When I heard of chess pie I was intrigued to find out what it is and when I found this recipe I just had to pass it on as I found out that it is a popular pie to make
I just had to find out what it was all about and how it got it’s name for such a wonderful simply dessert , so here below is an excerpt from the southernliving website about this pie
History of Chess Pie
No one has ever been able to determine how chess pie came about its name, but the colorful explanations make for great table conversation.Some say gentlemen were served this sweet pie as they retreated to a room to play chess. Others say the name was derived from Southerners’ dialect: It’s jes’ pie (it’s just pie). Yet another story suggests that the dessert is so high in sugar that it kept well in pie chests at room temperature and was therefore called “chest pie.” Southern drawl slurred the name into chess pie. Or, perhaps, a lemony version of the pie was so close to the traditional English lemon curd pie, often called “cheese” pie, that chess pie became its american name.
This wonderful recipe that I found comes to you courtesy of Southern Living on YouTube , thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe
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Originally posted 2015-08-27 15:08:49.
