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Have you ever heard the saying, “As American as apple pie”? Whoever said that clearly knew nothing about pumpkin pie, the TRUE American icon. Join Nicole and Julia as they learn about the history of this one-crust wonder, beginning in Colonial New England with the first American cookbook and leading all the way up to modern day, where canned pumpkin reigns supreme. They also play a new game about ice cream!

Our theme song is “Red Onions” by Louie Zong, off of his album Vegetable Soul: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/vegetable-soul 

We’re on Twitter at @girlslunch and on Instagram @girlslunchpod. Nicole is on Twitter @nicoleh262 and her website is nicolehylton.com. Julia is smarter than all of us and not on social media. 

Sources:

• “A Brief History of Pumpkin Pie in America,” by Alison Kelly
• Pumpkin: The Curious History of an American Icon, by Cindy Ott
• “How the ‘Mother of Thanksgiving’ Lobbied Abraham Lincoln to Proclaim the National Holiday,” by Barbara Maranzani
• “Thanksgiving Day” poem by Lydia Maria Child + biography of Child by The Poetry Foundation
• New England’s Rarities, by John Josselyn, courtesy of Project Gutenberg
• “A pumpkin pie recipe from 17th-century England,” by Amanda Herbert