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Five food things to know about cherry pie:

Cherries belong to the rose family.

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Cherry pie is the fifth most popular pie in the US.

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In the 19th century, fruit pies were a common breakfast food.

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Oliver Cromwell banned the eating of pie in 1644, considering pie consumption as a pagan form of pleasure.

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“Surprised Pies” were popular pies enjoyed by the English upper crust in which live creatures would pop out when the pie was cut open.

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