"As American as apple pie." Is apple pie truly American? How did this tasty dessert originate?
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In the article Pie I found that there were lots interesting things about the history of a pie. One being that historians have traces the pie back to the Greeks and the Romans would have meat pies. Which was pretty weird since our pies today are mostly sweet. In medieval England they also did this with pies but they called them "pyes" which sounds pretty much the same but here the people stuffed the pie with beef, lamb, wild duck, magpie pigeon. That was pretty interesting the people back then would eat pie with a bird in it. With this these pies were still desert meals. That really interested me since the pie has meat isn't that a main course meal? Very weird but interesting.
ReplyDelete-Omar Shahzad
DeleteAfter reading the passage about pies, the most interesting thing I learned was that the classic American apple pie, isn't actually American. The recipe was originally brought from Europe and pies originally were stuffed with meat. The sweeter pies were a more recent recipe. I also thought the fact that they still considered the pies to be a dessert was interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn the pie article, I would it very interesting that historians were able to trace back the routes of pie to the ancient Greeks and Romans. It's interesting how pies have changed drastically in their contents (instead of apples or pumpkin in the pie, there was usually meat put into pies). Strangely enough, the meat pies were still considered dessert. It proved to be a very interesting article.
ReplyDeleteI found it cool that the ancient Greeks and Romans made pies, and that in Medieval Europe, pies were stuffed with heavily seasoned meat of all varieties. The thing that interested me the most was that pilgrims used pies as a way to keep food (the filling) from spoiling.
ReplyDelete-Alana R.
The most interesting thing i learned via the article was the pies were originally savory. The Greeks are believed to have invented the pastry dish, and after that Rome adopted it and stuffed it with seafood. In medieval England the pies contained meats and were called pyes. It wasn't until the pilgrims that the pies were filled with dried fruit, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
ReplyDeleteIn the pie article, I found the origins of pie to be most interesting. Pie actually originated from Ancient Rome and Greece which I found not only interesting but, surprising as well. Pie came to America from Europe which is not what I originally thought.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found most interesting about the article is that when pie was first invented it was not sweet, instead it had all sorts of meat in it like lamb. I never thought that meat could be in a pie.
ReplyDelete~Ian Anderson
I found the article about pie very interesting. Mainly because I thought that pies originated in America. Then to read that they weren't filled with the things we use today was weird. I also found it interesting that they used such a variety of spices. I also found it very interesting that the colonists used the pie crusts as a way to preserve the meats inside. I also found it fascinating how the British spelled pie "pyes".
ReplyDelete- Jessica Greene
One fact I found interesting in this article was that the original pie recipe came from England. Also since then the recipe has changed and different ingredients were used.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that pie was found in midevil times and was filled with meats and that our pie today is just a new kind of pie compared to the pie from midevil times. It was weird to know that they filled pie with meat but it was still cool to find out.
ReplyDeleteMike Darcy
I found the pie article very interesting. I never knew that people use to use pies for meat. I also never knew that the pies that we have now days came from Europe.
ReplyDeleteI found the article to be very interesting. One thing that I found interesting was that pies didn't originate from America and scientists were able to trace pies all the way back to Ancient Greece and Rome. Also I thought that pies filled with meat was strange but interesting.
ReplyDelete- Tristan Adel Dodoo
One thing I found interesting was that pies were at first called pyes and they were from England. Also they were filled with meat kinda like a sheperds pie.
ReplyDelete~Cylah
The thing about pies that I found most interesting was that pies didn't start out as desserts or sweets but as were more of a main dish with meat, seafood, and spices on them.
ReplyDeleteI Think that it is really interesting that at first people didn't put things like apples, pumpkins, or pecans in their pies. The first pies were stuffed with meat, dried fruit, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg.
ReplyDelete~Laura Adams
The main thing i found interesting in the article about pies was that the classic American apple pie isn't actually American.
ReplyDelete-Waleed Warraich
What I found very interesting was that at first pies weren't really stuffed with fruits but stuffed with meat and other unsweetened things.
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