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National Cherry Pie Day is on February 20. With all its fruity, buttery goodness, we have our forks ready to devour this delicious dessert in all its forms — homemade or store-bought everything is better with pie! With this holiday being celebrated only a few days after Presidents’ Day, it is believed that this pie flavor was chosen for its significance to George Washington and the myth created by his biographer about Washington’s honesty when he cut down his father’s cherry tree.

The first pie dates back as far as 9500 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Known for their love of sweets and meats, Egyptians usually made pies with honey and dates, which were encased in reeds, as the filling of a pie was only meant to be eaten. It is believed that the Romans learned about pies from the Greeks who then introduced this delectable dish to the rest of Europe.

The cherry pie is one of America’s favorite pie fillings, traditionally made with tart cherries instead of sweet ones, morello cherries, or native black cherries. This tasty dessert is great with large amounts of ice cream or cream, whipped or poured.

The Kansas legislature enacted stricter food service laws in the late 1800s, which included a restriction on serving ice cream with cherry pie. Legislators believed that consuming such a rich dessert was superfluous and verging on gluttony, therefore they were also concerned about the moral ramifications.

 

 

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1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

they were also concerned about the moral ramifications

They would have lost it at seeing Pop Tarts !!

[Ed Kennell 39,770]

2 hours ago, 953 nut said:

. Legislators were concerned about moral ramifications.

Hmm, now that's a new idea.

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They don't seem to be worried about the moral ramifications anymore  

[Ed Kennell 39,770]

OK, since George confessed, I'll come clean.

Back in the day I had a beautiful Montmorency Cherry tree that bore buckets of sour cherries.     The problem was, they always ripened while I was in Delaware fishing and crabbing.

And when I got home the robins had pecked a hole in every cherry.    I tried net coverings, sprays, scarecrows, etc.  and nothing worked.   

So like George, I chopped down the cherry tree.     In hindsight, I should have declared war on the robins as they also eat all my nightcrawlers that I now have to pay $0.50 each for.

Guess I'll go buy a cherry pie for me and a dozen nightcrawlers for the robins

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We had a rather large sour cherry tree and my grandparents had three or four of them. Each summer when I was a small kid my job was turning the handle of the cherry pitter several nights in a row. About the time I was old enough to do more important tasks my grandfather took the handle off and fitted an electric drill to operate the pitter.  

I didn't mind because I still got cherry pies and jams.

[Beap52 1,041]

This pie isn't pretty like those in the video.  This cherry pie is for eatin'--not lookin' at. 

 

I've got 3 young cherry trees for pie making-hope I live long enough to get cherries! . Although the pie in this picture is oven baked, my favorite is Dutch Oven baked. Make my own crust from scratch with lard.

 

When I started baking pies, my wife said, "What makes you think you can make a pie?"  My reply: "If I can build houses, I can certainly build a pie." 

 

The fellow who helped me work on houses used to tell that his mom picked cherries for  pies.  Knowing the cherry trees were never sprayed, he asked her one day how she dwelt with the worms.  "What worms?" was her reply

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after thoughts

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19 minutes ago, Beap52 said:

asked her one day how she dwelt with the worms.  "What worms?" was her reply

One of my uncles had an organic vineyard and made organic wine. When my wife first met him she asked what organic grapes had the other grapes didn't,   He said "BUGS".     

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