Whoopie Pie
The whoopie pie (also called gob ) is an American soft double biscuit that is filled with a mixture of marshmallow cream , butter and sugar and is mostly manufactured industrially. He has been known since the 1920s. Popular is the whoopie pie , especially in New England and Pennsylvania , where he is sometimes sold at roadside stalls.
There are whoopie pies in different flavors, most often with chocolate. Whoopies are also baked as larger cakes and small biscuits. Whoopie is an exclamation of surprise or excitement in the USA.
history
The origin of whoopie pies is unclear. It is often claimed that it was an invention of the German-born Amish , a group of the so-called Pennsylvania Dutch . The filled pies were initially baked in private households. However, this cannot be proven. The name Whoopie Pie cannot be proven before the 1920s. There is also no German pastry that could serve as a model.
The first recipe for a marshmallow cream appeared in the Boston School Cook Book by Fannie Farmer in 1896 as a cake filling , similar to use as buttercream , and it also contains a recipe for marshmallow cake, but it has nothing to do with the filled whoopie pie . Marshmallow Fluff, a commercial product that is lighter in consistency than buttercream and only came onto the market around 1920, is commonly used for the filling.
Cultural historians consider it likely that whoopie pies were a commercial product from the start, first made by bakeries and only later in private households. At the time of the Great Depression in the United States, the pastry was already available under this name in several US states, although there were no recipes for it in cookbooks at that time. Pennsylvania origin is no more likely than New England origin; the whoopie pies are also somewhat similar to the Boston cream pie .
In January 2011, a "whoopie war" broke out between the states of Maine and Pennsylvania after a bill was submitted to the Maine Senate to make the whoopie pie the official pastry of the state. Many Pennsylvania citizens oppose this with a petition to the Senate and the Governor of Maine, with Facebook groups and other actions. On March 18, 2012, the Maine State Parliament decided that the whoopie pie should be an official state treat and the blueberry pie should be declared an official state dessert . The law did not go into effect until 90 days after the end of the legislature, as Governor Paul LePage refused to sign the law on more important matters.
Web links
- History of whoopie pies (Engl.)
proof
- ↑ History of Marshmallow Fluff ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)
- ^ Nancy Baggett, The All-American Cookie Book, Houghton Mifflin, 2001, ISBN 978-0395915370 , p. 117
- ↑ Zach Jones: Whoopie War. In this food fight, Maine and Pennsylvania each claim to have invented the whoopie pie. Who will win? In: scholastic.com, March 7, 2011.
- ^ Svea Jörgens: Cake battle in the United States. ( Memento from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: FTD , March 17, 2011.
- ↑ It's the law: Whoopie pie official 'treat'. In: Associated Press , April 21, 2011.
