| While each country might have its own | | | | kitchen like I am, then you know that the |
| preferred style, "American Style" apple pie | | | | best way to find a tasty apple pie is to head |
| includes your basic pie with apples in it, | | | | down to your local bakery or grocery store |
| spiced up with cinnamon and/or nutmeg. Some | | | | where they are baked fresh every morning in |
| folks top it off with a scoop of ice cream | | | | multiple different varieties. Be sure to pick |
| (such as vanilla) and this is known as "Apple | | | | up ice cream or whip topping on your way |
| Pie a la mode."How did Apple Pie become a | | | | out.Which USA fast food restaurant has the |
| cultural icon in the United States?Marketing! | | | | best apple pies?McDonalds, Burger King, |
| That's right, we wanted it and we made it so | | | | Hardee's/Carls Jr. all have good apple pies |
| via heavy marketing. A popular advertising | | | | (usually they run specials, 2 for a dollar), |
| jingle goes something like, "Baseball, hot | | | | but Taco Bell takes the prize for best new |
| dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet..." It wasn't | | | | re-invention of the apple pie. They call it |
| until the last 30-40 years that apple pie | | | | the "Taco Bell Caramel Apple Empanada" and it |
| became the icon that it is.Where did "As | | | | is sweeeeet! The Empanada actually has |
| American as apple pie" come from?Good | | | | origins in Argentina and Brazil, but the pie |
| question as apple pie did not originate in | | | | has been "Americanized" to suit our taste |
| the United States. It's usually associated | | | | buds for ... yes, you guessed it, "American |
| with motherhood and how it's wholesome. Can | | | | Apple Pie."Alison Apple is a freelance writer |
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| Beaver and his friends?What's the best way to | | | | YummyForTheTummy! |
| make apple pie?If you're blessed in the | | | | |