Flying Pies on the Upper West Side

Endless Simmer readers, I must be subconsciously, or not-so-subconsciously, obsessed with record-breaking food events these days, because here’s another story about the world’s largest custard pie fight.

I didn’t see it live, but you can watch a video (and pity the people who had to clean up the mess) here:

This looks like so much fun, and reaches our inner impulses to play with our food.

But the pie-lover inside of me kind of cringes that they couldn’t eat those pies after being catapulted through the air (except for some probably accidental consumption). Seems like such a waste of a good pie. No word on whether or not Guinness has another record for fruit pies.