Pumpkin Pie – Emily Baumann
It’s hard to go through the fall season without enjoying a delicious (and clearly superior) slice of pumpkin pie. In fact, the fall season is defined by enjoying everything pumpkin spiced through Thanksgiving.
Pumpkin pie offers a nice spice, smooth texture and a burst of flavor in your mouth. Although pumpkin pie is great alone, adding a dollop or two of whip cream will enhance the experience of the delectable fall desert.
Apple pie brings a lot of crust to its dish, making the pie bland and lacking in flavor because the crust overshadows its apple counterpart. However, pumpkin pie adds a perfect mix of both gooey pumpkin flavor and flakey crust. Regular apple pie is forgettable, it has no texture and who wants to eat soggy fruit for dessert?
There’s a reason why everyone is obsessed with the pumpkin spice phenomenon that rules both coffee shops and candles during fall. It’s because everything pumpkin flavored is tasty. The only way to get into the zone of that warm and fuzzy fall feeling is to stuff your face with a nice slice of pumpkin pie that you’ve been anticipating all season long.
Apple Pie – Sarah Kaufman
Apple pie is like a sweet, warm, wonderful hug on a cold fall day. It’s the perfect blend of a fruity, gooey inside and a flakey, delicious outside. It is, hands down, the superior Thanksgiving pie.
That is not to say pumpkin pie has no place on the dessert table. In fact, it is there to highlight the greatness of apple pie — there is no great without the mediocre, afterall.
Pumpkin pie has a fatal flaw to its creation: the crust is not tasty and is therefore a waste. It crumbles, is dry and doesn’t compliment the pumpkin flavor at all. Apple pie however, has both a tasty filling and crust that work together to create a complete, flavorful bite.
Apple pie pairs perfectly with a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream. This complex combination creates an even sweeter treat that plays on the balance of hot and cold mixed into one delectable bite.
Whether you are on the side of apple or pumpkin, either dish will serve you and your family well this fall. So, don’t forget to pass a slice to the ones you love most and have a great Thanksgiving meal.
Which pie do you prefer? Settle the debate by telling The VanCougar which pie you believe to be superior.
Emily is a senior studying integrated strategic communication at WSU Vancouver.