Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Sing A Song of Sixpence...

Do you know what this is?


A pie bird !

...Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.

Have you seen the latest edition of Country Living Magazine?
Mine arrived in my mailbox today.


It has an article about pie birds. (And pie-elephants, and pie-fruit, etc)
These fun little ceramic vents are used when baking pastry to let steam escape 
and prevent the filling from bubbling out all over your oven.

These three warblers usually perch in my kitchen window.  


1.Yellow beaked blackbird.
2. Hand painted with  blue flowers, by someone with initials C.C.
3. Brown drip bird.

Some day I hope to collect a few more. 
 I've got my eye on a cute little blue one over at the antique store.  



35 comments:

  1. Oh, I remember these!!! Granny Walden used to use them bakin' pies in her old farm kitchen. These are great!!!

    God bless ya'll and enjoy this day! :o)

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  2. I have loved pie birds. I hope the blue one can come and live with you soon.

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  3. Hi! they are the prettiest things ever, even I would bake if I had one of those!jennyx

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  4. I love pie birds. Yours are so cute!

    xo
    Claudia

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  5. your little pie birds are sweet.

    xo
    ~molly

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  6. I just read this article last night. I did a blog post last fall on Pie Birds....just LOVE them!

    Blessings!
    Gail

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  7. There was also an article about them in Martha Stewart Living magazine. You can be sure the price is now going UP!

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  8. I have never seen these before and I never would have guessed what were used for! I will be on the look-out for a couple for myself... they are adorable!!!

    Thank you for sharing this!

    Hugs, Carolyn ~ Cottage Sunshine

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  9. P.S. I am glad those boys are okay from your previous post! Also the post about the vintage cards brought back so many memories! :)

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  10. Yes I do know! And I instantly thought of my reading that very magazine last night. Love those little pie birds.
    Brenda

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  11. I think they are adorable, and have only one. And they really work.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Sue

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  12. I love pie birds - yours are especialy sweet - tweet tweet.

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  13. I have one given to me several years ago by our son and daughter-in-law. It is a pretty blue-bird shade of blue! :)

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  14. Very cute pie birds! I love the white and blue one. I don't come across these sweet little birds very often, and when I do, they're not affordable. You're are great!
    Patricia :o)

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  15. I have one little pie bird that looks like your bird with the yellow beak!! I think they are charming!

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  16. Oh I love these...I was just reading the same artical in Country Living. I wish I had some...happy baking my friend. oxxo

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  17. I have never seen these before! What a neat idea:)))
    I must not be much of a pie-baker...
    :))

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  18. They are so cute, worthy of collecting.

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  19. I sure love your collection, and I too just received my magazine yesterday. I have not found a pie bird yet, but I really should keep my eyes peeled for one. The trees I find at Big Lots also Michaels crafts and I am sure Hobby Lobby (we don't have one here in Ca.) And then when I add the bling I use hot glue, and yes some I will give a spray of Glitter. Hugs, Diane

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  20. Never heard of this but very clever solution and so cute in the middle of a pie!!!!!!

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  21. I just got my copy in the mail today. Well, I just got my mail today it might have been there yesterday.

    I remember your post about the pie birds. I had never seen them before, but oh how cute!

    I'll have to look around for one, or two or three!

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  22. I found a little black one like that that my Granny used in pies :) Catherine x

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  23. Love those cuties...My grandma used to have one. She made the best pies!

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  24. Oooh, lovely! My mom and I saw that article and commented about one that she has that belonged to my great grandma. It's very old so she doesn't use it. I bought her one last christmas that is made of that rubbery silpat material so that it won't break. She loves it.

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  25. I remember those! I don't see them very often at the flea markets. But I'll have to look next time I am there.

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  26. How cute!! I love those!
    I read your post about the accident outside your house! YIKES! I am so NOT medically inclined! I pray that if I'm ever in your situation I can be a help and a calming to the victims. That was so sweet of those boys to bring you flowers. Doesn't that remind you that there IS good in the world? You did a very Christian helpful thing and I'm sure they were very grateful!
    Bless you!

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  27. Oh I LOVE these! Now, you have me wanting to looks for one! Love that fairytale. :-)

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  28. I love those little birds!
    It's great to find something cute AND useful!

    M.E.

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  29. I have seen these before and always loved them.
    They are just darling!
    So,glad that you are collecting them!
    Have a great weekend!

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  30. I've seen photos of those but never actually found one! How neat is that! It would make a really fun collection! ♥

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  31. Hello, and thanks for stopping by the High Street Cottage and for your nice comment on my candy cone inspired by Swedish Blogs. I adore pie birds, and have two myself sitting on my chippy white hutch, you can see it when you click "my cottage" on my page. My grandmother had several, and very detailed. I love your white with the blue, not seen one like that, and have always been partial to the black magpies (at least I think that's what they are) ;)

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  32. I have thought of collecting piebirds, but have no place to put them. Love yours.

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  33. I so want a pie bird! Or two. Or three... Where did you find yours?

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  34. How stinkin' cute are these, Gayle?! Each one has a different personality & a totally different look, too.

    Thank you SO much for telling me about yours. I added a link to this in my peach pie post.

    Hugs,
    Rett

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