I had it as a child -- possibly. Very tasty, too. A version of the venerable sugar cream pie, one of the Symbols of Indiana. (Not kiddin'!) I was very young at the time and perhaps I had misremembered? No-one else appeared to have heard of it.
So was it a dream? The name seemed unlikely...until today! Wiki-wandering, "Chess pie" turned up and there it was: an offhand mention of the closely-related, "Vinegar pie" which "generally adds somewhere between a teaspoonful and tablespoonful of vinegar to the above ingredients to reduce the sweetness." Hah! It does exist!
Roberta, people look at me funny when I mention mayonnaise cake too. Don't feel bad.
ReplyDeleteFarmgirl: I never understood why people would think it was strange. Mayo is just eggs and oil, right? Heck, every cake mix you buy at the store insists you add those very ingredients.
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Mike James
My maternal grandmother made one once while I was visiting. We both agreed that it was barely edible. She never made another. However her chocolate pie (made from scratch) is something that I still miss. Along with her company.
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