Chess Pie

Chess pie is a dessert characteristic of Southern U.S. cuisine. According to James Beard's American Cookery (1972) chess pie was brought from England originally, and was found in New England as well as Virginia. Recipes vary, but are generally similar in that they call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling composed of eggs, butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. What sets chess pie apart from many other custard pies is the addition of corn meal. Some recipes also call for corn syrup, which tends to create a more gelatinous consistency. The pie is then baked. The finished product is often consumed with coffee.

Chess pie is closely related to vinegar pie, and the two terms are often used interchangeably. Vinegar pie generally adds somewhere between a teaspoonful and tablespoonful of vinegar to the above ingredients to reduce the sweetness. Some variations are called Jeff Davis or Jefferson Davis Pie.

Although preparation of a pecan pie is similar (with the obvious addition of pecans), pecan pie usually contains corn syrup.

American pies

Sweet	Apple crisp Apple pie Bean pie Blackberry pie Blueberry pie Bob Andy pie Buttermilk pie Cherry pie Chess pie Cream pie Derby pie Fried pie Jelly cream pie Key lime pie Lemon ice box pie Lemon meringue pie Mississippi mud pie Pecan pie Pumpkin pie Rhubarb pie Shoofly pie Sweet potato pie

Savory	Pot pie Natchitoches meat pie

Manufacturers	Hostess Kellogg Company Little Debbie Marie Callender's Sara Lee Tasty Baking Company

Famous quotes related to chess pie:

“The chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chess-board, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem.... I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.”
—Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)