Is a Pie the same as a Tart?

whatsgoin'on · 18-11-2004 11:18AM #1

This question has puzzeled me manys a time.

I gotta know the answer,just gotta!
Can anyone put my mind to rest before I go insane?

Mr. Presentable · 18-11-2004 11:22AM

A pie is covered, a tart is open. Think apple pie, jam tart.

PH01 · 18-11-2004 02:33PM

Well, where I grew up all the tarts are covered up!

And 'Pies' is American for Tarts.

jonnybadd · 18-11-2004 02:35PM

As far as i know a pie is savoury i.e. steak and kidney while a tart is well tart, i.e. with a fruit filling

Blisterman · 18-11-2004 04:18PM

No, pies are closed, tarts are open. With the exception of shepards pie, which isn't really a pie.

MidnightQueen · 18-11-2004 05:34PM

Has anyone ever tried chocolate tart covered with cream? Now theres an idea

memphis · 18-11-2004 05:38PM

Tarts are what the American call Pies, they are not cakes!

woosaysdan · 18-11-2004 08:53PM

the only tarts i like are the ones after the disco

MidnightQueen · 19-11-2004 01:07PM

Are they chocolate and covered with cream??

445279.ie · 19-11-2004 01:15PM

An apple tart is closed, yet a jam tart is open!!!

PurpleFistMixer · 19-11-2004 02:20PM

Never fear! I looked them up in my trusty dictionary.

pie n. a baked dish of savoury or sweet ingredients encased in or topped with pastry.

tart, n. an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling.

I think that's pretty conclusive.

SantaHoe · 19-11-2004 10:27PM

PurpleFistMixer wrote:

pie n. a baked dish of savoury or sweet ingredients encased in or topped with pastry.

tart, n. an open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling.

Yeah that's what I suspected alright.
Glad someone confirmed it though.

Caoimhe · 21-11-2004 12:31PM

Although if the tart has strips of pastry across it would it be considered a pie or a tart? Its half open half closed...

billy the squid · 23-11-2004 12:09PM

But then you have the anomoly of the apple tart which is closed, as is the rubharb tart.

and you have cream pies which are not covered.

dudara · 23-11-2004 12:53PM

to me, pie and tart have to do with depth and whether sweet or savoury.

Pie is savoury, or a deep filled sweet pastry.

A tart is shallow and always sweet.

but this isn't anyway close to being definitive

woosaysdan · 23-11-2004 01:30PM

dudara wrote:

A tart is shallow and always sweet.

thats like all the tarts i know!!!

Blisterman · 23-11-2004 05:36PM

Pop Tarts are closed too, so to answer your question I don't know.

PurpleFistMixer · 23-11-2004 10:23PM

I always called them apple and rhubarb pies, but usually it's crumble anyway and that's a different kettle of fish altogether.

To be safe I just call them all pies and leave it at that. Tart sounds far too complicated/sophisticated.

ferdi · 24-11-2004 01:40AM

Blisterman wrote:

With the exception of shepards pie, which isn't really a pie.

oh, its a pie alright.

wiw4 · 24-11-2004 01:42AM

well look at it this way, your ma aint no pie, but she definitely a tart!

Tiriel · 24-11-2004 01:44AM

it's apple pie and ice-cream.. but it's rhubarb tart and custard...

that's how it is in Cork anyway

Healio · 24-11-2004 01:46AM

well having tested this thoroughly (american pie style), ive concluded they are different, the pie gives more pleasure than the tart for some reason.

Tiriel · 24-11-2004 01:50AM

cos it's nicer

tart sounds dry and cardboardy.. pie sounds sweet and juicy..;) mmm

Healio · 24-11-2004 01:50AM

Cork_girl wrote:

cos it's nicer tart sounds dry and cardboardy.. pie sounds sweet and juicy..;) mmm

would you like to come over to mine for some pie so?

Tiriel · 24-11-2004 01:53AM

that kind of talk leads to gettin buns in the oven

Healio · 24-11-2004 01:54AM

Rofl

woosaysdan · 24-11-2004 12:09PM

that kind of talk leads to gettin buns in the oven

LOL

cos it's nicer tart sounds dry and cardboardy.. pie sounds sweet and juicy.. mmm

where i come from tarts are usually cheap!!!

Blisterman · 25-11-2004 02:56AM

Of course, mcdonalds apple pies aren't really pies either. I assume, we agree, pies need some sort of pastry or biscuit base.

PurpleFistMixer · 25-11-2004 08:38AM

The stuff mcd's sells probably couldn't be strictly classified as food let alone such a glorious foodgroup such as pie.

strat · 25-11-2004 03:09PM

dudara wrote:

to me, pie and tart have to do with depth and whether sweet or savoury.

Pie is savoury, or a deep filled sweet pastry.

A tart is shallow and always sweet.

this is indeed the correct answer

Caoimhe · 25-11-2004 07:15PM

Cork_girl wrote:

it's apple pie and ice-cream.. but it's rhubarb tart and custard...

that's how it is in Cork anyway

gack!
I despise ice cream with pie. Does nobody else think it ruins it?

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