[Namron] pye-riod

muriel at entelesoft.com muriel at entelesoft.com
Sun Aug 8 19:14:07 PDT 2004


more pie history:
http://www.piecouncil.org/national.htm

Learn about the history of pies

Pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians. The first pies were made by
early Romans who may have learned about it through the Greeks. These pies
were sometimes made in "reeds" which were used for the sole purpose of
holding the filling and not for eating with the filling.

The Romans must have spread the word about pies around Europe as the Oxford
English Dictionary notes that the word pie was a popular word in the 14th
century. The first pie recipe was published by the Romans and was for a
rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie.

The early pies were predominately meat pies. Pyes (pies) originally appeared
in England as early as the twelfth century. The crust of the pie was
referred to as "coffyn". There was actually more crust than filling. Often
these pies were made using fowl and the legs were left to hang over the side
of the dish and used as handles. Fruit pies or tarts (pasties) where
probably first made in the 1500s. English tradition credits making the first
cherry pie to Queen Elizabeth I.

Pie came to America with the first English settlers. The early colonists
cooked their pies in long narrow pans calling them "coffins" like the crust
in England. As in the Roman times, the early American pie crusts often were
not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling during baking. It was
during the American Revolution that the term crust was used instead of
coffyn.

Over the years, pie has evolved to become what it is today "the most
traditional American dessert". Pie has become so much a part of American
culture throughout the years, that we now commonly use the term "as American
as apple pie".



PS- No, I won't jump out of anyone's pie.
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