Did Sarah Sanders bake this pecan pie as she claims?

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

People are saying this is a stock photo. Note the background.

Link to tweet

[NightWatcher]

1. #piegate

[lapfog_1]

2. tineye doesn't find any stock images that match

but the lack of a background (or rather the presence of some shadows) would tend to indicate a stock pecan pie image.

[Kingofalldems]

5. There's a bakery near the White House that may be

the source of the photo and the pie.

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. It looks like the kind you pick up in the frozen section at the grocery store.

Note that it's in one of those aluminum pie pans. Not even pyrex or something ceramic that looks like it belongs on "the family farm".

[Kingofalldems]

6. Good catch.

[Igel]

12. But you can buy pre-made pie shells in aluminum 'pans'.

And I've bought aluminum pie tins.

Didn't bake pies in them. Used them in an induction demonstration lab. Made an electrophorus.

[yardwork]

25. Also look at the grooves around the edge. Those are machine made.

[onenote]

58. Could be pre-made pie shell

[yardwork]

69. That's what I use. But I don't tweet "look what I made!"

[LisaL]

77. She managed it. She doesn't even claim she made it.

[yardwork]

79. OMG you're right! I just reread her tweet. That is hilarious.

[Ms. Toad]

72. Not necessarily.

If you make a lot of pies, you get a pretty uniform pinched edge.

I made 40 pies for Thanksgiving this year, and mine look every bit as uniform as that one - including the top where there si a slight variation in the width of the final pinch - I always have to choose between having two of them too close together or too far apart where I meet back up where I started.

(I'm not saying she made the pie - just that the pie shell looks just like the pies I make every year, and mine are definitely home made.)

[Justice]

106. 40 pies versus managing 1 - big difference

[sheshe2]

39. Do not.

I repeat. Do not mess with Sarah.



Apple Pie coming next...

[Abouttime]

57. You're right

Lying POS!

[Alice11111]

63. For sure.

[njhoneybadger]

102. Well, it was made by Sarah

Sara Lee

[NurseJackie]

4. I "baked" a pecan pie, too...

... right out of the Marie Calenders box and into the oven. Twenty minutes at 300 degrees.

[sheshe2]

35. Tee Hee

Her story sounds half baked...the peecan does not fall far from that old tree. They are both just Hucksters.

huck·ster
[ˈhəkstər]

NOUN
a person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store.
synonyms: trader · dealer · seller · purveyor · vendor · salesman · [more]
VERB

promote or sell (something, typically a product of questionable value).

[blueinredohio]

40. Mine was peach for 50 minutes

[DesertRat]

55. That counts!

[RKP5637]

101. ...

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Wow,

Home made Pecan Pie in a Commercial Foil Pan. Nice trick Stupid. Notice the second Pic,Pirex Glass Pie Plate,my opinion,What a crappy looking Pecan Pie. Bad Crust,looks under baked,whats with the juice? Yuk!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. There's no way that's a homemade pie.

Look at the crenelations on the crust; they are too regular to be anything but machine-made. A homemade pie crust would be a little irregular and imperfect. The pan it's in also looks like one of those disposable aluminum foil pans you get frozen pies in, not a pan you own and use to bake a "scratch" pie in. Maybe she bought a frozen pie at the grocery store, took it home and heated it up in the oven so she could claim she baked it herself. But that's not a homemade pie.

[B2G]

11. Frozen pie shells.

It's 2017. They're a thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. The whole thing looks store-bought.

And you don't get to brag and post your pie on Twitter if you used a frozen pie shell. Most of the artistry of pie baking is in the crust; anybody can throw together the filling. It takes talent to make a good crust.

[Kingofalldems]

17. By her logic (and it looks like a DUer's too) if one

pops a TV dinner in the oven they can say they cooked a meal.

[Kingofalldems]

14. Not a good try.

Looks like she continues:

Link to tweet

[B2G]

19. What?

I bake with them all the time. They're awesome. Pie crust is a pain in the ass and more trouble than it's worth when you can use these.

[Kingofalldems]

22. She had nothing to do with the filling either.

[Kingofalldems]

23. Can you explain the picture she posted?

Why is the background white?

[womanofthehills]

44. Because it's probably a stock photo -

Check out the shadow - it's barely there.

[Drahthaardogs]

24. Alton Brown's pie crust recipe is bombproof

If you actually weigh your ingredients and makes a frozen crust taste like the shit that it is.

