suanie | September 26, 2006 10:56 PM

This one deserves a Flickr Academy Award

Fireangel | September 26, 2006 10:58 PM

YUM. If I asked really really nicely, would you send one over to Malaysia? Thank you. :P

suanie | September 26, 2006 11:03 PM

Or a plane ticket to your home so I could taste it fresh? :P oh wait, I'm a nobody :(

Liz Case | September 26, 2006 11:13 PM

Oh man! I gotta make me some of that.

Will "scifantasy" Frank | September 26, 2006 11:19 PM

*Hums music from Avenue Q*

Not many pies have a theme song, you know.

Steve Ely | September 26, 2006 11:23 PM

Seriously, though--we're gonna regret schadenfreude?

Anne C. | September 27, 2006 12:11 AM

I am going to make that.
[mops up drool with a bath towel]

I love the photos, particularly the ones of Athena and Krissy laughing maniacally after taste testing the pie.

Wickedpinto | September 27, 2006 12:13 AM

I hate sweets, but I love your slide show. Thats just too good a family and life you gots there.

Jess | September 27, 2006 12:22 AM

I may be in a minority here but I'm more impressed that you invented a new pie then when you taped a piece of bacon on your cat.

kerewin | September 27, 2006 12:50 AM

Schadenfreude is one my favorite words. All. Time.

Still, the pie might be a bit much. Glad everyone enjoyed it.

David Moles | September 27, 2006 01:06 AM

Man, I miss Fafblog. Thanks for stepping into the pieblogging gap.

Ted Lemon | September 27, 2006 01:40 AM

Dude, you are clearly going to heck in a handcart. I mean, not only are you teaching your kid how to make schadenfreude pie, but you gave her a bottle of Kahlua! Next thing you know she's going to be sleeping in a gutter with crumbs on her shirt...

D. | September 27, 2006 01:41 AM

Dark brown sugar and corn syrup and molasses? Sounds like it outdoes the Savoy Truffle...

Dr. Phil | September 27, 2006 01:51 AM

On my Sony laptop with the awesome screen (no anti-glare texture on the glass) sitting in the dark of the living room, the picture of the pie in the oven... the pie looks like some malevolent black hole, sucking all the light out of the room.

Mmmm....

Dr. Phil

Thingo | September 27, 2006 02:15 AM

Schadenfreude pie,

Schadenfreude pie,

I think that I will get some,

If someone else would die.

With apologies to Dennis Lee.

Mitch Wagner | September 27, 2006 02:16 AM

Will you be making Klingon Revenge next?

Taste fine warm, but, of course, best served cold.

Wickedpinto | September 27, 2006 03:01 AM

I just reviewed the pictures, and in NONE of them does Athena have the kalua in her area. I was kinda worried about that once lemon mentioned it, but then, I looked at the joy The Boss's family had during the slide show and I was completely enamored at his wife's cheekbones, and how that feature is passed so prominently to his daughter.

MAN! you are a lucky man, I don't imagine you can spend a moment of your day and life without having images as pleasent and playful as this flashing through your head. (my family was "broken" so I appreciate the simple things thats why I make these observations, sorry if it seems odd that a strange guy pops in and makes them.)

Ginny | September 27, 2006 04:19 AM

If you can come up with a Schadenfreude cake I could serve it to my mother-in-law for her next birthday, and be eternally grateful. I'd imagine that such a cake would involve black icing, which I've already perfected whilst making a Darth Vader cake one year.

All the kids' mouths turned purple, and stayed that way for about a week. It was awesome.

birchsprite | September 27, 2006 06:46 AM

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Chang, from the wife's B.O. smelling iBook | September 27, 2006 07:05 AM

Mmmmm. The misfortune of others never had such a flaky crust.

Pie is a big thing for you, isn't it? Figures prominently in OMW. And here as well.

Hey, is Krissy like 6'2" or something? She looks rather statuesque in pictures. Especially the one with teh bat. If so, it means Athena is 5'4" at age 7 which is possible (my niece is 11 and 5'10". Yeah!) That makes you...?

