R & M Pie Bird Set of 2 for $8.67
Ceramic pie birds, a Victorian-era tradition, are hollow ceramic birds that work as a vent. Steam escapes so filling won’t boil over while pie crust and filling bake evenly. These birds, one black and one white, also support the crust around the center of a pie. Place one bird in the center of any fruit or meat pie. R&M’s ceramic birds are both oven and dishwasher-safe and come with instructions. Each bird measures 3-4/5 inches high by 1-4/5 inches wide.
* Set of two pie birds help bake pies evenly; 1 black and 1 white bird
* Ceramic birds ideal for both fruit and meat pies
* Pie birds allow steam to escape and support crust; filling won't boil over
* Safe for the oven and dishwasher
* Each measures 3-4/5 inches high by 1-4/5 inches wide
Shipping free w/Prime, or purchase over $25.
(As long as I was looking for them, I thought I'd share.)
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shrdlu
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You can also purchase these:
They come in red, white, or blue. Strangely, the red ones are more expensive than the other two colors. I also prefer the ceramic (the R&M ones are ceramic, the Le Creuset ones are stoneware).
Perfect for the next peach pie you make.
I had to google this one. I have never seen one used, ever. Looks like another handy dandy kitchen gadget that I might have to get.
I asked the wife, she has the black one and proudly showed it off. What a waste of ceramic.
@wootfertexas: Not a waste at all. They make a far better pie than just pricking the crust, and there's just nothing like peach or cherry pie, when the peaches and cherries are in season, and fresh, to bring in the family for supper. You can make a lattice crust instead, but that steam needs to come out somewhere, and a pie bird is more efficient (and makes a nicer pie) than just pricking the crust.
I bought four of them. My old one broke some years ago, and I've missed it.
Now I want to go bake peach pie, and there'd be no one but me to eat it, right now. :-(
You can do the same thing by rolling a short tube of foil and using it like a pie bird in the middle of the pie
@thomasr: Doesn't work the same, at all. I've seen pies done with that method, and you run the risk of the steam being funneled to beneath the crust, rather than vented outward, and then you have a gooey bottom crust.
Besides, the birds can last generations. My pie bird that finally broke was at least 60 or 70 years old.
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