A quote from a 1902 New York Times editorial, written in response to an Englishman who criticized the American custom at the time of eating a slice of pie a day. To him, this was gluttonous, and he proposed that two slices per week should be sufficient.
Here was the response:
"It is utterly insufficient...as anyone who knows the secret of our strength as a nation and the foundation of our industrial supremacy must admit. Pie is the American synonym of prosperity, and its varying contents the calendar of the changing seasons. PIE IS THE FOOD OF THE HEROIC. No pie-eating people can ever be vanquished."
I'll be thinking of this on Thanksgiving, when I dive into a piece of my mom's apple pie. Life would be better for us all, I believe, if only we could each have a slice of pie a day.
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"No pie-eating people can ever be vanquished." Amen brother.
Gospel.
Preach it.
So we invite you over to show us the way of the pie crust and what do you do? You say no.
You are NOT supporting the long life of the pie.
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