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 07:12 AM

Krissy is 5' 10". I'm just a shade under 5' 8". Athena is well over four feet tall.

Michele | September 27, 2006 07:19 AM

I love Athena's expression as she's mixing the pie.

Dave | September 27, 2006 07:36 AM

I was totally with you until the graham cracker crust, but I guess that's just for color. I'd also be tempted by some ground roasted pecans, and possibly nutmeg and allspice.

Bitchin' idea though, and great shots.

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 07:57 AM

I use graham cracker crust for two reasons. One, it's easy. Two, the filling carmelizes against the crust and makes it chewy and excellent.

Jennie | September 27, 2006 09:07 AM

Reminds me of shoofly pie, a staple in Amish country.

Oh, and Ginny? Howz about sharing the Darth Vader cake recipe?

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 09:20 AM

Indeed, it's not unlike shoofly pie.

Chang who lives on Bagels | September 27, 2006 09:44 AM

Shoofly.

Schadenfreude.

So similar.

So tasty.

Dave | September 27, 2006 09:46 AM

Ignore that pecan and nutmeg stuff above. I was clearly on crack. What I would try is 1/2 tsp. of dried ancho chile powder. Fits the theme, and the chocolate/ancho/cinammon/coffee combination has to be tasted to be believed.

(I'm unable to read a recipe without suggesting improvements. I get shots for it and go to meetings and everything. Pity me.)

Chris Gerrib | September 27, 2006 09:53 AM

Methinks somebody has too much time on their hands :-)

JonathanMoeller | September 27, 2006 10:18 AM

Actually, I suspect this is part of a larger trend towards Foods of Darkness. Liquor made from the distilled despair of shattered dreamers has become quite popular at College Republican gatherings, and prime rib delicately seasoned with the crushed dignity of outsourced workers has become *the* dish at five star restaurants.

Betsy K | September 27, 2006 10:19 AM

I love that you're a whole family of nerds! You guys always look like you're having so much fun.

Terri | September 27, 2006 10:49 AM

Just reading the list of ingredients turned me into a diabetic! Good looking pie (and I'm glad your family enjoyed it) but wow, I can almost taste the dark, bitter-sweetness! :o

ajay | September 27, 2006 11:02 AM

...I asked him, "Is it good, friend?"
He answered, "It is bitter-bitter,
But I like it,
Because it is bitter,
And because it is Pie."

Janiece | September 27, 2006 11:07 AM

You had me at "pie," because "it's always a good time for pie!"

Chang who lives on Bagels | September 27, 2006 11:14 AM

Pie is always good.

I would think schadenfreude pie would best be served in heaping huge slices, myself.

I see your rating at Technorati going apeshite right about now...

Mark DF | September 27, 2006 11:20 AM

The Kahlua is in Athena's milk. Sheesh, do you people not have kids?

Jason Erik Lundberg | September 27, 2006 11:25 AM

Oh man, this looks incredibly delicious. I'm going to have to try out this recipe while my wife is in Singapore next month (so that if I screw it up, I won't have to inflict it on her).

Teresa Nielsen Hayden | September 27, 2006 11:47 AM

Isn't that chocolate black-bottom pie?

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 11:49 AM

TNH:

I wouldn't be surprised if it is very similar. I think the cinnamon and Kahlua may differentiate it.

For those keeping score out there, the basic pie here is a "chess pie," which is a pecan pie, minus the pecans. Pecan pies usually use light corn syrup and light brown sugar (and no molasses). I used dark versions of the corn syrup and brown sugar added chocolate, molasses, cinnamon and the kahlua.

Laurie Mann | September 27, 2006 12:17 PM

Wow, talk about your "heart attack in a pan..." ;->

Of course, I made homemade mac & cheese for dinner last night, so I'm a fine one to talk.

Janiece | September 27, 2006 12:42 PM

Laurie,

Want to trade you home-made Mac-n-Cheese recipes? It'll be good with Schadenfreude Pie for dessert!

