First of all – Happy Pi Day!
If you are a math nerd, this is a fun day!
March 14 or 3.14…and I did not just admit to being a nerd?!?
What is pi?
It is the ratio of the circle’s circumference to its diameter.
So here, my lovely Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron Tarte Tatin pan has a diameter of 9 1/2 inches. What is the circumference you ask?
That is where my handy little mysterious irrational number comes in! The circumference is the diameter (as measured by my whimsical tape measure) multiplied by pi.
The circumference of my Le Creuset pan:
pi d = C
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884+ X 9.5 = 29.845130209+
About 30″ around.
pi d = C
3.141592653589793238462643383279502884+ X 9.5 = 29.845130209+
About 30″ around.
OK, I am off to bake a 30″ circumference apple tarte tatin!
Did you enjoy some pie on Pi Day?
(Portions of this post were written for Pi Day 2008, as some things never change, and pi is one of them).
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I made a sweet potato pie based on Alton Brown’s recipe in Good Eats. I had never made or eaten one before. It’s frigging awesome, it’s like pumpkin pie but without feeling like you eat a jack’o’lantern.
I made a jam tart. Not a pie, but related.
Oh my god!
What an adorable measuring tape! Where can I get one?
I love the tape measure too! Reminds me of March “in like a lion, out like a lamb.” How fitting on Pi day!
Honestly, though, I think more recipes should specify baking dishes by their circumference. It makes much more sense, don’t you think?
That measuring tape is a crack up! Happy pi+1 day. Does that make today April 14th? Todd