100 Year Old Mississippi Cheese Pie Recipe - Old Cookbook ShowThis recipe is called Cheese Pie, and it is the predecessor of a Southern Chess Pie, or Chess Cake Pie -in old cookbooks - all are variations on the same theme with slightly different names that all sound the same. There are lots of theories about the culinary history as to where the name Chess Pie comes from, but really 'Chess' is just a miss-print or miss-hearing of 'Cheese'. Cheese Pie (without cheese) has a long history in English and Scottish community cookbooks back into the early 1700s and earlier - the 'cheese' is a reference to how an acid in the mixture, either a citrus juice or vinegar, curdles the mix (curd). The Cheese name has fallen out of favour and this is often seen in English cookbooks today as 'Lemon Curd'. Cheese Pie:Yolks of three eggs and whites of one, three tablespoons melted butter, one cup of sugar, three tablespoons sweet milk, one tablespoon flour, flavor with vanilla or lemon. Bake with under crust to nice brown. Take two remaining whites and two tablespoons sugar, beat till stiff; place on pie and brown slightly.#LeGourmetTV #GlenAndFriendsCooking #OldCookbookShowCheck out our Aviation and Flying Channel: https://www.youtube.com/glenshangar
