- Do you love pie? Well find me a Pharaoh that doesn’t!
Pies have been around for quite some time… thousands of years in fact. It’s suspected that the first pies were created in Egypt and were filled with honey, fruits and nuts… much like the pecan, coconut and chocolate pies that we know and love today. Travelers from Greece, brought the recipe home to Europe and from there it spread to Rome, then on to Britain, then to North America and somehow found it’s way onto my plate!
- How Much Pie is Too Much PIe!
Give or take a bite, every adult US citizen will consume 6 slices of pie in 2009. The current population is estimated to be 306 million, 73% of which are adults. That’s 223,380,000 people who are all going to eat 6 pieces of pie… that’s 1 Billion, 340 Million, 280 Thousand pieces of pie…the USA loves pie! Pie has become so much of an American tradition that the phrase “As American as Apple Pie” has become a common expression. Citing a 2008 survey by Crisco, America’s pie preferences are as follows. Starting with the most popular, Apple, pumpkin, pecan, banana cream and cherry. 18% of men say their wife cooks the best pie while only 2% of women are willing to admit their husband’s pie is superior!
- The Upper Crust
Pie is one of the few foods that can lay claim to its own official organization! You don’t hear much about the vegemite committee of America, but sure enough The American Pie Council is alive and well. “Designed to raise awareness, enjoyment and consumption of pies”, the APC organizes several annual events including the National Pie Championships and National Pie Day (which by the way is January 23rd – mark your calendars!) Membership has 3 levels – Amateur, Professional and Commercial and entitles you to a tart shell full of benefits not least of which is the official newsletter – Pie Times (of course it is…)
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