For this week’s student blogging challenge one of the options is to write about a food that is popular in your country, and the first thing that came to mind as I racked my brain for something to write about was the phrase, “As American as apple pie. Apple pie is a pie (well, duh) that has a sugary, apple filling and a lengthy history. Pie (or pye, as it was spelled at the time) has been around since Ancient Greece and Rome, and the first known reference to apple pie in particular was in 1589. Read more about pies . . .
Of course, these pies were a little different than are today. The first apple pies were not at all sweet, and they were practically inedible. The colonists mostly only made pies because they preserved whatever was inside them for a bit longer than usual. Read more about the colonists . . . Nowadays, apple pie is still quite popular, being a nice dessert to finish up a Thanksgiving or just for when you would like something yummy to eat.