Apple pie is comfort food in the author's home.
苹果派是作者家里的安慰食物。
The whole family works together only when making apple pie.
全家只有做苹果派时才会一起动手。
The author's mother protects Grandma Fleischer's recipe.
作者的妈妈保护着奶奶弗莱舍的配方。
She once joked that she would do terrible things to keep it secret.
她曾开玩笑说,为了保密,她会做可怕的事。
When the author's girlfriend first came to make pie, his mother told her she must now marry him. She really did marry him.
作者的女友第一次来家里做派时,妈妈告诉她,她现在必须嫁给作者了。
She really did marry him.
她真的嫁了。
This tasty pie did not start in America.
这种好吃的派不是从美国开始的。
But Americans feel it is their destiny.
但美国人觉得它是自己的天命。
Colonists brought apples.
殖民者带来了苹果。
Johnny Appleseed made apples grow everywhere.
约翰尼·苹果籽让苹果到处生长。
So "mom and apple pie" became a simple saying for typical American life.
所以“妈妈和苹果派”成了典型美国生活的简单说法。
Last century, reporters often wrote this way.
上世纪记者常常这样写。
Soldiers in both world wars wanted to eat apple pie.
两次世界大战里的士兵都想吃苹果派。
A mom from Texas sent apple pie to the Soviet office in New York. It was for Khrushchev.
一位得州的妈妈把苹果派送到纽约的苏联总部,给赫鲁晓夫。
Then someone was scared, thinking it was a bomb, and many streets were closed.
结果有人害怕,以为是炸弹,很多街道被关了起来。
In the 1960s, America had war, killings, and social problems.
1960年代,美国有战争、暗杀和社会问题。
McDonald's made a square fried apple pie to make people feel better.
麦当劳推出了方形的炸苹果派,想让大家感觉好一点。
The writer gave a photo of the bald eagle in a US history class. This happened after the war. It stood for America.
作者在战后美国历史课上交了白头鹰的照片,代表美国。
But the teacher, Mr. Schechter, did not agree.
但老师谢克特先生不同意。
Two girls showed a McDonald's apple pie.
两个女生展示了麦当劳苹果派。
They said that companies and big business took the place of mothers cooking.
她们说,公司和大生意代替了妈妈做饭。
Mr. Schechter put that pie on the blackboard to see how long it could stay.
谢克特先生把那个派放在黑板上面,看它能放多久。
Years later, that pie "still looked as fresh as before."
多年以后,那个派“看起来还和以前一样新鲜”。
Mr. Schechter told the writer that apple pie was Jack Kerouac's main food. This was on his trip in "On the Road."
谢克特先生提醒作者,苹果派是杰克·凯鲁亚克在《在路上》里旅行时的主要食物。
Pies made in large numbers made the writer see America in a different way. It is a place full of tension and conflict.
大批量做的派让作者开始用不同的眼光看美国——一个充满紧张和冲突的地方。
McDonald's is selling fried apple pies again for America's 250th birthday.
麦当劳为美国建国250年重新卖炸苹果派。
But the writer will keep using the ones made at home.
但作者会继续用自己家做的。
Just don't ask for the secret recipe.
只是别问秘方。