The Pie’s the Thing
Tomorrow, Jan. 23, is National Pie Day.
What, you didn’t know?
In case you have a sudden urge to bake a pie, the folks at CRISCO have set up a toll-free hotline for pie info: 877-367-7438.
They can answer questions about making crusts, preventing them from getting soggy, and more. But you probably don’t want to ask them about crusts with butter. They sell shortening, after all.
The hotline has a lot of prerecorded tips, but also lets you transfer to a live person (during business hours).
LIstening through the prerecorded intro takes some patience, so you may want to just go to the Web site, http://www.crisco.com, which has
tips and recipes.
The pie info is a bit hard to find on the site. But click on Articles & Tips, then scroll down and click on “Pie Central.”
Among other things, the site has a handy troubleshooting chart that identifies problems, their causes and solutions.
