YSK: there was a time when pumpkin pie was comparitively niche as fall holiday foods go. People would make sweet potatoe pie. However, it was essentially impossible to source sweet potatoes in the USA that were not made via slave labor, and so abolitionists pushed for an alternative: pumpkin pie.
Thanks for sharing, find it funny especially being a southern man born and raised in Texas. Had no clue that at one time my ancestors would of hated us celebrating Thanksgiving.
Makes me want to celebrate it harder.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 3 hours ago
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Someone posted that so many early cartoons [Mickey Mouse in particular] wore white gloves because they were modeled on minstrel show characters. You can’t look at American history for more than a minute before something like this pops up.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Wait till you hear where ice cream truck music comes from.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Agatha Christie has entered the chat