How did the saying As American as Apple Pie develop?

Answer 1

The history of the good old apple pie goes back a very long way. It could have originated from either England or Holland/Netherlands. There is a English recipe that dates back to 1381. Although, without of a shadow of a doubt, apples cooked in pies predates this by many 100's of years.

Answer 2

Apple pie appears to have originated (or at least it's mentioned) in Europe as far back as 1381. It appears in a cookbook put together in 1390, and owned by master chefs of King Richard II, which was then presented to the Queen by Edward Lord Stafford; though the pies then were much different as the crust was not made to eat (basically inedible), and they did not use sugar as it was extremely costly.

Apple pie appears in America in the 18th century, and has been changed and made into the apple pie that we are all familiar to this day with the availability of sugar and butter due to becoming more affordable.

Answer 3

http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/foodday/fd0197/fd012097.html Go here for a decent anwer. n 1878, Mark Twain made up a menu of American foods he missed in Europe for "A Tramp Abroad" which concludes "Apple pie ... Peach pie. American mince pie. Pumpkin pie. Squash pie. All sorts of American pastry.

Answer 4

The idiom is actually fairly recent. It seems to have appeared during World War II, as American GI's would frequently give the stock answer that they were fighting "for Mom and Apple Pie"--it was a catch-phrase of the time. The phrase was picked up by writers who turned it into "as American as Mom and Apple Pie". After a while, Mom got left out.

The irony is that apple pie is not American at all--it's German! When the Pilgrims landed in the 17th century, there were no edible apples in America, only crabapples. The English colonists made lots of pies, but not a lot of apple pies. It was the Pennsylvania Dutch, who came over in the 18th century (and who were, of course, German, and not Dutch) who perfected apple pies and made them a famous part of American cuisine.

Answer 5

its simple it made from apples and it is a pie

Answer 6

it hasent idiot

Answer 7

Some lady liked apples.... and crust.