I bought this attractive can of squash in Patuxet Village, RI. It was processed by the One Pie Canning Co. of Paris Maine. The typography at the top seems old, the bottom possibly new, but who knows. I wonder how old the design really is. Love seeing a wedge of pie on the label. I wonder if anyone even knows how to make type that rips like it used to. Perhaps people have lost the sense of it due to the presence of synthetic chemicals in the ground water. God knows what else has been lost.
The price was $1.89 at Lindsay's Market, while a can of 365 brand pumpkin from Whole Foods cost only $.99, but being a sucker I bought the One Pie, because I'm in love with the can. I wonder if it would be at all beneficial to adopt "One Pie" as my mantra for meditation. I think it would.
I hope you enjoy the can of One-Pie. It has nothing to do with Brooklyn, but it is a nice can.
4 comments:
Amy -
You've struck the eternal chord...the zither'd note that links commerce and art.. I think my dream career would be as a label designer for obscure products, I could spend the rest of my day writing poetry and posts, walkng the dog, playing my lyre..perhaps i wouldn't be so cranky with my kids about their rooms being a mess if only i could spend my days designing a can label like "one Pie". Thank you for this post and happy new year !
I actually found this same brand in Key Food on the corner of Flatbush and Caton Ave.
It was One Pie Pumpkin instead, however. Can't remember how much I paid for it...
I'm glad the people of Brooklyn can buy One-Pie. I hear pumpkin doesn't sell well off season, but I'm hoping it can become as multi-seasonal as the white potato. Why not, they're healthier. Sorry to preach...
Wow!! I haven't seen One Pie brand in ages. I'm 53 years old and that's the brand my mom used to make pumpkin and squash pies when I was a kid. We bought it at the corner grocery (long before megamarkets). The label design is the same as they used when I was a kid. Glad to see it is still on the market up there. (I grew up in Connecticut, but now live in South Carolina) And BTW, the company that makes One Pie pie filling, also makes or made Zarex drink syrup - if anyone here is old enough to remember that.
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