Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking, Tina. If you have the basic recipe, my wife's recipe card has two extra sentences: ???? For chocolate pie, melt 2 squares of chocolate with butter ???? For pecan pie, add 1 cup of broken pecans On 11/28/20 2:33 PM, Tina Manley via LUG wrote: > Yum!! I love chess pie but have never tried the chocolate version. Looks > like something I should add to my menu! > > Tina > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 5:11 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > >> Living alone, I seldom get to contribute to the food porn from the likes >> of Nathan, et. al. Today, I have one to add to the list. >> >> My youngest son, about Nathan's age, lives some distance away, so we >> keep in touch electronically. He enjoys cooking, when he has time, and >> has many of my late wife's recipes. Today, he sent me a photo of a >> Chess Pie he had just baked. >> >> Everyone's first question is "What is a Chess Pie?" Well, its origin, >> so far as I know, comes from early settlers in this country and probably >> originally comes from England. It can be made from ingredients normally >> found in the kitchen in periods where fruits and nuts are not readily >> available. When asked what kind of pie she had made, the cook usually >> said, "Oh it's jes' pie." Supposedly, from this the name "Chess Pie" >> was coined. Variations include Chocolate Chess Pie and Pecan Chess Pie. >> >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20201126-62810222345__BA1CADF1-302C-4D01-8F8E-F483AEAB0682.JPG.html >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA