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Apple pie—and, of course, mother—has become America's emblematic culinary icon.

Apple pie—and, of course, mother—has become America's emblematic culinary icon.

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September 9th, 2026

Apple pie—and, of course, mother—has become America's emblematic culinary icon.

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Beneath the brittle, golden pastry crust lies a concealed marvel.

薄脆的金黄酥皮其下暗藏玄机

Apple juice surges forth from the vents in gurgling torrents, exhaling fragrant droplets as if from a living spring.

苹果汁自透气孔中汩汩翻涌,如泉眼般吐纳着馥郁的液滴

The aroma of cinnamon, an intangible filament, spirals and intertwines through the air, lingering in a pervasive, unyielding haze.

肉桂的芬芳则如无形的丝缕,在空气中盘旋缠绕氤氲不散

To me, apple pie is nothing short of a soul-soothing delicacy, and moreover, the sole ritualistic collaboration in our household that engages every memberfrom rolling out the dough and crimping the lattice, to peeling and dicing the fruit, each step is imbued with an unspoken, tacit understanding shared among us.

苹果派于我不啻为一种抚慰灵魂的珍馐更是我们家唯一一项全员共襄的仪式性协作——擀展面团捏塑花边以至削皮切果每一道工序皆凝聚着彼此心照不宣的默契

My mother, the guardian of our household oven's flame, once intimated that she would go to harrowing lengths to safeguard the closely guarded secret of her grandmother Fleischer's recipe.

My mother, the guardian of our household oven's flame, once intimated that she would go to harrowing lengths to safeguard the closely guarded secret of her grandmother Fleischer's recipe.

When my then-girlfriend first visited our home and we baked a pie together, my mother informed her that she was now duty-bound to marry me.

When my then-girlfriend first visited our home and we baked a pie together, my mother informed her that she was now duty-bound to marry me.

(And marry me she didperhaps out of apprehension that dessert would otherwise be withheld.)

(And marry me she didperhaps out of apprehension that dessert would otherwise be withheld.)

Let us not dwell on the fact that this delicacy did not originate in the United States; rather, we may regard it as a gastronomic mission ordained by manifest destiny.

且莫论此种珍馐并非肇源于美利坚;吾辈不妨视之为天命昭昭饕餮使命

Colonists brought apples with them, and Johnny Appleseed subsequently disseminated them far and wide, thereby forging a nation of apple pie.

殖民者苹果而来约翰尼·苹果籽将其广布四方遂成苹果派之邦

"Motherhood and apple pie"—that quintessentially beloved distillation of archetypal Americanawas a refrain that graced the pages of newspapers throughout the last century with remarkable frequency.

慈母苹果派”——此乃备受钟爱典型美式风情之凝练表征——上世纪报章笔端屡见不鲜

Soldiers in both World Wars were haunted by an unyielding longing for apple pie.

两次世界大战中的士兵对苹果派魂牵梦萦

A mother from Texas once had an apple pie transported across the ocean to the Soviet headquarters in Manhattan, intending it as a gift for the visiting Khrushchevonly for the gesture to precipitate a bomb scare that compelled the cordoning off of several downtown blocks.

一位得克萨斯州的母亲将一只苹果派远渡重洋送至曼哈顿的苏联总部以馈赠到访的赫鲁晓夫岂料此举竟引发一场炸弹恐慌致使市中心数个街区被迫封锁

During the 1960s, a period marked by foreign conflicts, domestic political assassinations, and pervasive societal unrest, McDonald's introduced a square-shaped fried apple pie as a palliative response to the prevailing turbulence.

During the 1960s, a period marked by foreign conflicts, domestic political assassinations, and pervasive societal unrest, McDonald's introduced a square-shaped fried apple pie as a palliative response to the prevailing turbulence.

My acquaintance with that epochand that particular confectionwas cultivated in a postwar American history course.

My acquaintance with that epochand that particular confectionwas cultivated in a postwar American history course.

In the inaugural week, we were tasked with presenting artifacts emblematic of the American ethos.

第一周,我们呈交若干象征美利坚之物。

Adhering to a perspective steeped in such traditional values as "motherhood and apple pie," I proffered a depiction of the bald eagle.

秉持着“妈妈与苹果派”那般传统价值观的视角奉上一帧白头鹰的影像。

Mr. Bill Schechter, a fervent adherent of the counterculture, dismissed it with palpable derision, utterly unimpressed.

比尔·谢克特先生这位反主流文化的拥趸对此嗤之以鼻,全然不以为然

Subsequently, two of my female classmates unveiled a McDonald's apple pie, thereby illustrating how corporate hegemony and consumerism had usurped the tender affections once nurtured at the maternal hearth.

继而两位女生展示了一枚麦当劳苹果派以此昭示企业霸权消费主义已然鸠占鹊巢,取代了母亲灶台前的温情脉脉

Mr. Schechter sprang abruptly from his seat, depositing the diminutive receptacle atop the blackboardan act that served both as a cautionary admonition within the classroom and as an empirical examination of the enduring resilience inherent in such a preservative-laden confection.

谢克特先生骤然自座椅中弹起将那枚小巧的匣子置于黑板顶端——此举既作为课堂上的警示性提示亦是对这种饱含防腐剂的馅饼持久性所展开的一项实证检验

Years later, Mr. Schechter remarked via email that the pie still "looked as fresh as ever."

多年之后那只派看上去依旧如初般新鲜”,谢克特先生于电子邮件中如是言道

He reminded me that apple pie was the staple of Jack Kerouac's eye-opening cross-America odyssey in On the Roadhardly comparable to the likes of McDonald's.

他提醒我苹果派乃是杰克·凯鲁亚克在《在路上》中那场令人眼界大开的横贯美洲之旅的主食——绝非麦当劳之流可比。

That mass-produced pie marked the inception of my perception of America through a radically divergent lensa nation replete with tensions and conflicts, wherein the multitudes, for the most part, uphold integrity and safeguard that sweetness, yet remain perpetually overshadowed by forces of formidable, even nefarious, puissance.

那种大规模生产的派,标志着我开始以一种迥然不同的视角审视美国——一个充斥着张力与冲突的国度,芸芸众生大多秉持正直,守护着那份甜美,却始终笼罩在强大乃至邪恶势力的阴翳之下。

To commemorate the bicentennial and a half of the founding of the United States of America, McDonald's has once again unveiled its quintessential deep-fried apple pie.

为庆祝美利坚合众国肇基二百五十载麦当劳再度推出经典炸苹果派

Yet, in a manner strikingly redolent of Kerouac, I remain resolutely steadfast in upholding the venerable tradition of my own handcrafted artistry.

与凯鲁亚克如出一辙执意恪守自家手作之传统

As for the closely guarded heirloom recipe, I must respectfully demur from divulging its arcane intricacies.

独家传秘方,恕难奉告

The newspaper clippings were authenticated by Sarit Hand, the corporate archivist at the Associated Press, forming an integral component of the "American Artifacts" series commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America.

报纸剪报系由美联社企业档案管理员萨里特·汉德所考据此乃纪念美利坚合众国肇基二百五十周年“美国物品”系列之组成部分

To peruse further American artifacts, click here; for additional anniversary feature stories, click here.

欲览更多美国物品请点击此处欲阅更多周年纪念专题报道,请点击此处。

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