Who Put the Pie in Pioneer Day?

As many of you know, our company, Allen, resides in Salt Lake City, UT. What some of you may not know is that Utah celebrates Pioneer Day. (if you want to know more about it, please read the article by the Salt Lake Tribune).

So in the spirit of Pioneer Day, Allen had a lunch. While we thought about the fire hazards of Dutch oven baking and the cleanliness of a chicken petting zoo, one brave coworker thought:

Pie

So, while in many ways, this was a typical lunch with salads, sandwiches, chips, and lemonade--now it was special.

There was pie. And even a choice of chocolate or banana.

We even put on a reading from the Prairie Home Companion Show. But still, where was the adventure? where was the struggle?

Thus, the first Allen Pie Eating contest was born.


Eight people all told stuffed their faces full of pie. And while the pioneers of yesteryear may not have let the women join, Allen welcomed everyone to the table of pie:

Here is one of our coworkers enjoying banana cream.












As with every good pie partaking event, especially when coupled with the spirit of pioneers, there was a stand off between sales and courseware.




And a yippee ki yay, sales won













And maybe Mike Lindsay expresses it best:



Happy Pioneer Day!

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