Pie is very common all over the world.
There are unlimited flavours in terms of pies and they are easily accessible via places like restaurants and grocery shops. Now, let’s increase your Pie-Q with this list of 7 Pie facts!
1.The first name for pies was “coffins”
Pie is an ancient food – it has been around since Ancient Egypt. Back then, people baked pie with thick hard crusts, which were not meant to be eaten, but to contain the meat fillings. The word “coffin” actually meant “basket” and “box” back in the ancient days.
2.Vodka is a common ingredient while making pie crust
To make your crust more flaky, liquor is the way to go. Vodka contains 60% water and 40% ethanol. Since ethanol evaporates quicker, there is enough water in the crust to make sure the crust is still moist.
3.There are 7 Pie Days in a year
People just can’t get enough pie! For example, March 14 is a pie day because the numbers for the dates are the first three numbers of π (3.14). People usually just talk about π and eat some pies. Other than this, other official pie days are December 1 and January 23, and they have 4 other days to celebrate different flavors of pie respectively.
4.The first sweet pie was for Queen Elizabeth I in the 1500s.
After thousands of years of existence, sweet pie finally emerged in the 1500s because Queen Elizabeth I asked for a cherry pie.
5.More than 20 officially recorded World Records are about Pie
There are a lot of weird World Records recorded, so there must certainly be something pie related. Some of them include the “largest mud pie” from India, “first custard pie thrown on film” by the film A Noise From The Deep, and even the “most pies thrown by a clown taken in the face in one minute” from England!
6.In a play by William Shakespeare, someone was baked into a pie
In Titus Andronicus, there is a total of 74 death cases. While most of the deaths occurred by stabbing, two were involving being baked into pies, and then served to other characters as well. Another time pie was mentioned was in The Winter’s Tale, where a whole recipe of warden pie is given. And don’t worry, it was not human pie…
7.The word “pie” has 10 different meanings
Even though they are all spelled “pie”, the origin of the words are different. “Pie” can be a noun, a verb, or an adjective!
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