Pie was a baked dish.
History[]
On March 8, 1968, Dale Cooper's paternal grandmother died of a stroke while making a cherry pie, which fell off the counter with her, splattering some of the filling onto her cheek. During Thanksgiving that year, Michael Bishop Tree had dinner with the Coopers and filled his coat pockets with pie before he left.[1]
Dale Cooper was particularly fond of pie, mentioning it numerous times in tapes recorded between 1967 and 1989. On July 30, 1969, Cooper consumed cherry pie with his first two cups of coffee at the Post and Beam restaurant. On July 5, 1974, a sorrowful Cooper unsuccessfully attempted to lift his spirits with a slice of cherry pie and some coffee from the Lunch Pal restaurant. On August 1, 1977, Cooper recorded a tape expressing his craving for a large piece of pie. On November 25 of the same year, he expressed disappointment with his turkey dinner, particularly the pumpkin pie he ate. Finally, on August 5, 1988, Cooper recommended to Diane Evans the strawberry mousse pie at the Florida Café in Flin Flon.[1]
On February 24, 1989, while en route to Twin Peaks, Washington, Cooper stopped at the Lamplighter Inn and ate a slice of cherry pie with his lunch, later mentioning it to Diane, Harry S. Truman,[2] and Albert Rosenfield.[3]
Truman introduced Cooper to the Double R Diner's cherry pies the next day. Enamored by the establishment's pies, he ordered several more throughout his stay in Twin Peaks.[3]
In 2016, a catatonic Cooper purchased a cherry pie to accompany him and a check for $30 million to reimburse Rodney and Bradley Mitchum for an accidental fire. Rodney had dreamed that Cooper – known to him as Dougie Jones – would bring such a pie to the meeting, a sign that the brothers should not kill him.[4]
Recipe[]
Norma Jennings' recipe for cherry pie is as follows:[5]
Ingredients[]
- 3 cups cherries fresh frozen
- 1 cup bakers sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 4 Tbs. cornstarch w-13
Directions[]
- 3 cups cherries
Thaw cherries overnight at room temperature.
- 2 cups juice
- 1 cup water
- (add more or less water to yield 3 cups)
Drain cherries through a colander. This should yield 2 cups juice. Add 1 cup of water making a total of 3 cups juice. Reserve 1 cup juice for cornstarch mix.
- 1 cup juice cooled
- 4 Tbs w-13 cornstarch
Dissolve cornstarch in cooled liquid, stir with whip.
- 2 cups juice
- 2/3 cup bakers sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
Bring juice, sugar and salt to a boil. At boiling point add cornstarch mix (step 3) and cook until clear, about 5 minutes. If cooked too long syrup gets gummy.
- 1/3 cup bakers sugar
Take step 4 off fire and stir in sugar. Blend thoroughly.
- Completed cooked juice
Pour completed cooked juice over drained cherries (step 1) and blend with spoon. Cool. IMPORTANT: Stir completed mix while cooling to prevent scum from forming on top.
Pour in 8" pie crust shell. Top completed pie with lattice crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
Pitted sour fresh frozen pie cherries should be used. Taste cherries for sweetness more sugar may be needed. If the cherries are frozen with sugar a little less may be needed.