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		yesbabyyes on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Do We Keep Reading the Great Gatsby? > ... they don't taste better than good American apple pie, warm, with good vanilla ice cream! Ahem... :) "Apple pie was brought to the colonies by the English, the Dutch, and the Swedes during the 17th and 18th centuries." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_pie

Terr_ on Jan 19, 2021 | [–]

For a small amount of bonus irony, apples themselves are not native to the Americas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_exchange

marcellus23 on Jan 19, 2021 | [–]

Yes, a great deal of American food was not invented in America. What's your point?

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