Love Pie? 3 Things You Need To Know!

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Love Pie? 3 Things You Need To Know!

Friday, June 19th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed

Love pie? Well find me a Pharaoh that doesn’t!

Pies are no spring chickens! They’ve been being devoured for thousands of years. It’s suspected that the first pies were created in Egypt and were filled with honey, fruits and nuts… much like the pecan, coconut and chocolate pies that we know and love today. Greek merchants embraced the pie movement and helped it cross the ocean to Europe where it was a huge hit with the Romans, the Spaniards, the British and ultimately found it’s way to my plate here in Jackson, TN!

One for You, 6 For Me!

Give or take a bite, every adult US citizen will consume 6 slices of pie in 2009.According to Wikipedia, the most recent survey has the current population at 306 Million of which 73% are adults. That’s 223,380,000 people who are all going to eat 6 pieces of pie… that’s 1 Billion, 340 Million, 280 Thousand pieces of pie…the USA loves pie! Pie has penetrated American culture so deeply, that the term “As American as Apple Pie” is common place. Citing a 2008 survey by Crisco, America’s pie preferences are as follows. Apple, pumpkin, pecan,, banana cream and cherry in that order. 18% of men say their wife cooks the best pie while only 2% of women are willing to admit their husband’s pie is superior!

The Upper Crust

Pie is one of the few foods that can lay claim to its own official organization! You don’t hear much about the vegemite committee of America, but sure enough The American Pie Council is alive and well. “Designed to raise awareness, enjoyment and consumption of pies”, the APC organizes several annual events including the National Pie Championships and National Pie Day (which by the way is January 23^rd – mark your calendars!) Membership has 3 levels – Amateur, Professional and Commercial and entitles you to a tart shell full of benefits not least of which is the official newsletter – Pie Times (of course it is…)

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