Food News: Many ways to slice apple pie

"There's an expression "as American as apple pie." But apple pie isn't really an American invention at all. Surprised? Recipes for apple pie were brought to America by early European settlers.
In England, apple pie recipes date back to at least 1381. These recipes used apples, spices, figs, raisins, and pears. Early English recipes for apple pie did not use sugar. Sugar was later imported into England from Egypt in the 14th century. It was not widely available and was very expensive.But the English actually preferred their apple pies without sugar. Most of the pies they ate in the 1300s were made with meat. They were served as the meal's main course. Then someone began substituting fruit for meat and serving the pie as dessert."

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