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pie history:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P align=center><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2><FONT
color=#0034ff size=4>Learn about the history of pies</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>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. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2>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". <SPAN class=006391202-09082004><FONT
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<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=006391202-09082004><FONT
color=#0000ff>PS- No, I won't jump out of anyone's
pie.</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>