But it isn't about American pies, it's about huckleberry pies, shepherds' pies, mince pies, apple pies...
Now in Belgium, because they didn't have Steak Tatare before the arrival of the Armerican Army in 1944, they call it Américain. I keep wondering if someone ever got tempted to put real American in it - much like Mrs Lovett did in Fleet Street, reputedly.