone ever make Mock Apple Pie? This recipe for Mock Apple Pie used to appear on the back of boxes of Ritz crackers, and I was always sort of fascinated at the idea of making a convincing but literally fruitless apple pie. Anyone ever tried it? I have a huge economy box of Ritz, two entire sleeves left, and I'm half tempted to go buy the other ingredients.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	My mom used to make this and I hated it. Sorry. To me it just didn't taste like apple pie.
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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	That's exactly the point - it's fake, and I want to find out how convincing a fake it is. I have access to plenty of very nice (premade) apple pies at several local shops and restaurants.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I think I had it once at a friend's house growing up and it was disgusting. But that was a very long time ago so it is possible that it was actually something else. But I remember strongly a pie made out of crackers.
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Sorry, reading that recipe, it sounds awful. But then again I have no idea what cream of tartar tastes like. Apples? __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Mock Apple Pie has been banned in all your Midwestern pie-making states since 1932. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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