Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-05
AMERICAN PIE.
un.n Indigenous Product Whieh NC
other nation Can Initiate

A., indigenous Product Which NC |
otber nation Can Initiate.
Gentleman Of New England an |
..s,ry who lives ON West Vine |
st-,ot solemnly Inserted TO the re- |
1 p,rtor TIA. pie e largely responsible
for many OF the mentaipeculiai1tics
of the American people.
~ Is n fact scientifically estab
,isbed 50 he said, that different kinds
- food have distinctively different
ogec,s on the mental traits and ten
Jcrcies of men. For instance, races
those diet is chiefly meat are al
yovs of q bloodthirsty, sanguinnry
Jisno.ition. while those who contine
themselves 80 grain and vegetables
ors nearly always mild and unw'lr
ike. ,,, -,
sos.ored food are apt to be peppcry
and irritable, aud 50 on. Peoples
minds depend ON the condition OF
,boir stomuchs. and their stomachs
dcpeud On what they eat Now pic
]. the only kind of food eaton by
Americana that Is not eaton by 9th
ers of tho Caucasian race. II is a
d,sfinctivolv American dish. When
Z, IL considered that nearly 100000
mics p,r day are eaten in America 1t
mav bc said to be our national food.
"And / do not think it unrcoson-
oblo 70 infer that pie may be the in
rririns source OF many Of our great
a. achievements and subliiutst
thoughts. At any rate all our grca,
mon hnyo been very fond Of pie.
Abraham Lincoln used 20 20 ont of
his way 10 get II good, old fashioned
niece Of cherry pic, such Ms had
stained his youthful lips aud finger.
In the good old kentucky days
George Washington was 30 nutori
ously fond of miuco pie that the qua
kpr housewives used 10 send thom tc
him with their humble respects, even
after he had become president The
Marquis de Lafayette is said 10 hay,
pronounced the pies Of Mount Yer
non exquisite" and he attempted
10 introduce thom to the haut ton Oh
his return 90 Paris. Tho attcmp
p failed, bccdusc the marquis forgot Q,
talo an American cook back viii
linn, and no French chef has unit
recently conquered the inystcriou
pc. 1t IS n remarkable fact tia
pumpkin pic has recently bccum
very popular in Paris, Il Is the p
oncor, but Ii will undoubtedly bt
como the nvunt courier OF all our &c
licious pastry.
"Ihc French have nothing aT
preaching our pie They mike al
sorts OF delicate and creamy pun
aud mcringucs that are dreams @
the culinary art In many respect
thcy excel our efforts In similar IL
rrctions. But they have mover OF
timed to the subitmity Of pie. Tn
English have nothing that viii con
uare with il but tuts. While Ties
arc pleasant little fiipperics OF diet
they 40 more compare TO pie than
last years bird sncst does to the Cll
itol at Washington. The nearest Tia
Germans get 20 pie is the prcize
Thinl, Of III Pretzcl versus plot III
Italian is still worse. Though he
n past master in tho ant of past
making, aud has given to tho worl
that marvel OF culinary ingenuity
maccaroni. he has never thought
combine tho clusis with the crap,
and berries Of his sunny hillside
No lazy person can make pie, and ?
tho Spanish have none. 1t seems ,
II the peerless dish had been reserve
by the gods from men until the hai
nor Of freedom had been unfurl,
and tyranny dchcd, st. Lou
Globc.DcmociGt