ShareThisIn honor of National Pie Day on Jan. 23, here are some pie facts you might want to know:-- One out of four Americans prefers apple pie, followed by pumpkin or sweet potato (17 percent), anything chocolate (14 percent), lemon meringue (11 percent) and cherry (10 percent).-- Three out of four Americans prefer homemade pie.-- If you lined up the number of pies sold at U.S. grocery stores in one year, they would more than circle the globe.-- The wet bottom molasses pie, called shoo-fly pie, was used to attract flies from the kitchen.-- The wealthy English were known for their "Surprise Pies" from which live creatures would pop out when the pie was cut open.-- Pumpkin pie was first introduced to the holiday table at the Pilgrims' second Thanksgiving, in 1623.-- Pie was not always America's favorite dessert -- in the 19th century, fruit pies were a common breakfast food eaten before the start of a long day.(Source: The American Pie Council.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
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