Apple pie is one the very best desserts that we or almost every person has tried. It is considered to be very American and it typically eating around the American holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. But we must first know the apple before we know the apple pie. The goal is to people eating apples, to get healthier and find ways, fun ways, to get better.
As I presented in class apples are the backbone of apple pie but they are also a very old part of history. Apples weren’t always in America they have made their way to this great country just like many immigrants who came through Ellis Island. In America, we had the crab apple but our modern apples probably came from Asia and we can thank Alexzander the Great for finding the dwarfed apples in Kazakhstan then bringing them back to Macedonia in 328 BC (Upton, 2013).
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From that point on apples were on their way as the Romans shared them with England and eventually to America via the colonist (Upton, 2013). One of the more interesting points of our trees in how they were pollinated because although seeds were planted there was not much fruit. So, along comes the Apis mellifera or the European honey bee, shipped to American in 1622, and these bees really enjoyed pollinating because they produced honey 50 times more than our native bees (Upton, 2013). This was the kick-start the trees needed to become part of Americas snack, meals and desserts.
The symbolism of the apple to America derive from the slogans used to promote patriotism and capitalism. A common reply to a journalist as to why men and boys would want to fight in WWII was “For mom and apple pie” (Upton, 2013). Today that slogan would not work but people in were less knowledgeable as today and we need a much better reason to fight in a war than an apple pie. Another slogan giving by the apple growers was “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” which was a very smart campaign to get apples into the grocery cart and it gave the industry the monetary boost it needed because of the negative press of prohibition hard cider (Upton, 2013). In the early 20th century, catchy slogans were very necessary to keep products moving and although, nutritionally, apples speak for themselves the statements made to the public while eating an apple told people that they supported our troops and prohibition.
One way to get me to eat apples, aside from peanut butter, is to put them into a pie crust or a cupcake. The dish I brought to the class was the apple pie cupcakes from a recipe at Spendwithpennies.com. I wanted to make an actual pie but struggled with the individual presentation per person. This recipe is extremely easy and time efficient. The recipe calls for 1 box of white cake mix, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 can of apple pie filling plus whip cream (Holly, 2015).
Holly – Spend with Pennies
I added more apple to the recipe to increase the apple ratio and for presentation purposes. Make the cupcake mix, add cinnamon then put three scoops of the mix and one scoop of filling. Bake at 350 for 18-20 and you’re done (Holly, 2015).
My favorite way to eat these is to heat up two of them and put some vanilla bean ice cream on top. Apple pie cupcakes are a quick and easy way to eat apples plus you can take them places because of there so small.
References
Holly. (2015, March 22). APPLE PIE CUP
CAKES. Retrieved from Spend with Pennies: https://www.spendwithpennies.com/apple-pie-cupcakes/
Upton, E. (2013, July 11). Apple Pie Isn’t Really “American”. Retrieved from Todayifoundout.com: www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/07/apple-pie-isnt-really-american/