apple-pies

Classic pastry desserts

Apple-pies is the plural of apple-pie, a baked dessert of sliced apples in a pastry crust.

The dish is iconic in American culture: as American as apple pie.

In apple-pie order means neat and perfectly arranged.

Apple-pie bed is British slang for a prank where sheets are folded to prevent someone from stretching out.

dessert

crust

Hard outer layer

lattice · baking · à la mode · slices · Granny Smith · pastry · butter · sugar · golden · homemade

tradition

Americana

Heritage artifacts or music

grandma · farmhouse · county fair · potluck · Sunday dinner · nostalgia · comfort food · heritage · family recipe · church supper

idiom

American

From the U.S.

motherhood · baseball · values · quintessential · all-American · Norman Rockwell · heartland · Main Street · domestic · virtue

Opposites
dessert type/structure

apple-piessavory pies

Non-sweet filled pastries

cobblers · crisps · crumbles · mousses · frozen desserts

cultural symbolism

apple-piessushi

Vinegared rice with toppings

caviar · escargot · kimchi · borscht · exotic foods

wholesomeness/innocence

apple-piesforbidden fruit

Enticing thing that's prohibited

sin · vice · decadence · corruption · debauchery

Family

pie, apple, applesauce, applecart, applejack, apple-pie

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G