Where Did the Idea for Pie Come from?餡餅的創(chuàng)意從何而來？

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Have you ever heard the saying “Easy as pie”？ It means that something isvery simple. But that might make you wonder， what is easy about pie？ Well， manypeople think pie is easy to eat.

Pie is a baked1 food with a crust2. Sometimes the crust is on the bottom3， butin other pies， it is on top. Some pies even have a crust on the top and bottom.

The ancient4 Egyptians， Greeks， and Romans all had their own types of pies.They made the first pies as containers5 for holding and cooking meats and otherfood. The pie crust could be a dish. These first pie crusts were thick and hard.Often people ate the food in the pie but not the hard crust.

The crust also kept the food fresh6. When kept cool， the crust kept the meatcooked inside. The meat could be eaten later. Pies also made it easier to keep thecooked food.

As empires7 grew larger， people carried pies to other parts of the world， suchas Latin America， Central and Southeast Asia， and the Philippines. Cooks came upwith new types of pies with different ingredients. In Britain， cooks made Shepherd’sPie. Rather than8 pastry9， it has a potato crust on top. Settlers10 in Americabegan making pies with fruits， like apples， that grew in their new home.

With so many pies， you may think of delicious pies that you have eaten. Whatkinds of pie would you like to try next？ Maybe you can visit a local restaurant withyour family to see what kinds of pie there are.

你聽過“像餡餅一樣簡單（易如反掌）”這句話嗎？意思是某件事很簡單。（剩余438字）