[sheshe2]

41. The next will be Apple Pie...

I posted this pick up thread

[Ms. Toad]

88. The only irregularity in most of my crusts is when I meet back up with where I started

That would be the top in this picture. The join is never perfect - always a bit too small (if I squeeze in an extra pinch) or a bit too large (as this one is, if I decide to stretch the last pinch).

As for disposable aluminum pans - of the 40 pies I made between Monday and Thanksgiving, 33 were in disposable aluminum foil pans.

(Not saying she made the pie herself - just that those two characteristics don't convince me it wasn't homemade.)

[Docreed2003]

9. Because a pie made from Karo syrup doesnt have enough calories

Let’s add chocolate!

[RobinA]

87. Pecan Pie

doesn't have to be made with Karo. And chocolate pecan pies are delicious! Try it. Pecan pies are one of the easiest pies around, and once you get past the crust, virtually fool proof.

[Leith]

10. I Did a Google Image Search

and her tweet was the only thing that showed up.

But, yeah, it looks like a stock photo.

[Sneederbunk]

15. Shades of W's plastic turkey in Iraq.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

16. As someone who bakes regularly

(made and apple cake and from scratch rolls for Thanksgiving) that does not look home made to me. Too perfect. Plus, what real baker uses an aluminum pie tin? Not to mention there's no evidence of chocolate in the picture.

[yardwork]

26. I don't think that is a chocolate pecan pie.

[struggle4progress]

28. "I've never heard anyone say a chocolate pecan pie must contain chocolate!"

*wanders into the inner-tubes to research arcane baking lore*

[AJT]

18. Pecan pie is an easy pie to make......hers looks over cooked.

She could have made that pie.

[B2G]

21. Yep. 10 minutes to toss together

Easy as pie.

[Puzzledtraveller]

20. that's petty though

damn..

[SunSeeker]

42. She's trying to make herself likable. So she can lie easier.

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It may seem like a small, petty lie, but the purpose is much larger--part of the Trump administration's efforts to maintain its con of the entire country.

[procon]

27. I've made pies for over 50 years, and that's a store bought pie.

First give away is the crust. It just to uniformly perfect to have been handmade with your fingers pinching up the edge and creating little imperfections in the process.

And the pie was cooked in a disposable aluminum pie pan, just like any other factory made pie. And it's oversized, just like Costco's pies. No well equipped kitchen, especially not one run by a Southern woman, is without an assortment of pie pans from treasured family heirlooms to ordinary metal, glass, ceramic, and stoneware, but not throwaway aluminum, and definitely not giant sized commercial pie pans.

Next, I look at the pecans. Commercial bakeries use fewer expensive whole pecans and fill in the gaps with broken nut pieces to cut the cost. There's a lot of broken nutmeats in that pie. A good home cook wants to show off her pies, especially a pecan pie, so we buy whole nuts by the pound and cull out the broken bits to use in cookies or an ice cream topping.

See the difference:

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[OriginalGeek]

36. It might be the Malbec talking

But I would commit felonies for a slice of that pie. My mom, maker of the finest pecan pies in the world IMHO, passed away several years ago and that pic is the first pecan pie I've seen in a long time that even comes close.

I should probably teach myself how to make pecan pie. Store bought ain't doing it.

[procon]

49. Here's the recipe that goes with that pie.

It's not that hard to make, and you can shave off some work by using a frozen pie crust.




Chocolate Pecan Pie

4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 recipe Basic Pie Crust, rolled and fit into a 9-inch pie plate
2 cups whole pecans

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with rack in lowest position. In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a saucepan of simmering water, melt chocolate, stirring occasionally, until smooth, 2 to 3 minutes (or melt chocolate in microwave). Set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together (do not whisk) eggs, corn syrup, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Stirring constantly, gradually add melted chocolate. Pour filling into prepared crust; place pie plate on a rimmed baking sheet. Arrange pecans in one even layer over filling.
3. Bake just until set (filling should jiggle slightly when pie plate is tapped), 50 to 60 minutes, rotating halfway through. Let cool completely on a wire rack, at least 4 hours (or up to overnight) before serving.


And there's my killer Bacon Bourbon Pecan Pie... eat your heart out Sarah!

[pangaia]

52. I gained 2 pounds just reading that recipe.

[Calista241]

60. It looks delicious though! ;)

[OriginalGeek]

85. You are awesome!

Thank you! I will post my first results.

[procon]

96. Looking forward to that! nt

[Ms. Toad]

74. As a fellow baker, I disatree with you as to the crust and pie tins.

I baked 40 pumpkin pies this year - and my crusts look just like that - including (as described above) the one width variation where I meet back up with where I started the pinching. (I used to use the fork finish on my two-shell crusts, but I don't even use it for them anymore.)

