Talk:History of pie

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 Definition:  History of the foodstuff named pie. [d] [e]
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American?

The current first sentence is "Pie is thought to be American in origin, as in "American Pie" but in actuality pie has a long history dating back to England." This seems problematic to me, since it would never have occurred to me to imagine pie was "American in origin". Steak & kidney pie is a traditional British dish, various sorts of meat pie are an Aussie staple (I think occupying a central place in their non-fancy culinary tradition like hamburgers for the US), Quebec has tourtiere [1], and so on.

Did the notion of sweet pies, rather than meat-based ones, originate in America perhaps? Certainly we have expressions like "American as apple pie", and some pies such as Pecan pie (yuummm!) are very likely American. Sandy Harris 04:02, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

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