Mmm ... 20-sided pecan pie

by Joe DiStefano, Posted Nov 29th 2006 @ 2:05PM

I don't know how I missed this wonderful geeky Thanksgiving project over at Instructables. I'd like to think that Martha Stewart is jealous of Turkey tek's 20-sided pecan pie, but I'm not so sure. Last time, I checked she doesn't use metal shears or high-strength magnets in any of her domestic projects.

Given that I'm a geek at heart (yes, this thing reminds me of the dice from Dungeons & Dragons) and that I didn't have any pecan pie for Thanksgiving I'm certainly jealous. The fascinating step-by-step instructions include photos of a schematic, a paper model and the details of the construction of the polyhedral pastry. Sadly they do not include a recipe, but my impression is that constructing the ~~icosagon~~ icosahedron was more of a challenge than baking the 20 triangular pecan pies.

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Filed Under: Hacking Food, Food Oddities, Fall Flavors, Ingredients, How To
Tags: dessert, fall flavors, hacking food, Instructables, nuts, oddities, pecan pie, PecanPie, seeds, sugar

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11-29-2006 @2:48PM Jeff said... You mean icosahedron not icosagon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedron
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11-29-2006 @5:27PM Demian Larsen said... for all you geeks out there:

Check out the cool Roboreptile Egg Whack game on the MyRoboreptile website: myroboreptile.com

Child Magazine's Best Toy of the Year

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