March 2 – National Banana Cream Pie Day

Five Food Finds about pie in America

1. Nearly one out of five (19%) of Americans prefer apple pie, followed by pumpkin (13%), pecan (12%), banana cream (10%) and cherry (9%)
2. Until the early 1900′s Pie was considered a breakfast food.
3. In England, Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of pie in 1644, declaring it “a pagan form of pleasure”
4. “Wet bottom” molasses pie, Shoo-fly pie, were not originally made to eat. They were used to attract flies from the kitchen. They would stick to the pies
5. Early colonists cooked their pies in long narrow pans calling them “coffins”  Round pies were not common until the early 1800′s.