Why do people say…

I understand why this make you smile, imagine that many believe that pizza is also American. The first written apple pie recipe goes back to 1381 in England and written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Apples were brought to North America by colonists in the 17th century, a lot after the first apple pie was baked.

Well, of course the Americans didn't invent apple pies. It was the British settlers who brought the recipe (and the apples) to America with them! I think that the phrase should be "As American as peanut butter!" The best apples are those which you can pick straight off the tree on a dewy morning and eat right there. In my childhood we had two trees which were called Miller's Seedlings. Of course, in order to preserve the variety and make them true to type, scions had been grafted onto a good rootstock. Even so one tree always produced better apples than the other. They were useless for marketing, however, because even picking them was liable to bruise the apple (though the bruised bit was sweeter then the unbruised apple and I always relished the bruised part!). My mother's apple pies were, of course, the best! They were always made from Blenheims from a very large old tree we had. You couldn't eat them raw when they were beginning to fall but you could cook and bottle the windfalls (and we did) but a few were always picked and stored wrapped in newspaper until Christmas when they were sweet and delicious raw. If my mother ever managed to get a few quinces, a slice or two would go in the apple pie and those were out of this world!

I've always slightly bridled at that term too - it implies the Americans invented it.

I prefer cherry pie and detest pumpkin pie. That's nasty stuff! Do you add slices of cheese to your apple pie? I once had a sweet neighbor lady who baked me apple pies with cheese in them. I'd never heard of that before but they were excellent!

They will never say 'as Australian as pumpkin pie'. That's not something we have here at all.

Philippines will just sit down when it comes to apple pies. We got buko (young coconut) pie though

I have made some really good apple pies before when I had all the right stuff. Not with flaky pastry though the other ordinary but everyone in the house downed the lot everytime.

Cuisine in America comes from different countries. I can only think of burgers as American

I could never figure it out either

This made me laugh, because I say it all the time to my daughter, who does not like apple pie. I always say to her, "What kind of American doesn't like apple pie?" haha

People say that for a few reasons. It reflects America’s agricultural diversity- Maine blueberries, Georgia peaches, Florida citrus (key lime pie), etc. It also reflects American motherhood and our traditional family values. Personally, I dislike apple pie.

i tried different pies and i must say, apple pie is perfect for coffee.

Someone just loves apple pie here I suppose.

I can remember when most people would have apple pie on a Sunday following a roast dinner. This was a sort of tradition in the UK when I was growing up.

I guess we just adopted the saying, despite the fact America wasn't the first to create it. Then again, Americans tend to take credit for things they didn't create.