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Happy Pi Day

Post by bystander » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:40 pm

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by orin stepanek » Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:52 pm

Let's see! Pies i had! Peach; Apple; Pecan; Pumpkin; Cherry; Rhubarb; & Pizza! Ala mode on Peach & Apple! Whipped cream on Pumpkin! :D
Dutch Apple also
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Ann » Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:19 am

orin stepanek wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:52 pm Let's see! Pies i had! Peach; Apple; Pecan; Pumpkin; Cherry; Rhubarb; & Pizza! Ala mode on Peach & Apple! Whipped cream on Pumpkin! :D
Dutch Apple alsodownload.jpg!

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Happy Pi Day to you too, Orin 🥧 (even if it's already March 15 here in Sweden, and it's my nephew's 30th birthday)!

Congratulations, Erik! :D 🥳

Ann

P.S. Hey, the emoji I pasted into my post looked like a whole round pie, but when I submitted my post the round π pie turned into a non-π slice of pie! Not good!
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by orin stepanek » Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:26 pm

Ann wrote: Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:19 am
orin stepanek wrote: Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:52 pm Let's see! Pies i had! Peach; Apple; Pecan; Pumpkin; Cherry; Rhubarb; & Pizza! Ala mode on Peach & Apple! Whipped cream on Pumpkin! :D
Dutch Apple alsodownload.jpg!

Picture from Hi Vee!
Happy Pi Day to you too, Orin 🥧 (even if it's already March 15 here in Sweden, and it's my nephew's 30th birthday)!

Congratulations, Erik! :D 🥳

Ann

P.S. Hey, the emoji I pasted into my post looked like a whole round pie, but when I submitted my post the round π pie turned into a non-π slice of pie! Not good!
Ann; happy birthday to your nephew! My wife's birthday is on St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ 🍀
Today is the Ides of March; tax day! :D
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Snowy Ozone Pie hits Colorado 3/14/2021

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by rstevenson » Thu Mar 18, 2021 7:37 pm

The pies have it!

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Re: Happy Pi Day

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Chris Peterson » Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:17 pm

Orca wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:16 pm Pi Day 2021.jpg
How meta.
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Orca » Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:47 am

Chris Peterson wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:17 pm
Orca wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:16 pm Pi Day 2021.jpg
How meta.
There’s nothing quite like celebrating Pi Day with π/8 on a plate next to an oblate spheroid of ice cream.

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Chris Peterson » Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:51 am

Orca wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:47 am
Chris Peterson wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:17 pm
Orca wrote: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:16 pm Pi Day 2021.jpg
How meta.
There’s nothing quite like celebrating Pi Day with π/8 on a plate next to an oblate spheroid of ice cream.
I'm thinking more like π/4.
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by neufer » Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:44 am

Chris Peterson wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:51 am
Orca wrote: Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:47 am
There’s nothing quite like celebrating Pi Day with π/8 on a plate next to an oblate spheroid of ice cream.
I'm thinking more like π/4.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie wrote: <<The source of the word "pie" may be the magpie, a "bird known for collecting odds and ends in its nest"; the connection could be that Medieval pies also contained many different animal meats, including chickens, crows, pigeons and rabbits. One 1450 recipe for “grete pyes” that is suggested as support for the "magpie" etymology contained what Charles Perry called "odds and ends", including: "...beef, beef suet, capons, hens, both mallard and teal ducks, rabbits, woodcocks and large birds such as herons and storks, plus beef marrow, hard-cooked egg yolks, dates, raisins and prunes."

Early pies were in the form of flat, round or freeform crusty cakes called galettes consisting of a crust of ground oats, wheat, rye, or barley containing honey inside. These galettes developed into a form of early sweet pastry or desserts, evidence of which can be found on the tomb walls of the Pharaoh Ramesses II, who ruled from 1304 to 1237 BC, located in the Valley of the Kings. Sometime before 2000 BC, a recipe for chicken pie was written on a tablet in Sumer.

Ancient Greeks are believed to have originated pie pastry. In the plays of Aristophanes (5th century BC), there are mentions of sweetmeats including small pastries filled with fruit. Nothing is known of the actual pastry used, but the Greeks certainly recognized the trade of pastry-cook as distinct from that of baker. (When fat is added to a flour-water paste it becomes a pastry.)>>
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Fred the Cat » Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:53 pm

Happy Pi Day! The constellation of Perseus has always looked like the symbol for Pi to me. :ssmile:

Of course the Hyades area looks more like a slice of pie. :wink:
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10 Surprising Pi Day Facts

Post by bystander » Mon Mar 14, 2022 5:24 pm

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Ann » Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:23 pm

Fred the Cat wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:53 pm Happy Pi Day! The constellation of Perseus has always looked like the symbol for Pi to me. :ssmile:
M38 Pi in the sky Al Broxton.png
Cluster M38 in Auriga. Photo: Al Broxton.

You think so? To me it's M38 that's the Pi in the sky.

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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by Fred the Cat » Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:53 pm

Ann wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:23 pm
Fred the Cat wrote: Mon Mar 14, 2022 3:53 pm Happy Pi Day! The constellation of Perseus has always looked like the symbol for Pi to me. :ssmile:
M38 Pi in the sky Al Broxton.png
Cluster M38 in Auriga. Photo: Al Broxton.

You think so? To me it's M38 that's the Pi in the sky.

Ann
I guess I'd have to agree on that as others have pointed out on this Pi Day. :thumb_up:
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Re: Happy Pi Day

Post by bystander » Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:52 pm

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