Which would you rather eat?
Some might call me a fool, but I have managed to get into another bet with ol' Hotrod. We have a little wager going on which is better pie or brownie. Please, World, come and vote on which is better. The fate of the universe depends on you voting in this very important matter.
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Brownies aren't even the king of the chocolate-related baked goods. Anytime there's a plate of chocolate-chip cookies and brownies, the cookies always go first, while the brownies moulder in infamy. If you can't even rule your own sub-genre, how can you hope to tackle the titan that is pie?
Pie rules. Pie is my favorite breakfast, too.
Life goes on, days go by, but you always have time to stop for pie.
Pie? Not so much.
Pie is some sort of cruel trick to get me to eat healthy fruit.
Definitely brownies. especially the ones with the hot, chocolatey lava in the middle.
This poll is screwy. Pie is clearly winning the comments, but seems to be trailing in the official poll. Something fishy is going on here.
Pie, goddammit. Pie.
It's baked fruit spooj.
I'll never look at pie the same way again. Although I was already a little apprehensive after reading Stephen King's Thinner.
Pie shouldn't be considered a dessert anyway. Anything with fruit in it should be automatically assigned to the fruit group. So really, there is no contest here. A brownie is the ONLY choice for dessert.
BROWNIES.
And look, you poor, misguided brownie people need to broaden your understanding of pie. Sure, most of us true pie enthusiasts enjoy the many delicious, fruity varietals (blackberry is this writer's personal fave) but the pie is truly the "big tent" dessert.
Like chocolate? Indulge in a creamy, delicious slice of chocolate cream pie, or a gooey hunk of Mississippi Mud -- both proud members of the pie family.
Nuts more your thing? Pecan pie is always a good choice, as is Peanut Butter pie, a delicacy of the American South.
Pie is all things to all people. Pie can be dinner (pot pie), dessert (blackberry pie), American icon (apple pie) and head-wear (porkpie). Pie is the Alpha and the Omega. In the face of pie's luminous glow, brownies crumble and disintegrate into so much brown dust.
Long live PIE! Lord and master of the dessert kingdom.
I am convinced all these brownie people are lying about their true feelings just to spite me, and the comments back that up.
Brownies rule, pies drool!
Long live Brownies!
A substance called phenylethylamine is found in chocolate and seems to trigger feelings similar to “falling in love.” There is also a compound in chocolate called anadamide that stimulates brain receptors in a manner similar to that of other addictive substances. Chocolate cravings may also be triggered when the taste buds tingle with the taste of chocolate. This sensation occurs because chocolate's melting point is 97 degrees, just below body temperature. When the taste buds are excited, endorphins are released from the brain. These endorphins are the body's “feel good” chemical.
Doctors at Yale say so.
You find me a pie that gets me high and I will openly profess my conversion to Pie-atarian.
If you needed any more proof of Jodi's post-ironic hipster-ness, this brownie-pie debate really seals the deal. Post-ironic hipsters can never profess an appreciation for an obvious, universally loved icon, they need to go their own way, even if that means pigheadedly backing a niche dessert like the brownie against the universally beloved pie.
Daby, you say that pie is universally loved and admired and yet, it's BROWNIES clearly in the lead here.
Only a true post-ironic hipster would choose pie, because, you know, it's ironic to love the tried and true icon when most of your other choices are so beyond what is popular in America.
Pie, like sandwiches describes a vast universe of delectables. But I wasn't the one who chose to pit this mighty phylum of savory and sweet comestibles against a single, lonely cult dessert. I'd be the first to agree that that wasn't a fair fight.
If someone were to ask my my favorite dessert, I might be inclined to say Blackberry Pie, for instance. I wouldn't just say "pie." Because pie is obviously better than everything.
And I'm sure there's some technological skullduggery going on with the poll. Not to mention your leading poll questions. I'm going to start calling you Jodi Rove: Post Ironic Hipster to the Stars.
It is clear that Brownies are the favorite the world over. Nobody wants a piece of fruity, spoojy, drippy, icky pie when they can have a simple, warm delicious brownie.
Make Hotrod a map to the post office, because it's clear he is losing this bet.
And it's not just the tenacity of the pie admirers, but their numbers in the comments. There is a very clear disconnect between the support in the comments and what the poll numbers state.
When I look at a brownie I start to cry, because I am wishing that I had a PIE
Bravo, Rigsby
I'd love to take credit for that one daby, but it was actually MR. rigsby casting his vote for pie. There are two votes for pie from this household.
