[Sca-cooks]Mock Apple Pie?

[Stefan li Rous]

> Ritz Mock Apple Pie
>
> The National Biscuit Company created Ritz Crackers in 1933 and shortly
> afterward introduced a recipe that has remain an adored oddity for
> nearly 70 years: Mock Apple Pie. Its popularity soared during World War
> II when fresh apples were a luxury few could afford.
Why were fresh apples more of a luzury during WWII than say before or 
just after that time? They don't have to be imported like coffee or 
rubber.

And on a more medieval note, were apples not exported from the apple 
growing areas in Europe to other parts during the Middle Ages? Or even 
cider? Wine did get exported from France to England, was English cider 
not shipped the other direction?

Stefan
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