As to the pie tins - most of mine are made in disposable tins (beause they are going to places I am unlikely to be able to retrieve the tins from - and because I only have about 8 pie tins that aren't disposable and I make my pies in batches of 16 and 24).

I'll defer to your judgment on the pecans, since I don't make pecan pies.

(Note: I'm not saying Sanders made this pie - just that the assessments on the crust don't ring true to me - given the hours I've just spent baking pies and the similarity between that crust and my 40.)

[Polly Hennessey]

103. But you make lots of pies.

Mrs. Sanders informed us she rarely has time to bake.

[drray23]

82. looks beautiful

This prompted me and my wife to go out rake leaves under our pecan trees and gather some more. I will definitely bake one of these tomorrow..

[RobinA]

89. I Always Used Halves

and then my sister complained that it was too hard to cut nicely. Since I make her cut pies, I did as she requested.

[B2G]

92. Pecan halves look beautiful, but

I agree they are a total bitch to cut. I use a rough chopped with a few halves added.

[procon]

95. If you toast the nuts first they get crunchy and easier to cut

Toasting pecans helps to intensify the flavor by releasing the natural oils, and that increases the flavor,
as well as making them extra them brittle and extra crunchy. I heat a dry cast iron skillet and toast them, stirring them around until they're fragrant and golden brown. It takes about 4-5 minutes, and be sure to watch them carefully as they are easily scorched. When they are done, don't leave them in the hot skillet or they will burn, spread them out on a plate to cool.

[Grassy Knoll]

29. I Believe She Made A Pecan Pie...

...Just Not That Cosco Looking 16" Incher,

[BootinUp]

32. Exactly. nt

[betsuni]

30. I say it's real (she used frozen pie crust and ready made filling, added chocolate).

Took a few minutes to put together and shove in the oven. She put the pie on a white table with overhead lighting and leaned over to take the picture, that's why there's a shadow near the bottom, it's her. I always use a white background to take pictures of food.

I have defended Sarah Sanders. It's a Thanksgiving Miracle.

[LisaL]

31. Like others already pointed out, there seems to be no chocolate in that pie.

But seriously, who cares.

[SunSeeker]

38. It's the lying. We shouldn't just get used to the lying and not object.

This petty little lie was meant to give a Trump administration miscreant some human, likable features, so that she could more easily keep on lying.

[betsuni]

43. I'm right. The pie is real. Lots of people use canned fillings and pre-made crusts.

She either didn't use many chocolate chips or there's a chocolate layer, or maybe she forgot to put the chocolate in. I don't automatically think someone's lying unless there's a good reason for it.

[womanofthehills]

76. Look at the photo - Most normal people would take a photo of the pie sitting on their table

the only ones who take photos like that are stock photographers. I am a stock photographer.

[SunSeeker]

33. First, it is not a chocolate pecan pie. It is a plain pecan pie. And it is huge, like from Costco.

So no, not buying it. I doubt she has done anything "at the family farm."

[Iggo]

34. They just can't not lie.

It's really amazing.

[BigmanPigman]

37. I noticed the choice of pie...NUTS!

Crazy runs rampant in the White House. I am speaking of nuts as in the things that grow on trees, not the nuts that most of the GOP lack when pretending to have a backbone.

[Freethinker65]

45. Yes. She baked it.

She mixed corn syrup, sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla, and pecans (plus chocolate I assume) together and poured it in a ready made store bought pie shell and baked it. Pretty easy. Good for her actually. Who cares?

[Orangepeel]

46. I made my own crust and put it in a disposable aluminum pan

I brought it to dinner and didn’t want to take a plate home. I don’t know whether she made pie herself or not, but the pan doesn’t prove she didn’t make her own crust.

[secondwind]

47. She baked it. But she didnt make it.

[Takket]

48. they just ca't talk about ANYTHING without lying can they????????

[ProudLib72]

50. She didn't claim to have "baked" or even "made" the pie

The operative word in her tweet is "managed". That could be several things. She could have looked on as several child slaves prepared it, in which case she could claim to have "managed" those child slaves. She could have "managed" to pickpocket some lower middle class person to get the money to buy the pie. She might have found said pie cooling on a window sill and "managed" to climb over a fence to get to it.

[Bettie]

51. I've made and eaten many, many home baked pies

over the years and that crust is not from a home made pie.

I also know literally no one who bakes a pie in a tin foil pan like that.

