Chemical Pie. Why World, Why?

Chemical Apple Pie.

Apparently if you cook this filthy list in a pie tin it tastes like apple pie:

2 cups sugar

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1-3/4 cups water

Zest and 2 Tbsp. juice from 1 lemon

1 pkg. (14.1 oz.) ready-to-use refrigerated pie crust (2 crusts)

36 RITZ Crackers, coarsely broken (about 1-3/4 cups)

2 Tbsp. butter or margarine, cut into small pieces

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

I gather that this is a WWII or earlier recipe designed to taste like delicious fruity pie without actually containing any apples made prohibitively expensive due to rationing and shortages, but sweet fucking Jesus tits, why would you eat it now?

h/t to The Awl