Gary Pilkington | September 27, 2006 12:51 PM

John... your entire family has way too much time on their hands

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 12:56 PM

Oh, sure. My family does something together, just like all those family experts tell us to, and suddenly we have too much time on our hands.

That's it. Back to the salt mines for Athena!

Alison B. | September 27, 2006 01:04 PM

May I use this for a tagline:
"Joy at the misfortune of others -- and pie! Truly, the best of all possible worlds."

The pie looks tasty, too.

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 01:06 PM

By all means, Alison. Have fun with it.

Diatryma | September 27, 2006 01:12 PM

I get paid in a week or so, and will be having a dinner-party sort of thing. And it's getting chilly, so baking is good. And I really want an excuse to have brown sugar in the kitchen; I was one of the kids who'd steal it and hide it in my bedroom just to eat.

Now all I have to do is find someone else's misfortune. Maybe the partiers nearby will do something stupid like burn a house down.

Josh Jasper | September 27, 2006 01:30 PM

Schadenfreude is illegal in Singapore.

Justine Larbalestier | September 27, 2006 02:34 PM

Yet another reason to move to Singapore :-)

Adam Rakunas | September 27, 2006 02:34 PM

Hell, isn't pie illegal in Singapore?

John Scalzi | September 27, 2006 02:39 PM

Only if you spit it out on the sidewalk.

Patrick | September 27, 2006 03:57 PM

Is it anything like guilt pie?

Someone on a mailing list I'm subscribed to mentioned reading in a book about guilt pie. Basically, whenever some disaster happens and lots of people want to shoulder all the guilt themselves even it was not the fault of any one person, someone bakes a pie and slices are handed out to everyone. Each slice represents each person's share of the blame.

Of course, this sort pie would work just as well for lots people wanting to claim credit for something good happening.

Adam Rakunas | September 27, 2006 04:21 PM

Or if you make a pie with gum, I suppose.

This has been an inspiring post. I want to have a pot luck where all the meals are metaphysical concepts, brought to tasty life. Behold: Forbidden Fruit Cobbler! Revenge Vichysoisse (served cold, of course)! And a bunch of other things that I'd think about if it weren't lunchtime and I weren't so damn hungry!

Ginny | September 27, 2006 05:26 PM

Jennie, my Darth Vader cake was a devil's food cake (you can buy a mix, or use your favorite "from scratch" recipe) but the key here was that it was baked in a Darth Vader-shaped cake tin, which I got at a garage sale years ago (and ultimately sold at a garage sale of my own when my children grew out of silly-shaped cakes). The key, really, was frosting it to make it look precisely like Darth Vader; this was accomplished by heading out to my local party store and buying a load of frosting equipment, including the dyes they had to make your own colored frosting that you'd mix into white frosting. When it came to black--and most of the cake was black--no matter how much black dye I used, the frosting stayed grey; so rather than a couple of drops of dye I poured an entire container of the black dye into a tub of frosting. It turned a glossy jet-black, and so did my fingers--well not black, more like purple.

mmm-mm! The kids mouths also dyed purple when they ate Darth, much to my amusement and the chagrin of the parents whose children attended that particular birthday party.

The cake pan I used, I just discovered, is a rare> cake pan. I just found it as part of a set of four on eBay for TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS. Maybe I shouldn't have sold it at my garage sale for fifty cents.

hobbyns | September 27, 2006 05:43 PM

Pie is good. Pie is kind.

Except this one, which I want to try. Poste haste!

netsearcher | September 27, 2006 06:50 PM

*bookmarking and printing*

I must try this, and for so many reasons, most of them fattening! :)

Ginny | September 27, 2006 07:38 PM

Jennie, just for you I scanned an old photo of the Devil's Food Darth, complete with the tale of the black icing:
http://ginnysanchez.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=159

Shveta | September 27, 2006 08:09 PM

Wow, how both funny and delicious!

