Welcome to the Pieathalon!
In the heavily debated war of Cake vs. Pie, I am definitely on Team Pie. Pies are so versatile. They can be fruity, creamy, sweet or savory–and if I’m not mistaken, isn’t pizza technically a pie? And quiche, too!
Plus, I have that whole Bisquick Impossible Pie thing going on.
And they don’t say as “American as chocolate cake,” now do they?
Pie also has this going for it:
But now onto my pie assignment: Seafoam Cantaloupe Pie. Like the Happiness Pie, this has got some interesting stuff floating in it (just not a guy in a bath towel and some gun-happy, latex-clad police officers).
Look, kids! There are melon balls! I love any chance to bust out my melon baller. And there’s gelatin. The secret ingredient is always gelatin.
Let’s get this started!
The mixture tasted really good at this point. So I put it into the fridge and waited for the mixture to “mound.”
I think that this was “mounded.” Maybe a little over-mounded. So I mixed it up a bit. But the more I looked at it, the more it reminded me of the slime that was everywhere in the 80s. Specifically the slime from the He-Man Slime Pit.
To be even more specific, the slime-pit-slime after it had been out of the jar for a little bit and started to gather…things.
Chunky things.
Lumpy things.
The consistency was absolutely barfy. I kept trying to remind myself that the (s)lime mix tasted good; but I seriously got a little nauseated at this point. It was so the slime from my childhood.
But that was remedied once I folded the slime into the beaten egg whites.
I then gingerly folded in the whipped cream and the melon balls and poured the mixture into the pie shell.
After some chilling, some topping with whipped cream (homemade) and sprinkling of coconut, this was the final result:
Doesn’t it look like it’s floating in space? My Seafoam Cantaloupe Pie is practically other-worldly!
Anyway, the end result was pretty delicious! It was like a key lime pie that just happened to have some melon balls thrown in; which is odd, but I was surprisingly OK with. They do look kinda cool. And the pie has a frilly crown!
I want to thank Miss Poppy Crocker at Grannie Pantries for submitting this recipe. I am so happy that it was assigned to me.
Kittens, this was just one piece of the PIEATHALON; please go check out the pastries (both savory and sweet) from the other all-star bloggers who participated in this challenge:
- Brian of Caker Cooking – Chess Pie
- Ruth of Mid Century Menu – Avocado Lime Pie
- Mimi of The Retro WW Experiment – Nesselrode Pie
- Erica of Retro Recipe Attempts – Curried Egg Pie
- Jenny of Silver Screen Suppers —Mile-High Lemon Chiffon Pie
- S.S. of A Book of Cookrye — Upside Down Chicken Pie
- Sarah of Directionally Challenged Cooking –Simone’s Pet Strawberry Pie
- Kelli of Kelli’s Kitchen —Butterscotch Pie
- Ashley of A Pinch of Vintage —Schoolteacher Pie
- Poppy of Granny Pantries —Black Bottom Pie
- Carrie of Ginger Lemon Girl —Chocolate “Pie”
Be sure to follow me and all of these other fine folks (including Facebook and Twitter) so you know when we have another one of these blog-along/cook-alongs. Maybe you can join in the fun, too!
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Thanks for the slime-walk down memory lane. Forgot all about that stuff.
You rocked this pie. It is a thing of beauty. Thanks for creating Pieathalon. It was awesome! XO
Thank YOU for being a superstar and one of the first folks to think that this kinda thing could be, you know, a THING.
That’s some Space-Age looking pie there! Nice call back on the He-Man Slime Pit. 🙂
It’s burned into my memory. My brother slimed quite a few Barbies.
Nothing ruined slime like hair…I hope there hasn’t hair in your pie?
Well, there was probably some Brian in there.
It’s just unavoidable.
That pie is actually really cute. (Can pies be cute?) I love the bright colors and the melon balls inside the green.
Also – thanks for putting together the Pieathalon. It was really fun!
I’ve had that cookbook for years, and have wanted to make that pie, but two in the family are allergic to melon, and the other hates anything with gelatin-so it never happened. I am so happy to finally see someone make it-what a beauty!
Slime. I never understood the appeal of that one, but I was a little too old when it came out to appreciate it.
You need to join the next cookalong challenge!
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Your pie is BEAUTIFUL! You rock for creating the fabulous thing that is the Pieathalon – can’t wait for the next one! I am ALMOST tempted to try making one of these. I say “almost” because, well, you’ve done it for me, so now I don’t have to…
You know how much I love these swaps!
Any day that starts with He-Man slime and Kids in the Hall is automatically better!
I’m glad the pie was pretty tasty. The thought of the melon balls in it gives me the heebie-jeebies, but I guess I don’t have to feel too guilty for giving it to you.
I liked the challenge. And getting to use the melon baller. 🙂
who doesn’t love some melon balls;)
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Yup. 80’s slime. With melon balls. Floating in outer space. I absolutely love it. Thanks for staging the pieathalon, it has been a great collaboration!!!
I think that this was a good one. I’m looking forward to the next one!
So this one falls into the strange-yet-good category? Also, it looks like you got the same crust they did!
Frozen Safeway crust for the win.
This looks good! And it has balls, to boot! Thank you for reminding me about the He-Man Slime Pit.
How could you forget the slime pit?!?!?
I was very anxious to see this pie because my mother is a lover of cantaloupe – I must make it so she can enjoy the fruit a different way! Pinning!
If you do it, let me know how it turns out!
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