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A
cream pie is a type of
pie typically made of usually firmer versions of dessert-style
puddings. It is a typically American dessert.
The filling is usually a rich
custard made with flour and/or cornflour, eggs and milk. This custard is clearly related to the French
crème patissière which is used as a filling for various French cakes and
tarts. Crème patissière is the usual filling for the traditional French birthday cake,
Gâteau St Honoré, which consists of a ring of custard-filled
cream puffs on a sweet
biscuit (American: cookie) base, the centre filled with more custard.
Older versions of cream and custard pies often involve baking the filling in an unbaked pie shell.
Dessert-style cream pies can come in many varieties, and can be flavored with a multitude of ingredients, such as
vanilla,
lemon,
lime,
banana,
coconut,
peach,
pumpkin, or
chocolate.
Cream pies as a cultural object
Cream pies are often associated with
clowns, who use them as a
gimmick in routines. Its comedic use is identical with the
custard pie in
Britain. When used for show business purposes, cream pies are generally mock-up pies made from
shaving cream, which resembles whipped cream on film. These have the advantage of washing off easily and not attracting flies, and are unlikely to melt under hot studio lights
Some
political activists have recently adopted the cream pie as a weapon of protest, to be thrown into the face of one's unsuspecting opponent.
Pieing is generally done in a very conspicuous, public manner, so that the opponent is seen (and perhaps filmed or photographed) looking ridiculous. This kind of protest is most common among
college students, and although many regard the practice as silly and self-defeating, it has nevertheless caused much controversy. One team of such protesters, known as Al Pieda, operate primarily against
right-wing public figures in the
United States. Belgian prankster
Noel Godin is famous for cream pieing Bill Gates in 1998.
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