Gwen | September 27, 2006 09:51 PM

Wow, that looks tasty. Now I want to make it, and eat it, but we have almost none of the ingredients. (We have Kahlua, chocolate chips, butter, and cinnamon.) Feel free to revel in my misfortune now.
Adam: and if anything required a frying pan (the Omelette of Necessity, for which making you *have* to crack a few eggs?), you could use the infamous Frying Pan of Doom. (And as a tasty bonus, at the end of the Book of Enchantments there's a recipe for a very delicious-sounding After Battle Triple Chocolate Cake. Not metaphysical, but probably yummy.)

Stefan Jones | September 27, 2006 11:27 PM

I'm going to gather the ingredients together for a couple-three Schadenfreude Pies on November 7th.

If things go well for the Republic, I'll bring them into work in the morning.

Michael Feldman | September 28, 2006 12:29 AM

John,

Just made the pie, and oh my lord, so good! Thanks for the evil yet delicious times.

My girlfriend liked it so much, she's going to bring it to the preschool she teaches at tomorrow. For the teachers, not the kids, thank god. Three olds hopped up on brown sugar, corn syrup, molasses and chocolate doesn't seem like the best idea for some reason.

By the way, for an added kick, instead of just plain milk, I ended up making Kahlua and milk as the perfect drink to go with the pie: wholesome milk coupled with sinister yet oh so tasty coffee liqueur. Mmmmmm.....

Mitch Wagner | September 28, 2006 12:36 AM

OK, here's Julie and my pie story:

We often have Thanksgiving at the home of our friends Barbara (whom we call "Barbaa," because that's what Julie calls her, because that's what her signature looks like) and Dave. Of course we bring something. One year, our assignment was to stop by Marie Callendar's to pick up pie. You have to go to Marie Callendar's early to get pie on T'giving, the wait is, like, a half-hour. Everybody wants Marie's pie for T'giving.

So we slept in, and--

Wait, I didn't tell you this part: Julie and I both wear earplugs when we sleep, because we both snore. Okay, now I told you that part.

So we slept in, and Julie was worried that I had slept too late for the pie, so she rolled over and shook me awake, and the very first thing I saw or heard that day was Julie shouting (so I'd hear her through the earplugs): "PIE!"

And that's our Thanksgiving tradition. We shout, to each other, "PIE!"

Also, about a week ago, we were watching some TV one night. Well, actually, we watched a lot of TV that night. And it got to be bedtime and Julie turned off the TV and turned to me and said -- without any preamble -- as a matter of fact, we probably hadn't said anything of any consequence to each other for a really long time at that point, because we were watching a lot of TV -- she turned to me and said, out of nowhere, "I have four static IP addresses."

So I sneak up on her now, every once in a while, and say, "I have four static IP addresses."

Wickedpinto | September 28, 2006 01:52 AM

That's it. Back to the salt mines for Athena!

Cracked me the F up. I laughed out loud.

I think al franken is borderline retarded, but I agree with his opinion on families. It isn't just about quality time, it is about wasteful time, as long as you are spending time with your wife and your kids, it is always quality, and it is clear that you and your wife have something along those lines acting.

Still. . . .That's it. Back to the salt mines for Athena!

I FLOGGING HILLARIOUS!

If you create a new world, Please! have one that includes parents sending their beloved children to the salt mines. That is just a flogging funny contrast.

Therese Norén | September 28, 2006 02:39 AM

For any commenters who would happen to be in the general vicinity of Stockholm, I offer Schadenfreude Pie (Skadeglädjepaj) in Husby this Friday at 5 PM. (Just search for my name and Husby to call in advance.)

ajay | September 28, 2006 05:18 AM

Therese: I intend to use the word Skadeglädjepaj as a character name in a short story. I hope this is all right. ("Skad" for short.)

Therese Norén | September 28, 2006 06:19 AM

ajay, you almost made me spray soda over my keyboard! Of course it's OK, but I want to read that story when you're done.

