BIOWARE PIE SHOP:
Well Bioware started off with making good ole traditional Apple Pies, the home made way, with love and care. They were exceptional because of this. Over time, however, they decided to add some other flavors, like Cheery and Blueberry. I don't like cheery much, but blueberry I don't mind now and then - just for a change of pace.
They also wanted to keep that homemade flavor so they focused on quality as well as variety. Eventually, however, costs went up, and they branched out more. They could no longer afford to do things completely homemade and hired more cooks to increase production, but still kept the quality up by using the best organic ingredients. They also tried a few other flavors and overall their pies remained consistently good.
But costs continued to go up and gamers wanted twists on original flavors, or wanted to adjust the recipes. Bioware finally decided they needed to go into full time mass production. Joining with EA they gave up the home made quality. Now their factory made pies are still tasty and satisfying ... but not quite the same as the originals.
They also found people sometimes just wanted a little pie, so they made mini-pies, that ranged in quality from stale, chemical tasting twinkie-pies to rich buttery croissant pies. But considering what a mixed bag buying one of these mini-pies turned out to be I try avoid them unless the food critics give them a good rating.
So now we reach the current status of their Pie Industry. They finally shut down their homemade and organic pies due to costs and lack of apparent demand. The masses had spoken and they wanted Cherry and Blueberry, with extra butter and sugar crystals on top - even if those these things tended to increase the costs of making the pies. So they began a shift to a completely mass produced pie, trying to find shortcuts in other ingrediants and cooking time to help cover the added costs. They added more sugar and fat while using cheaper, bleached flour and artifically flavored fruit filling. This makes the pies very appealing and tasty at the cost of a lot of empty calories and complexity of flavor.
Anyhow I still like store made pies okay - they are good for a diversion, a treat, but they do not satisfy or taste as good as the traditional home made apple pie they use to make. Plus you can still find some close-to-homemade pies, made with organic and fairly fresh ingrediants ... so their is plenty of hope they will try to incorporate good ingredients in their future pies and continue to make quality pies ... even if they decide they can no longer make pies in flavors that only a few folks like.
So, avoiding the cherry, I may just have to be satisfied with a quality blueberry or strawberry pie, even if I secretly continue to crave my traditional old fashioned apple pie.
Because, when all is said and done, the only reason I would not eat any of their pie is if the quality and flavors both go stale ... and so far that is not the case. Lets hope Bioware will always produce delicious pie no matter the flavor :-)
Modifié par KethWolfheart, 14 septembre 2010 - 09:05 .
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