SURPRISE, I HAVE FROGS AND MUSICIANS IN A PIE!

Pie is a Greek word, which means the type of food (folders) made from a thinly developed dough (jufki crust) and various fillings. The first knowledge of the pies comes from ancient Egypt and Old Greece. When the ancient Romans conquered Greece, the taste of the pie won the Romans, and they brought the recipes with them. As the Roman Empire expanded, the delight of the pie rules its way through Europe and the Mediterranean countries. European history of pie is particularly diverse. The Normans used to send a battered pie to the king for Christmas. The popular pie was made with some sort of eel that was considered a delicacy in the English palace. The habit of “palace” pie continued throughout the centuries. Meat and fish pies served hot or cold. In the Middle Age, pies were sold on the streets. Pie dealers were popular, because most homes did not have oven. In the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries it was common for the kings to make banquets. Food was not the most important thing at banquets, but fun. Actors, musicians, magicians, jugglers and dancers were entertainers. The cooks had to enter a competition with these entertainers by making complex and “live” pies. The duke’s cook made a giant pie containing 28 musicians who opened it and played. In the pies of “surprises”, in which the “higher” class “enjoyed” were frogs, foxes, squirrels, birds, and dwarfs. Would you like to live as a member of a higher class at this time?

THE PIES ARE FORBIDDEN BECAUSE THEY BRING TOO MUCH SATISFACTION

In Puritan England, during 1600, during the time of Oliver Cromwell, the military commander and politician, pies were made illegally, because they were associated with exaggerated pleasure. At the beginning of the 15th century, making the dough progressed. Instead of a flour and water , cooks developed a technique for making dough with eggs, oil and butter. The cooks expanded the “repertoire” so that besides the visual effect of the pies they were delicious. Phyllo were made in animal shapes, and the upper ones are painted and decorated with leaves, flowers and coats of arms. For sweet pies, the lower crust was sometimes flavored with rosewater and sugar.

PIES INVASION ON AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA

By settling North America and Australia pies continue their journey around the world. Australia has continued the tradition of English pies to the extent that today’s pie stores are common place. Unlike English pies, Australian have more fillings and flavors.

HOW DID PIES MAKE THEY WAY TO SERBS

Some sources say that the strudel (folders) is the pride of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, but she, in fact, is the discovery of the biggest enemy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire. All food historians agree that the thin dough is developed in Turkey. This was written by a researcher of Near East kitchen history, Charles Perry, in an article on the history of baklava. He says that Turkish nomads really liked the thin bread that would be quickly baked. It took a small step from a thin bread to a stretch of crust that began in Istanbul around 1500 year. The Serbs were under the rule of the Turks from 1459 until the beginning of the 19th century (1804), and that is the answer to the question from the title.