That's even more fun than when Robert Jordan named one of his Aes Sedai Kiruna, or the Gene Wolfe novel The Sword of the Lictor, which was translated as Liktorns svärd, The Sword of the Foot Corn.

Allen | September 28, 2006 07:46 AM

That is the most awesome pie I have seen. I must have this for my birthday.

ajay | September 28, 2006 09:36 AM

"The Sword of the Foot Corn". I like it.

Apparently a garbled report of the forthcoming publication of "The Citadel of the Autarch" led to one magazine reporting news of Gene Wolfe's latest novel, "The Castle of the Otter".

And "Space:1999" featured an exotic planet called Luton, which no doubt sounds all very skiffy ("Wel-come, tra-vell-ers. We bid you wel-come to Lu-ton") unless you are British and know it as a rather dull town to the north of London.

At least if I use "Skadegladjepaj" I will be able to give an exact answer to "where do you get your ideas from?"

John Scalzi | September 28, 2006 09:50 AM

Skadeglädjepaj -- A minor Norse god, associated with improper feelings of joy at others' misfortune, and dark pies.

ajay | September 28, 2006 10:45 AM

Hey, back off, Scalzi, I saw it first.

John Scalzi | September 28, 2006 11:05 AM

Yeah, and you have me to thank for it! Be grateful, damn you!

Jennie | September 28, 2006 11:50 AM

Ginny - I am eternally grateful. See, I surprised my husband with a Millennium Falcon cake at our rehearsal dinner (10 years ago). The bakery had never had such an unusual request. And the frosting was GRAY, oh so gray. Which I guess was alright for the MF. But a Darth Vader cake - too effing cool. Now if I just had $250 for the Darth Vader pan . . . .

Laurie Mann | September 28, 2006 12:49 PM

Janiece

Your wish:

Macaroni and Cheese with Crunchy Bread
(so named by my daughter many years ago)

All quantities are "roughly." I like my mac and cheese strong, so the more sharp cheddar cheese, the better.

3 cups milk
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/2 cup flour
1 pound cooked macaroni, drained
several slices bread/buns (stale is fine)
grated cheese

Heat oven to 350.
Warm milk, gradually stirring in grated cheese.
Wisk in a little flour at a time until the sauce thickens.
Dump cooked macaroni in a glass baking pan.
Stir in cheese sauce over macaroni, mix well.
Break up bread over top of macaroni.
Add additional grated cheese on top of break.

Bake 30-45 minutes until bubbly.

You can always add meat or veggies to this, but we tend to take our mac and cheese plain.

Therese Norén | September 28, 2006 02:58 PM

Is it too much meta if I say that the asir certainly celebrated Skade's marriage to Njord with skadeglädjepaj?

Therese Norén | September 28, 2006 03:00 PM

(Truth in advertising: pun originally from my husband.)

Rachel | September 28, 2006 03:29 PM

I think Schadenfreude Pie needs some vanilla ice cream to go with it. Or would that lighten it up too much?

John Scalzi | September 28, 2006 03:43 PM

Schadenfreude a la mode? That'd totally be mixing linguistic genres.

Jeff Hentosz | September 28, 2006 05:30 PM

You could use an ice cream like Triple Fudge Brownie Bypass or whatnot, and call the whole mess something fancy like Schadenfreude coup de grace.

Mmm...tastes Darwin-y.

Adam | September 29, 2006 01:23 AM

Made this tonight. Delicious, but a little hard to serve. Keeps falling apart. I might not have cooked it long enough. :(

Also, do not try to make cupcakes from the leftover mixture. This may be common knowledge for normal folk, but this is a warning for people like myself, who have no business experimenting in the kitchen. The schadenfreude mix does not work for brownies. Trust me.

ajay | September 29, 2006 05:24 AM

Or fill it with ice cream and call it a Schadenfreude Bombe.

"Get down, sir! Schadenfreude bomb!"
KABOOOM
"Are you all right, sir?"
"Yes, looked like it overshot and hit Charlie Company. Ha! Suckers!"

