CULTURETECHLENSGreen tomato pie
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NPR's The Salt (via KACU), food folklorist Joanne Raetz Stuttgen: sliced green tomatoes tossed with sugar and apple-pie spices like cinnamon and nutmeg were the substitute when cooks wanted apple pie before apples were ripe; desperation/make-do pies circulated in community cookbooks for over a century. Stored green tomatoes, spices, and the mock-apple role established.
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NPR's The Salt (via KACU), food folklorist Joanne Raetz Stuttgen: sliced green tomatoes tossed with sugar and apple-pie spices like cinnamon and nutmeg were the substitute when cooks wanted apple pie before apples were ripe; desperation/make-do pies circulated in community cookbooks for over a century. Stored green tomatoes, spices, and the mock-apple role established.
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- Work type: dish
- Category: desserts
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- https://www.kacu.org/2012-07-05/in-lean-times-creative-bakers-turn-to-desperation-pies?_amp=true (verification source · master store)
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NPR's The Salt (via KACU), food folklorist Joanne Raetz Stuttgen: sliced green tomatoes tossed with sugar and apple-pie spices like cinnamon and nutmeg were the substitute when cooks wanted apple pie before apples were ripe; desperation/make-do pies circulated in community cookbooks for over a century. Stored green tomatoes, spices, and the mock-apple role established.
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