However, she may have baked it from a frozen state, making her statement technically true.

[greyl]

53. WHO GIVES A FUCK! Priorities. nt

[n2doc]

105. +1 n/t

[radical noodle]

54. It doesn't take a rocket scientist

to make a pecan pie. They aren't difficult to make. However, the crust is definitely purchased, not homemade, and I swear I don't see the chocolate in that pie (unless it's on the bottom).

[JI7]

56. of course she baked it. she put what she bought from the store

and turned it on according to directions on the box.

[Stinky The Clown]

59. If you read the Twit responses, that pie pic is on the PBS site, here:

:large

[greyl]

62. pbs.twimg is the Twitter image hosting address.

You can see same address in official DU Twitter feed, e.g. *pbs.twimg.com/media/DOmrQUMWsAAD064.jpg is

[betsuni]

64. Debunked here:

http://gizmodo.com/no-sarah-sanders-didnt-steal-a-thanksgiving-pie-photo-1820727075

[Stinky The Clown]

65. Ya learn something every day.

[greyl]

66. In most cases, yes, lol.

We depend on each other.

[cwydro]

67. Lol.

Thank you.

This thread is bizarre.

[betsuni]

68. I know! Bizarre.

[womanofthehills]

78. it just debunked that tweet not the fact that she did not make that pie

[Calista241]

61. Eh, who gives a shit.

It's a damn pie. She may have made the pie, and she may have used a pre-made pie crust. Who gives a shit. She may have used a stock photo. Maybe she ate part of it before taking the pic.

[Dulcinea]

71. Agreed.

Just get Mrs. Potato Head off TV. Send her back to the obscurity she deserves.

[GoCubsGo]

93. My sentiments, exactly. n/t

[Vinca]

70. I wouldn't question it. The pie is simple to make and you can't lie about the ingredients.

[MineralMan]

73. I don't care. I don't even like pecan pie.

[WinkyDink]

75. Only a professional liar would Tweet the equivocation "managed" instead of "made," with only 140

characters to use.

[samnsara]

80. i dont understand why this is so unbelievable....

I have a photo box I use to take pix of my crafts to post in my Etsy store and one of the background cloths makes it entirely white ( or any other color)...my items look just like this against that back ground. I'm sure shes little miss homemaker and I'm sure she did bake it herself. And I'm sure it was probably delicious.

[Iggo]

100. Because she's a serial liar.

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When someone lies all day, every day, it's really okay to assume they're lying.

EDIT: You do make a good point, though. She can probably whip up a pecan pie no problem. My knee-jerk assessment of the boy who cries "Wolf!" is that there's no wolf, but I do recognize that it's a knee-jerk assessment.

[yellerpup]

81. That's a factory pie crust

the fluting is stamped into the dough. Maybe she made the filling, but pecan pie is easy. By baking, I think she meant, "I turned on the oven."

[JHB]

83. If we didnt routinely get hunks of BS from HuckaBS....

...no one would have cared about the pedigree of your holiday pies, Sarah.

[left-of-center2012]

84. Sanders is paid to lie to us ...

Why would we believe her on this?

[logosoco]

86. Well if she did, she used frozen pie crust

and her kids did not help. My grandsons and I made four pumpkin pies (with crusts from scratch because I use my grandmothers recipe and pastry cutter!) but they surely would not have been photo worthy! (They tasted great, though!)

[oberliner]

90. This is worthy of an OP in GD?

This is what we should be talking about here?

[Kingofalldems]

98. Much more interesting than incessant Franken threads.

[treestar]

99. Anything about the credibility of Sarah Huckabee

is good GD material.

[Old Terp]

91. I make chocolate pecan pies.

That's not a chocolate pecan pie. i would send a photo of my pie, but it was eaten. Does anyone see any chocolate in that pie? (I mean more than three chocolate chips.)

[Gothmog]

94. No

[tenderfoot]

97. I bake my own stockphotos everyday

eom

[DonViejo]

104. Who cares? She lies, Trump swears to it. Anyone in the Administration lies,....

Sarah Huckster Sanders swears to it.

[milestogo]

107. She's a pathological liar.

So she's probably lying about the pie, but that's the least of it.

[dembotoz]

108. Give her a break, hard to cook with cloven hooves

Ref as to the devil not body shaming her appearance...

[bluestarone]

109. i feel the biggest point being made here on this thread is?

YOU CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING ANYONE OF THEM SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gothmog]

110. From Betty Bowers

Link to tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

111. Why is this an issue?

There are bigger fish to fry