Zerocreature | September 29, 2006 10:34 AM

To the guy who said "with you till the graham cracker crust"-

They DO make an oreo cookie crust that would nicely suit this pie... >:D

Fannie Farmer (Mrs.) | September 29, 2006 05:22 PM

I came here because you were mentioned in the comments column of the relatively inactive Fafblog - my compliments to the chef, and family.

As far as homemade mac and cheese goes - I like to kick it up to the next level with some mustard.

AA | September 29, 2006 08:34 PM

This way folks! One at a time!

relatively inactive - compared to, say,
the U.S. Constitution, or a dead 3-toed sloth.
One of which is tasty breaded and fried. (Hint: not the blog.)

Ellen Kushner | September 29, 2006 09:27 PM

Thank you for letting us share in your delightful yet evil daily life! I'm enjoying your fortunes - including the gorgeous gorgeous I Want One for Myself green bittersweet berry border that seems to be this autumn's "whatever" fashion statement. Yum so much to both!

Dick Durata | September 30, 2006 01:58 AM

That is a great series of photos, my thanks to the photographer and thanks to the subjects for sharing their culinary adventure.

rogue1971 | September 30, 2006 12:12 PM

Keeping with the theme and all what this pie needs a splash of distilled usernet bitterness.

Or at least that's what Sid would do.

Beth Meacham | September 30, 2006 12:33 PM

And your timing couldn't be better! Just in time for the Foley Follies!

Eric | October 2, 2006 12:16 AM

Yay!
The awful creeping darkness of the pie moved me to the brink of world domination...
Then I thought "Why bother?".

Nathan | October 2, 2006 12:24 AM

Beth

The Foley Follies seem likely to prove as good (bad) as it gets.

Dorothy | October 2, 2006 10:45 AM

Three comments:

1) Wow, you do a great version of Fafblog! I've been needing a fix lately.

2) Your daughter is sooooooo adorable, particularly in the "MWAHAHAHAHAHA!" shot. (Of course, she looks a lot like my mischief-maker, so I may be prejudiced. So what?)

3) That's the most decadent-looking Schadenfreude ever! aAny chance you can give us a recipe for crow that we can serve to those people whose misery we are so tastily enjoying?

Amanda | October 3, 2006 02:15 PM

Wow, that looks amazing. I found this link off a friend's journal--it just looks simply amazing.

Do you mind if I use the recipe? I'd love to make it sometime.

Amanda

John Scalzi | October 4, 2006 07:53 PM

Go right ahead, Amanda. That's why I posted it.

Jonathan | October 4, 2006 09:18 PM

Just when I was going to reach for a nice fat slice of Republican flavored Schadenfreude Pie, I was halted mid-reach by the online gambling rider.

Doh. Foiled again by ‘conservative values’ saving me from self destruction (except when it comes to state lotto) and providing deliverance from my spiraling path to hell. It’s a good thing the GOP is around to show moral strength and leadership. It’s been a great victory for freedom and Democracy these last few years. Oh, you moral majority! What else do you have in store for me? What other freedom might I lose? How ironic if Foley was enjoying a slice of pie right now, and thinking of me... Eew.

Doctor Memory | October 4, 2006 10:42 PM

In re the "pie in the oven" shot, I can only say:

BEFORE YOU DIE, YOU SEE THE PIE.

Nomie | October 9, 2006 09:27 PM

My friend and I tried making Schadenfreude Pie this weekend. It was a dismal failure.

I'm not sure where we went wrong. We had a slightly too small amount of brown sugar, so we substituted white and a bit of molasses. But we ended up with a solid top and liquid gooey insides. Even with an additional hour of cooking time.

Also - the recipe says 3 eggs, but the picture only shows 2. Maybe that was our problem?

John Scalzi | October 9, 2006 09:30 PM

No, it's definitely three eggs.

Couldn't tell you where you went wrong, except possibly to suggest your oven might not be evenly cooking (or alternately, may be running a temperature lower than it reports).

