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Oddly, lately quite a few foods labeled as Southern Poverty are making a revival. But they have all admitted it was worth the tummy troubles they went through. I have had guests beg to take a pie home and the next day they regret eating it in one night. The high butter content it can give a tummy ache if you tuck into the entire pie in one night. Often when I do a pecan pie for guests who are more acclimated to a recipe having maple syrup or molasses, I have to warn them not to eat too much of the pie in a sitting. I believe it tasted so good it required a name change for those who had risen in society and still wanted their pie - those who realized what a treasure this pie was and could not see themselves without it. Vinegar pie is one of those Southern poverty dishes that could have fallen by the wayside along with ox tail stew, poke salit, and green tomato soup. When asked what type of pie it was, she looked at them and said, “It’s just pie.” But her Southern accent made the word just sound more like jess and the guests mistakenly understood her to say “chess pie.” Chess has nothing to do with this pie at all, but you must admit that “chess pie” is more palatable on the tongue for modern diners than “vinegar pie.” How did the name change to chess from vinegar? The story is that the cook for a dinner party prepared the pie and several guests came to the kitchen to inquire about the delicious dessert. Yes, I have been guilty of just going for it. The hardest part of making the pie is resisting cutting into it immediately, before it has cooled. For those familiar with the name, especially if their grandmother baked it for them, they may do a little jig of joy. Visitors not familiar with the name have a look of surprise when they first hear of it. This pie was cooked at the William Root House Museum in Atlanta. As a food historian I love cooking this pie since it is extremely easy to cook on the open hearth or in a wood burning stove. Then all the ingredients are dumped in a bowl, mixed together with a spoon, and poured into a pie shell. In my family we melt the butter, but cool it to avoid cooking the eggs in the batter when we mix it in. The hardest part is making sure the butter is the right temperature - extremely soft or melted - to mix with the other ingredients. As most recipes from that of the poor or working class, it is a “dump” recipe. No need for maple syrup or molasses when you have cornmeal, sugar and vinegar around. It is a pie that my family uses as the base for our pecan pie. In South Georgia it was historically a common pie since sugar cane was grown and processed there and vinegar was a common pantry item. Yes, I know this will shock people to hear the true tale of their beloved chess pie.

Chess pie was originally known as vinegar pie.