Stovetop cooking pie press

Stovetop cooking pie press Information
Category	Fluff
Class	Miscellaneous
Type	Cooking
Item Restrictions	✓

Verbs Used
CLEAN CLOSE OPEN PUT

The stovetop cooking pie press is a fluff cooking script that applies to miscellaneous items, and is part of the Cooking utensils family of scripts. It is designed to work with the stovetop cooking system to bake pies and cobblers on a portable stove.

Analyze

This is a stovetop cooking container, utensil, or tool.  It is a container which can hold two ingredients inside.
This item can be closed and will produce a cooking creation when opened.
You can CLOSE this press and then OPEN it to complete a cooking creation that is contained within.
The press may be used with a stove or similar heat source for cooking.

Usage Information

Filling the Press

Verb	Option	First	Third
PUT	Pie dough, empty press	After flattening out the pie dough between your palms, you lay it inside the cast iron pie press. You mold it into shape by pressing it into the pie tin, leaving the excess to hang over the edge.	After flattening out the dough between her palms, Vanah lays it inside the cast iron pie press. She molds it into shape by pressing it into the pie tin, leaving the excess to hang over the rim.
PUT	Pie filling, onto pie dough	You add the mixed berry filling to the cast iron pie press. It gradually settles, spreading to the edges of the pie crust in a thick, gooey layer.	Vanah adds the mixed berry filling to the cast iron pie press. It gradually settles, spreading to the edges of the pie crust in a thick, gooey layer.
PUT	Cobbler filling, empty press	You add the blackberry filling to the cast iron pie press. It gradually settles, spreading to the edges of the tin in a thick, gooey layer.	Vanah adds her blackberry filling to the cast iron pie press. It gradually settles, spreading to the edges of the tin in a thick, gooey layer.
PUT	Cobbler dough, onto cobbler filling	You crumble the cobbler dough in your hand, then spread the pieces evenly across the blackberry filling inside the cast iron pie press.	Vanah crumbles the cobbler dough in her hand, then spreads the pieces evenly across the blackberry filling inside the cast iron pie press.
PUT	Pie filling, empty press	You dump the mixed berry filling into the tin inside the cast iron pie press and it spreads out, forming a gooey layer that clings to the metal. Aren't you missing something?	Vanah dumps the mixed berry filling into the tin inside the cast iron pie press and it spreads out, forming a sticky layer that clings to the metal. She briefly furrows her eyebrows with uncertainty.
PUT	Cobbler dough, empty press	You crumble the cobbler dough in your hand and scatter the pieces over the bottom of the tin in the cast iron pie press. Something's not quite right.	Vanah crumbles the cobbler dough in her hand and scatters the pieces over the bottom of the tin inside the cast iron pie press. She narrows her eyes in a pensive squint.

Baking

Verb	Option	First	Third
CLOSE	Double-crust pie	You trim the overhanging edges of pie crust, reforming it into a ball of pie dough. After pressing it out flat, you lay it over the top of the mixed berry filling and crimp the edges of the two crusts together. You lower the lid on a cast iron pie press, securely closing it.	Vanah trims the overhanging edges of pie crust, reforming it into a ball of pie dough. After pressing it out flat, she lays it over the top of the mixed berry filling and crimps the edges of the two crusts together. She lowers the lid on a cast iron pie press, securely closing it.
CLOSE	Single-crust pie	You trim the overhanging edges of pie crust from around a cast iron pie press and discard the scraps. You lower the lid, securely closing it.	Vanah trims the overhanging edges of pie crust from around a cast iron pie press and discards the scraps. She lowers the lid, securely closing it.
CLOSE	Cobbler	You poke some of the cobbler dough around in a cast iron pie press, being sure it covers most of the filling. You lower the lid, securely closing it.	Vanah pokes some of the cobbler dough around in a cast iron pie press, being sure it covers most of the filling. She lowers the lid, securely closing it.
PUT	On a portable stove	You carefully set your cast iron pie press on the cast iron stove.	Vanah carefully sets a cast iron pie press on a cast iron stove.
PUT	On a stove while open	You must first close the cast iron pie press.	-
(heating)	Each heating pulse	Waves of heat distort the air around the cast iron pie press.	Waves of heat distort the air around the cast iron pie press.
OPEN	Baked	You open the cast iron pie press to reveal an elven mixed berry pie inside!	Vanah opens a cast iron pie press to reveal an elven mixed berry pie inside!
OPEN	Too few heating cycles	You think it might be underdone... You open the cast iron pie press to reveal an underbaked elven mixed berry pie inside!	Vanah opens a cast iron pie press to reveal an underbaked elven mixed berry pie inside!
OPEN	Too many heating cycles	You think you may have burnt it... You open the cast iron pie press to reveal an overbaked elven mixed berry pie inside!	Vanah opens a cast iron pie press to reveal an overbaked elven mixed berry pie inside!
OPEN	No matching recipe	Not quite sure what the goal was, you see an unrecognizable mess inside the cast iron pie press when you open it.	Vanah opens the cast iron pie press and makes a face at the unrecognizable mess inside.
OPEN	Not heated	You open the cast iron pie press.	Vanah opens the cast iron pie press.
CLEAN	-	You fastidiously clean out a cast iron pie press, wiping away any remaining filling goop and scraping off remnants of baked-on crust.	Vanah fastidiously cleans out a cast iron pie press, wiping away any remaining filling goop and scraping off remnants of baked-on crust.

Additional Information

• The pie press holds two ingredients: a dough and a filling. The order matters:
  • Pies: PUT pie dough in first, then a pie filling.
  • Cobblers: PUT a cobbler filling in first, then cobbler dough on top.
  • Putting a pie filling into an empty press, or a filling on top of anything other than pie dough, ruins the bake.
• CLOSE the press, then PUT it on a lit portable stove. Closing the press resets its heating cycles. Each heating pulse adds one heating cycle.
• All pies and cobblers need 8 to 12 heating cycles. Opening the press too early gives an underbaked result, and waiting too long gives an overbaked one.
• OPEN the press to finish baking. The finished pie or cobbler must be taken out before the press can be used again.
• Fillings are made in a cooking pot, and dough is kneaded in a mixing bowl.

Pie press recipes

Type	Results
Double-crust pies	almond pear, apricot, blueberry, cherry, cranberry apple, elven mixed berry, old fashioned apple, peaches and cream, purple plum, strawberry rhubarb
Single-crust pies	caramelized sugar, chocolate, chocolate winter, cloudberry custard, coconut custard, lemon meringue, nutty apple fig, pecan, pumpkin, spiced cardamom and almond custard, sweet potato
Cobblers	blackberry, cranberry walnut, elder blueberry, loganberry, mixed fruit, old fashioned apple, peach, pear and mulberry, star anise and cherry

Restrictions

• The pie press cannot be lightened or deepened.
• The pie press may be dyed.

Availability

• It's To Pie For (Ebon Gate Festival)

See Also

• Portable stove
• Stovetop cooking utensils
• Stovetop cooking system
• Baking (pie)