Faith | October 9, 2006 09:39 PM

We could not resist your recipe, and we blogged the experience. :) http://lusciousmango.livejournal.com/186472.html

Darcy | October 10, 2006 03:13 AM

I made 2 Schadenfreude pies this past weekend in honor of: 1) The Republican Party and 2) Mr. Foley. I think it just means more if you have a reason for the schadenfreude. I don't really believe in schadenfreude for the sake of schadenfreude, mostly because it's a heckuva a mouthful to say.

I kind of hate graham cracker crusts with every fiber of my being, so I used Oreo cookie crusts instead. It made the pies look even darker: like tar poured into asphalt molds.

I messed with the recipe further by using very dark 85% cocoa chocolate, and adding chocolate chips just before baking. But some may say that I have an unhealthy relationship with chocolate.

Thanks for sharing the concept, I think I'm enjoying it more than the pie itself. It amuses me to offer the pie to people and see if they get the joke.

John Scalzi | October 10, 2006 07:19 AM

Darcy:

"I kind of hate graham cracker crusts with every fiber of my being, so I used Oreo cookie crusts instead."

Well, had I had an Oreo crust, I would have used that myself, so I think that's allowable. Likewise, 85% cocoa seems reasonable to me. Extra chocolate chips? Hey, it's your pie.

AzureLunatic | October 11, 2006 04:55 PM

Gossip around work is that my two least-favorite co-workers are unexpectedly expecting. Therefore, it's time for me to try out this recipe. Since I care, I'm bringing this to my ladies' writing night tonight.

I'm experimenting with two little custard cups of pie that do not have any of the booze, as one of my writing group ladies doesn't eat items with alcohol ingredients.

I put in more than the recommended amount of chocolate. The melted chips were 60%. The random garnish I threw in was 70%. I plan to shave some 70% on top. Mmmm, pie.

Ceri | October 23, 2006 09:42 AM

I made two schadenfreude pies on Friday night for a party -- actually, I ended up with enough batter for three pies, so there was much malevolance about. Perhaps that was part of your plan all along -- the schadenfreude you get knowing that all that extra pie will be lurking in our kitchens.

The knife inserted in the center of the pie never came out clean, though. The pie was liquid when it came out of the oven and set just fine over the next 20 minutes or so.

I think there were two people in the room who finished their slice -- it's so rich! And evil! And delicious! And it gave at least one person nightmares! Truly a success.

Bean | November 11, 2006 03:33 PM

Black icing - chocolate icing colored black. Gets a true black without that horrified parent effect. Of course that horrified parent effect is FUN.

Never teh Bride | November 21, 2006 06:28 PM

Thanks for posting this!

In two days, my Thanksgiving experience will be marked by SCHADENFREUDE!

Mogalike | November 24, 2006 08:27 PM

I attempted this pie for Thanksgiving, and it was an enormous hit.

Goes well with vanilla ice cream, as well (though it becomes intrinsically less evil in the process).

Ellistrae | November 30, 2006 07:41 PM

Mmmm...I'll have to try that recipe. And I was inspired to post this link.

http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm

Weeble and Bob. PIE!!!!!!

Anonymous | December 4, 2006 11:42 PM

you realy sucks

John Scalzi | December 4, 2006 11:50 PM

But at least I can spell.

Dwight D Eisenhower | January 12, 2007 04:48 PM

I love this site, there is so much information to be found. Thank you.
Dwight D Eisenhower

Miss Mary | May 20, 2007 05:40 PM

I am 75 years old and I just learned this new fangled word last week. Now I gotta learn to bake?? That makes me miserable! Which makes you happier than ever. ;)

Paula Helm Murray | May 23, 2007 07:59 PM

OMFG, I made one over the weekend (weird stuff happens when I'm bored). Exactly as indicated. It's good for a 1/2 inch sliver to fill you up with all kinds of sweet/bittery gooey goodness!

Yaay you! Thanks for the recipe!