Maybe Jodi is a Commie.
Nobody with a full set of facts, having experienced the best of what both the brownie and pie worlds have to offer, would ever choose brownies, so unless people are just trying to spite Hotrod (a noble enough aspiration) there must be a great many people out there who've never explored the glory of pie.
I find that terribly sad. I want to stage a pie intervention with all you poor deluded souls.
Now I'm not going to put pie down altogether. In fact, I wish Soo (I mean Aqualung) was still dating one of his EXs for the sole reason her mom baked the most delicious pies in the world.
But with that being said, I still prefer the chewiness of brownies.
A vote for pie is a vote for inclusiveness, and a vote against the calculated tyranny of post-ironic hipsterism.
People of the earth, Brownies are kind and good and would never drip all over your shirt or fill you with oozy, spoojy, hot fruit grossness. Never.
Brownies are kind, brownies are delicious, brownies will tuck you in at night and keep you safe from harm.
A vote for Brownies is a vote for all that is pure and good.
The Brownieublicans are trying to pull the wool over your eyes. They talk a good game about keeping you safe and warm, but what they really want to do is to steal away your precious rights to freely enjoy whatever delicious pie variety you may be in the mood for. They're terrified of the world of choice, color and diversity that the Pieacrats represent.
Brownieublicans want to paint the world brown. Join the Pieacrats, and preserve your right to self expression.
Who bakes these pies that you dislike? Why are the drippy and spoojy? Or maybe you just eat them like my four year old.
I've never had a pie drip all over my shirt, and I've had lots of pie. Trust me. Maybe you need to try a cooled fruit...my grandma used to make an awesome rasperry/cool whip pie...creamy (not at all drippy) and absolutely delicious!
Or, with you self-professed love of peanut butter, where's your love for peanut butter pie. A true PB lover would NEVER disown PB pie!
Brownies, while good, do not offer the variety that pies offer.
Well done, Rigsby.
Hey now. Let's not make geographical generalizations. there are several of us here in the fly-over zone that vote for pie.
This is true. Both my kids love the pre-packaged frozen Banquet meals. They love them. But they ALWAYS want the chiken fingers meal instead of the chicken nuggets, because the fingers meal includes...a BROWNIE! A nasty, microwaveable brownie.
I don't hold it against them - they're young. Their taste buds have yet to differentiate. I've also seen my four year old eat a booger...so there you have it!
We accept all kinds here. Not just mindless, drooling, brownie-scarfing drones.
I do however love Brownies of all variety.
Also, I believe the original argument started over fruit pies being better than brownies. Thus the question's wording.
I admitted that I love me some brownie pie, which is really just brownies shaped like pie.
I can make brownies. I can make amazingly-good-from-scratch brownies.
so I can brownies whenever I like.
pie? unpossible. I am defeated by pie. utterly.
I am dependent on others for pie. rarely, a local eatery has wild blueberry pie.
and then the angels sing
But clearly you are fair-weather pie fans, that much is clear.
For those of us who don't want to subsist on beets, peasant bread and brownies, the existence of a dessert that must be crafted by master bakers reaffirms our faith in the possibility of transcendental experience.
chocolate will always beat fruit ... no contest.
Pie is okay and has its place in society... but chocolate is forever.`
This just proves my point that brownies are superior. We, as humans, should not have to rely on a few pie-baking wizards in their ivory tower for a decent desert.
No. This just proves brownies are commonplace. Anyone can make them, quite easily. They are for the lazy dessert-eaters who want to whip up something sweet in under 20 minutes.
Pie making takes preparation, time, and ability...making the result that much better.
Does anyone go to a five-star restaurant and order a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? No. They order something exquisitely prepared by the chef, knowing that his ability results in a pleasing experience for the palette.
Jodi eats boogers and Chef Boyardee direct from the can. If she were right about brownies I'd rather be wrong. Which I'm not.
It is sad to see you resort to outright libel when you know that pie cannot stand on its own.
Poor pie, having such weak, sniveling supporters.
While Hotrod has resorted to some adolescent debating tactics, the fact is - he is not wrong. And you know how much I hate to admit that, so it must be true.
Pie is better. It just is.
And I rarely snivel.
I believe that brownies are winning in much the same way I believe that Momar Ghaddaffi consistently gets 100 percent of the votes in Libya.
