Pie funnels. Do you use them?

[Windigo]

Clever you! I really didn't think anyone would get this. Yes - its a pie funnel and in English nursery rhyme tradition its shaped like a blackbird. The original photo is from the top looking down. Here it is as it looks from the side:

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Never heard of this before

 

[LissaC]

I was today's years old when I learned there's such a thing as a pie funnel

 

[TastyReuben]

I was today's years old when I learned there's such a thing as a pie funnel

My grandmother had a couple. She called them pie birds. She’s the only person I’ve ever actually seen use one, except for on the tee-vee.

 

[LissaC]

My grandmother had a couple. She called them pie birds. She’s the only person I’ve ever actually seen use one, except for on the tee-vee.

Portuguese grandmas are full of knick knacks and whatnot but this pie funnel thing is unheard of here

 

[Morning Glory]

Pie funnels are quite useful really. They help hold the crust up so it doesn't get soggy. They also prevent pie filling from boiling up and leaking through or out the sides of the crust by allowing steam to escape from inside the pie. Well, that's the theory.

Mine looks like blackbird (from the nursery rhyme 'four & twenty blackbirds baked in a pie', I presume):

 

[karadekoolaid]

My mum used to use one for apple pies.
Never seen one since!!

 

[GadgetGuy]

Never heard of this before

I never heard of it either!

 

[TastyReuben]

I never heard of it either!

By this time tomorrow, I’m betting you’ll have ordered one…in orange!

 

[Mountain Cat]

I was today's years old when I learned there's such a thing as a pie funnel

I never heard of it either!

Totally in the dark about these things, too!

Don't plan on ordering, at least not this year.

 

[Windigo]

By this time tomorrow, I’m betting you’ll have ordered one…in orange!

Nah, it's probably because the Dutch don't really have much of a pie culture. It's not something common to eat here and I am not super fond of it to be honest. I am sure there must be delicious pies, but I personally have not found them yet.
Though I did like my UK ex MIL's chicken & leek pie.

 

[madebyyouandi]

By this time tomorrow, I’m betting you’ll have ordered one…in orange!

Ummm, they were out of orange so...

 

[Yorky]

My dear old mum used them many moons ago.

 

[garlichead]

Nope, never used one.

 

[Morning Glory]

I am sure there must be delicious pies, but I personally have not found them yet.

You don't like apple pie?

 

[Windigo]

You don't like apple pie?

I wasn't thinking about sweet pies when I wrote this. But still I prefer other ways of making apple tart, I prefer strudels, tarts, turnovers or crumbles to pie.
I wouldn't say pie is on the top of my list in any category. That's not to say I won't eat it, but I so far only eat pies when I get served one.
I don't consider my favorite apple crumble tart to be a pie, because it has no pie crust. Pies are also not a big thing here culturally, the only really common one is apple pie.