vinegar pie
Sour Depression dessert
Vinegar pie is a simple custard pie made with vinegar, sugar, eggs, and butter—a resourceful dessert from times when fruit was scarce or expensive.
The vinegar provides tartness that mimics lemon or other citrus.
It belongs to a family of "desperation pies" common in American rural and Depression-era cooking: My grandmother still makes vinegar pie from her mother's recipe.
Acidic sharpness in taste
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- acidityLow pH condition
- sweet-and-sourCombining sugar and acid
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
puckery · bright · balanced · sourness · mellow · caramelized · rich · smooth
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- fillingMaterial placed within
- crustHard outer layer
- pastryButtery baked dough
- bakingCooking with dry heat
slice · whipped cream · sugar · eggs · vanilla · butter · meringue · homemade
Food from lower latitudes
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- frugalSparing with resources
make-do · pantry staples · farmhouse · heirloom · traditional · passed down · grandmother · regional
tartness
Acidic sharpness in taste
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- acidityLow pH condition
- sweet-and-sourCombining sugar and acid
sharp · puckery · bright · balanced · sourness · mellow · caramelized · rich · smooth · subtle
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
baking · slice · whipped cream · sugar · eggs · vanilla · butter · meringue · homemade · recipe
southern cuisine
Food from lower latitudes
- AppalachianEastern U.S. mountain region
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
frugal · make-do · pantry staples · farmhouse · heirloom · traditional · passed down · grandmother · regional · American South
- piesquiche, tourtiere, single crust, lemon meringue
- Depression foodbread pudding, cornbread, grits, meatloaf, oatmeal
- Mid-Atlantic foodcheesesteak, Philly cheesesteak, hoagie, soft pretzels, water ice
- Pioneer Foodshardtack, cornbread, biscuits, beef jerky, salt pork
- Southern Dessertspeach cobbler, banana pudding, red velvet cake, pralines, hummingbird cake
- Ration Recipeswar cake, eggless cake, mock chicken, mock duck, meatless loaf
vinegar piefruit pie
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Tasting of sugar
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