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]]>It dates back to when Americans gained independence from Britain and started distancing themselves from British culture including traditional English desserts like scones and bread pudding. Way back in the 1700s, newcomers from the Netherlands and Germany taught early settlers from an English descent how to make buttery crusts and the colonists filled them with sliced apples and spices which eventually became the dessert we know and love today. In 1796, in the first American cookbook, American Cookery, a recipe was published for apple pie. Like the Fourth of July, apple pie symbolizes America’s independence from Britain.
Chances are you’ve heard someone say “as American as apple pie,” but you probably weren’t aware where the term originated from. The phrase came from the folktale Johnny Appleseed, but it didn’t become popular until after World War II when it was common for soldiers to say they enlisted “for mom and apple pie.” Ever since it’s been used to describe anything patriotic.
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]]>The post Why Do We Eat Apple Pie on the Fourth of July? appeared first on thedancingcucumber.com.
]]>It dates back to when Americans gained independence from Britain and started distancing themselves from British culture including traditional English desserts like scones and bread pudding. Way back in the 1700s, newcomers from the Netherlands and Germany taught early settlers from an English descent how to make buttery crusts and the colonists filled them with sliced apples and spices which eventually became the dessert we know and love today. In 1796, in the first American cookbook, American Cookery, a recipe was published for apple pie. Like the Fourth of July, apple pie symbolizes America’s independence from Britain.
Chances are you’ve heard someone say “as American as apple pie,” but you probably weren’t aware where the term originated from. The phrase came from the folktale Johnny Appleseed, but it didn’t become popular until after World War II when it was common for soldiers to say they enlisted “for mom and apple pie.” Ever since it’s been used to describe anything patriotic.
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