{"id":763,"date":"2015-09-22T02:28:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-05-22T03:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:37:52","slug":"how-pie-evolved-into-something-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/how-pie-evolved-into-something-sweet.html","title":{"rendered":"How Pie Evolved Into Something Sweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chess-pie-USER-little-blue-hen.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chess-pie-USER-little-blue-hen-300x200.jpg?resize=320%2C213\" width=\"320\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Great article via Slate on how pie evolved into a dessert from its beginning as a meat casserole.<\/p>\n<p>From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Today, you\u2019d be horrified if you ordered a pie and someone tried to  serve you a crow baked in tough crust. So how did these semiedible avian  tombs evolve into the sweet dish we know and love? The answer has a  little to do with the peculiar way words evolved as they crossed the  Atlantic and a lot to do with America\u2019s insatiable lust for sugar.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the full article, read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/life\/food\/2015\/03\/history_of_pie_how_savory_meat_pies_evolved_into_america_s_favorite_dessert.html\" target=\"_blank\">How Did Pie Evolve From a Medieval Crow-Meat Casserole Into America&#8217;s Favorite Dessert?<\/a> by Rachel E. Gross, via Slate Food.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+ReneeShelton\/about\" target=\"_blank\">+Renee Shelton<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><br \/><i><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\">Twitter: @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/121degreesC\" target=\"_blank\">121degreesC<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><br \/><i><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pastrysampler.com\/\">PastrySampler.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great article via Slate on how pie evolved into a dessert from its beginning as a meat casserole. From the article: Today, you\u2019d be horrified if you ordered a pie and someone tried to serve you a crow baked in tough crust. So how did&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/how-pie-evolved-into-something-sweet.html\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[271],"tags":[36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/chess-pie-USER-little-blue-hen.jpg?fit=500%2C334&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p86M9B-cj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pastrysampler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}