Pie History

Good Morning Pie Lovers!

 Here's a brief update on France, we have 5 weeks left until we leave!! My fundraising is coming right along! You can still order pies by calling Mendocino Ballet at 707-463-2290. Thank you Gribaldo's for letting me put a fundraising can on your counter!

If there are any other businesses willing to particapate in helping the ballet out, with a fundraiser can, call me at 707-367-5498 or you can call the number above.

What is it as simple as an apple on a tree, or in a pie shell?

 Here is a picture I found, that I thought looked like it could be an ancient pie.

Was the beginning of pies that easy? Hardly, the history of a delicious pie, and America’s never ending passion was a slow and messy, but beautiful process of undying love for pie.

History people believe that the today's pie progressed over a long period of time, like so many other important pursuits. Ancient Greece was where bakers connected the first pastry dough, out of flour and fat. The reason for the crust, was to preserve the deliciousness inside. Rich people probably never had a reason to use crust for making their food last longer.

Romans took the pie idea on the road, and filled it with mussels, and food from the sea. They advertised it all over the country, until pie was a delight of Europe. The Brits stuffed theirs with partridges and other savory offerings; the French with creamy marzipan.

Cherry pie, is considered the long-esteemed American favorite. It was first baked by Queen Elizabeth according to lore. Pies hit their low point, in 1644,when England's Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell banned them as "A pagan form of pleasure."

  

Janet Clarkson,an Aussie writer who ate her way through 12 glorious months of research for her book, Pie: A Global History, is fond of weird pie facts. "Over a couple centuries in England's tiny village of Denby Dale," Clarkson says, "A series of giant pies have been made. The first was in 1788, as a gift from the town to King George III, who was recovering from a bout madness." In 1877, a pie weighing one and a half tons marked by Queen Victoria's jubilee.

Stay tuned til Monday for more pie history!

Oh, and in case your wondering, this is an English assignment. What grade do you think I deserve? I'm not done blogging, about pie history!!!