Your sleazy evasions aside, we have demonstrated with absolute clarity, pie's unquestioned superiority in the realm of baked dessert foods. I think, in your heart, you know this to be the case. There's no shame in defeat, Jodi. It takes a big supergenius to admit how horribly wrong she is.
I can't believe I actually had to sit and think about this but it really depends on my mood...
Brownies win in my book. There...I've decided.
I have not lost this battle.
You are not only free, but also encouraged, to create you own poll using the words you fascist pie-eaters deem 'unbiased' and 'clear' or whatever sort of lingo you want to throw out there to excuse your ultimate defeat.
It is plain to see based on this conversation and the poll numbers that Brownie-backers are a much more loving, caring, and tolerant group and not a bunch of mud-slinging, whining brats like the pie pushers.
Advantage brownie.
Advantage - once again - pie.
The media is just showing the versatility of pie. Not only is pie delicious to eat but it can add fun and excitement to life.
But brownies are for eating.
(I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I know my desserts.)
All you brownie eaters are obviously eating POT BROWNIES since you are high.
I have even been to Pie Town, New Mexico and bought the t-shirt. Is there a town named after Brownies? I don't think so.
I picked brownies only because there was no mention of what sort of pie it was, but then again I have a problem with the question. It clearly states, "If you were offered both..."
If I was offered both, what sort of guest would I be to refuse one dessert over another? "Oh, your pie is a steaming pile of dog crap. The brownie only please."
If you are offered both, take both. Dump one in the bushes if you must, but TAKE THEM BOTH.
And it sounds to me like what you really want is pie.
Oh, and by the way, I submitted this for TIG. Yay! It worked!
It's easily the best part of the year.
kind of chatter.
What a dick.
Do you really think I have time to vote 8 times in the course of less than 5 hours when I have to see patients and the computers are public? Come on, don't be so credulous.
Pie: It's not just what's best for dessert. It's what's best for America.
But this is (almost) moot. I always new Pie would win this thing once thee general populace was informed. Which is exactly what happened. Jodi's pathetic band of miscreants and deviants may have propelled Brownie to an early and unexpected lead, but Pie will win the day. Kudos go to Vanna for ignoring her instinct and alerting the mainstream media to our "stupid challenge." This is a banner day for journalism.
Pie: It's not just what's best for dessert. It's what's best for America.
We both know that those to whom I linked are Jodi acolytes, and have such sworn their alliegence against me. I've no idea why. I am a cuddly wuddly teddy bear. But I digress...
All of these people voted for brownie, but they would have voted for pie if another individual was championing pie's right and just cause. They fear reprisal. It is widely known that the Brownieublicans have supported "creative" interrogation methods.
I'm pleased to see the poll is finally reflecting the truth.
This is all I have to say.
Long live pie!
Yeah, truth is that the pie people are big, fat cheaters!! I would like a recount. I think there were hanging chads that need to be re-checked.
Rigsby, I'm not sure what you're saying there. Is it that brownies are poo? Because that seems a little extreme. A brownie is nobody's first choice, but most people would prefer a brownie to cow pie. Barely.
There's a reason that after you vote, the pole shows up with an option to change your vote, but not vote again. That should have been your first clue.
Sadly, only brownie people play by the rules. You can have your victory, but remember, cheaters never win and winners never cheat!
I couldn't have said it any better myself. Pie is winning because we did not cheat.
Pope: The record shows that Ericka merely informed a few co-workers of the vote and perhaps gave them a lift to the polls. There's nothing underhanded about that.
What are we up to?
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Hotrod: Here's what I'm saying - those who are saying brownies are better than pie are wrong.
(It has nothing to do with poo, obviously. Somehow you got the wrong video clip, although I'm not sure what I did wrong because it works when I take the link. Huh. Try it again and see - if it's the right clip it should make sense. If not, you'll have to tell me what I'm doing incorrectly.)
Ericka: That's not necessary. I content just in the knowledge that I posted the 200th comment, just as I am content in the knowledge that I was on the right side of Pie/Brownie 2007.
Don't feel bad Maxwell. I didn't take your rebuttal very seriously...after all, it came from a brownie-lover. I just consider the source. Brownie-lover responses are usually below the belt.
And I'm not so sure your brownies are that good. I will, however, take a batch of your oatmeal cream pies anytime you want to send some!
now now rigsby- don't forget that my hubby turned you on to the idea of warming up many kinds of desserts, and you liked it!! don't deny it!!!!
i'll make you all the oatmeal cream pies you want if you move back.