Today for Weird Bird Wednesday, I have a Pie Bird:
Did you know that a pie bird is a hollow ceramic device, originating in Europe that is shaped like a funnel, chimney or upstretched bird with open beak used for supporting or venting a pie?!
According to Wikipedia, “Pie funnels were used to prevent pie filling from boiling up and leaking through the crust by allowing steam to escape from inside the pie. They also supported the pastry crust in the center of the pie, so that it did not sag in the middle, and are occasionally known as “crustholders”. Older ovens had more problems with uniform heating, and the pie bird prevented boil-over in pie cooking.
Funnel-style steam vents have been placed in the center of fruit and meat pies during cooking since Victorian times; ceramic bird shapes came late in the 1940’s.”
Recently, the “pie bird” has become popular as gifts and collector’s items rather than as a kitchen tool.
Do you have a favorite pie? I’d love to hear from you!
Happy Pie Eating! 🙂
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Love this. I want a pie bird. Thanks for sharing. And yours is adorably jilly!!! 😜
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What?! You don’t have a pie bird? I thought you’d have at least one! Lol! 😉 You are the pie lady after all! 😍💕🍓
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I know. Right????!!!!
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He’s singing cherries! Although my favorite is pecan. My grandmother made the best. (K)
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My husband’s family loves pecan pie. It is a little too sweet for me. 😊💕
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This is your best bird!! Love the soft edging, the collage and cherry red ,the whimsical and happiness of it! I am always interested in pie that has not been eaten by me and in particular hot apple pie with cheddar on top on a cold day! xo Johanna
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Thanks Johanna! 😍 I had fun! Did you notice that I tucked the math symbol for “Pi” under his wing? I like to throw in an element of surprise to see if anyone notices.. Hehe! 😉 I have never had apple pie with cheddar cheese on top – I imagine it’s delish! ❤️❤️❤️
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So sweet. And they almost look like musical note cherries! 💜💜💜
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Sweet as pie! 😍 Do you have a favorite pie, Laura? And yes, they are musical cherry notes! 😄 Did you notice the math symbol for Pi under his wing? 🐤✨🌈
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I didn’t notice it but it’s so clear now lol. It just seemed to fit with the bird as a whole and honestly I was so focused on the cherry notes! 😀 Chocolate cream pie would have to be my fave and then apple a close second. Anything chocolate is my fave! 🙂
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Yum! Sounds good! I like a fresh peach pie in the summer too! 😃
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peach and strawberry together is amazing too! Nothing like a fresh, ripe peach (eaten over the sink with the juice dripping off your elbow)
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Ah, yes! I agree, Laura!! The sweetness of summer! ❤️🍑🍓
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Always love your Wednesday posts!
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Thanks Kathy! Do you have a favorite pie? 😍💕
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Nope…any fruit pie, warm with vanilla ice cream. 🙂
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Sounds good! 😍💕
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How interesting! Love your pie bird, Jill. My fave is apple pie yum!
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I love apple pie! YUMZA! Thanks Catherine! 😍
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I have a little ceramic red pie bird. I’ve never used it, but love having it in my kitchen. I love nearly all fruit pies…except apple I can walk away from an apple pie, but my favorite pie of all time is Rhubarb. My Mom makes a killer Rhubarb pie. 2nd favorite is Rhubarb with Strawberries.
Your little pie bird is adorable!
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That is so neat you have a pie bird, Deborah! ❤️ I saw some really cute ones online. 😊 I like fruit pies a lot too. Rhubarb does make a delicious pie! And adding strawberries makes it even better, I agree! 🐦🍓😃
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Your bird is so cute, and I love the cherries!
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Thanks Birgit! 💕💖 Do you have a favorite pie? 😍
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Every now and then my mother used to bake an applepie that is worth completely forgetting all about diet and calories and so on, it’s my all time favorite 🙂
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Mothers make the best pies! ❤️
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A pie bird, well I learned something new today. Thank you Jill. I do like your version. A happy bird for sure. Who wouldn’t be sitting in a pie!! 🙂
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Thanks Susan – I learned about it when searching for a bird idea for this week. They have some cute ones online! 💜 Wikipedia also referenced that nursery rhyme with the blackbirds being baked in a pie. 😮 Do you have a favorite pie, Susan? 😍
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I am a homemade apple pie kind of girl but if someone puts chocolate in front of me I won’t say no. 🙂
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Oh, yes! I can never pass up a chocolate cream pie! 😉💕
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Hehhe I love this cuite pie birdie 😍
Specially, I like his beak and cherries too 🍒
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Thanks Snehal! ❤️ Do you have a favorite pie you like? 😍
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I had only two types of pies till now apple pie and pumpkin pie that too in restaurant The Original Pancake House 😀 but during the holiday season we generally get pumpkin pie from bekary 🙂 🙂
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Those are 2 of my favorite pies! 😍
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Your weird birds are always awesome! I’ve seen pie birds before. They’re very cute. 🙂 I think all pies are my favorite pies. 😉
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Thanks Teresa! 😍 Yes, I love pie too! Especially homemade by someone else! Hehe! 😉💕 Enjoy your day! 😄
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Everyone on the planet needs a pie bird!! This is awesomely clever and adorable. I want one!! 😍
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Thanks Charlie! 😍 Do you have a favorite pie?
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I love apple…no wait…gooseberry…wait…no…blueberry …wait…. can I just choose pie?! 😊
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Of course! Lol! 😜 I ordered a key lime pie to go at dinner tonight! 😍 I got it to go because I couldn’t choose just one dessert! We had lemon cake after dinner. 🍋💕 It was yummy! Now I need to go for a walk!! 😮
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Hehe…I’m cut off from sweets until I drop a few pounds. 😊Lol Drooling over the thought of key lime pie!! 😍
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Well at first glance I saw a rabbit…..then I thought no this is a bird? Then I saw a fish!! Ahhhhh I’m looking for the bird!! Finally saw the bird! So this is really a fishy rabbit bird!?? Pie…..YES please!! Just not cherry pie thank you! Oh warmed up with ice cream….yummmm! Of course a spot of tea as well!
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Lol! 😉 But did you see the math symbol for Pi under the bird’s wing?! I do see a fish but not a rabbit! I wonder what you are drinking in that tea of yours? Hehe! 😮 All this talk of pie and I had to order a piece of key lime to go after dinner out! 💚✨🍈
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Rhubarb. And I love your bird.
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Yum! I like rhubarb too! Thanks Claudia! 😍
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So sweet. And they almost look like musical note cherries!
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Thank you, Jennifer. Yes, they are musical cherry notes. 😊🍒 Do you have a favorite pie?
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