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Pecan Pie History

Legend has it that the French people who settled in New Orleans made the first pecan pie after eating pecans given to them by Native American tribes. Some also claim that pecan pie originated in Alabama in the early 1800s but there is no written documentation to substantiate it.

The first recipe for pumpkin pie with a crust called “tourte” de pumpkin was published in 1651 by the famous French chef François Pierre de la Varenne (1618-78) and author of one of the most important French cookbooks of the 17th century, Le Vrai Cuisinier (The True French Cook).

Pumpkin pie is a traditional North American sweet dessert, eaten during the fall and early winter, especially for Thanksgiving and Christmas. In fact, those two holidays are the days when most pumpkin pies are eaten by Americans.

Why is pecan pie famous in Texas? Texas pecan pie has been a tradition for more than 100 years, and the pie was officially named the state dessert in 2013.

From Egypt to Rome via Greece. The Ancient Egyptians were the first to invent a dish close to what we know as a pie today. They had a honey filling covered in a crusty cake made from oats, wheat, rye or barley. A recipe for chicken pie was also discovered on a tablet carved prior to 2000 BC.

If you use canned pumpkin, which can be bought any time of the year, you could make and eat such pies, or other pumpkin things, any time. But the pies are, traditionally just for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

The Pilgrims brought the pumpkin pie back to New England, while the English method of cooking the pumpkin took a different course. In the 19th century, the English pumpkin pie was prepared by stuffing the pumpkin with apples, spices, and sugar and then baking it whole.

Thanksgiving and Christmas dominate the pie scene

Both of these holidays revolve around food — feasts, actually — to a degree the other occasions do not.

The Guinness World Record for the largest pumpkin pie was set back in September 2010 at the New Bremen Pumpkinfest, in New Bremen, Ohio, where the New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers made a whopping pie 20 feet in diameter that tipped the scales at 3,699 pounds.

Few of our festival foods can claim deeper American roots than pumpkins, which were first cultivated in Central America around 5,500 B.C. and were one of the earliest foods the first European explorers brought back from the New World.

How many hearts does pumpkin pie give? ›

Pumpkin Pie: 4 Hearts.

Dr. King was rumored to love all southern food, but his top choice was always a classic Southern Pecan Pie.

Originating in central and eastern North America and the river valleys of Mexico, pecans were widely used by pre-colonial residents. Pecans were favored because they were accessible to waterways, easier to shell then other North American nut species and of course, for their great taste.

Smith's Pecan Pie has all the taste you'd expect from homemade. This delicious course in indulgence is truly a great way to show family and friends that they're special. Why make it yourself when you can make it Mrs. Smith's.

I believe the idea for Apple pie comes from pie and pastry recipes made by the Brits, the Swedes, and the Dutch immigrants that came to the US in the late 1600s and became part of the American culinary repertoire around the 1800s.