Do you love to eat apple and pear crumble? This is one of the old time favourite pies; a popular variant from the traditional English dessert which is the apple crumble. It started during the Second World War due to the strict rations of foods. The ingredients were not quite enough to come up with the traditional pies. So what the people back then did was to create a crumble, since there were not much ingredients required. The only thing needed were sugar, margarine and a little flour. During the hard times, the creativeness of the English people paved the way for apple crumble to become one of the popular desserts.
Since then crumble is not just limited to apples. Today you would find pear crumble, raspberry crumble and rhubarb crumble. Some people would even try to use ice cream or custard in their crumble recipes. But before apple crumble came out, there was already an apple dessert known as Apple Crisp and a cake version which is called Apple Cobbler. These two apple pie desserts came out in the United States during the 1920’s. But the Second World War changed the delicious world of apple pie. Although the ingredients were not as extravagant as with the other pies, it came out to be a delectable alternative to the traditional pies.
The apple crumble became part of both the British and American traditions, most especially in the season of fall or autumn. It is the time when apples are plenty and ready for picking. Eventually it also became a popular dish in neighbouring country of US such as Canada. It became a favourite dessert most especially in areas where berries and other fruits are abundant.
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Always interesting to find out where stuff comes from.
i lovee food probably why i am soo FAT!