Fun Pie Facts It's the All-American Dessert!

 

 

Do you fit the model of a "typical American consumer?" When it comes to pies, this is how most Americans feel:

 

•A survey by the American Pie Council and Crisco® found that apple pie is the favorite flavor among one out of four Americans, followed by pumpkin, chocolate, lemon meringue, and cherry.

•The average American eats six slices of pie per year.

•The term "as American as apple pie" traces back to 14th century England. The Pilgrims brought their pie-making skills, along with the apple seeds to America. As the popularity of apple pie spread throughout the nation, the phrase grew to symbolize American prosperity.

•Before pie was America's favorite dessert, fruit pies were commonly eaten as part of breakfast in the 19th century.

•Other names for a pie are: pastie, oggie, piraski, piragie, patty and pierogi. More common names include: streusel, tart, turnover and crumble.

•The term "upper crust" refers to early America when the economy was difficult and supplies were hard to come by. Only affluent households could afford ingredients for both the upper and lower crusts of a pie; thus, the term "upper crust" was born.

•Shoo-fly pie is a molasses pie that was originally used to sit on windowsills to attract flies away from the kitchen.

•The American Pie Council is the an organization committed to preserving America's pie heritage and promoting Americans' love of pie.

--source: Crisco

 

Published 06/20/08