Comments on: Lemon Chess Pie http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html Recipes from Below the Mason Dixon Line Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Maryb Erwin http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-53316 Maryb Erwin Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:34:11 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-53316 Oh, I do love me some chess pie. My granmother, Nanny, used to bake chess pies- only she used a bit of cornmeal and a splash of vinegar to cut the sweet. She was a a spare woman raised in Oklahoma on a dirt farm, so her Christmas gifts to us kids usually came in the form of favorite foods. One year she gave me 12 jars of her crabapple jelly (my favorite!) and on another year a whole chess pie just for me! She died while I was in HS before I had the sense to learn form her how to cook, but her cooking legacy lives on in our memories. Her refrigerator rolls were pillows of soft, white, buttery goodness and the aforementioned crabapple jelly was a beautiful hue of deep pink/magenta. About a year ago, I talked my teenage daughter into helping me try to make some of this jelly and it was pitiful how bad it turned out. And those dinner rolls remain the elusive gold standard for all my baking efforts. I'll keep trying. Sure wish I had Nanny around to teach me... Oh, I do love me some chess pie. My granmother, Nanny, used to bake chess pies- only she used a bit of cornmeal and a splash of vinegar to cut the sweet.
She was a a spare woman raised in Oklahoma on a dirt farm, so her Christmas gifts to us kids usually came in the form of favorite foods. One year she gave me 12 jars of her crabapple jelly (my favorite!) and on another year a whole chess pie just for me!
She died while I was in HS before I had the sense to learn form her how to cook, but her cooking legacy lives on in our memories. Her refrigerator rolls were pillows of soft, white, buttery goodness and the aforementioned crabapple jelly was a beautiful hue of deep pink/magenta.

About a year ago, I talked my teenage daughter into helping me try to make some of this jelly and it was pitiful how bad it turned out. And those dinner rolls remain the elusive gold standard for all my baking efforts.
I’ll keep trying. Sure wish I had Nanny around to teach me…

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]]> By: Patty http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-46979 Patty Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:41:48 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-46979 Thanks for a recipe w/o the cornmeal! I will bake one this weekend. Thanks for a recipe w/o the cornmeal! I will bake one this weekend.

]]> By: Christy Jordan http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-45419 Christy Jordan Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:05:36 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-45419 You're cooking the filling as well as the pie, it should be set when you take it out of the oven:not jiggly in the middle. The tine I gave should accomplish that easily though. If it doesn't, you might want to get an oven thermometer and check to make sure your oven is cooking at the right temp. I check mine about once a year. Hope this helps! You’re cooking the filling as well as the pie, it should be set when you take it out of the oven:not jiggly in the middle. The tine I gave should accomplish that easily though. If it doesn’t, you might want to get an oven thermometer and check to make sure your oven is cooking at the right temp. I check mine about once a year.
Hope this helps!

]]> By: erica m http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-45417 erica m Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:17:41 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-45417 do you put it in the oven JUST so the crust cooks and its gets brown and then when you take it out should it still be liquidy until you let it set? do you put it in the oven JUST so the crust cooks and its gets brown and then when you take it out should it still be liquidy until you let it set?

]]> By: warren rose http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-41449 warren rose Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:57:44 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-41449 I have made this pie and it has been in our family for years. now a tradition for us at Rosemary beach Florida with the slight change, I use Meyer lemons. The comments have always been positive and it would not be Thanksgiving without Lemon chess Pie. Thankyou to my Aunt Bettie for carrying this recipe forward. I have made this pie and it has been in our family for years. now a tradition for us at Rosemary beach Florida with the slight change, I use Meyer lemons. The comments have always been positive and it would not be Thanksgiving without Lemon chess Pie. Thankyou to my Aunt Bettie for carrying this recipe forward.

]]> By: deb http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-41409 deb Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:08:42 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-41409 Aloha just baked this pie two for Thanksgiving. It never did set up the knife came out clean when I checked the pie after 30 min.I have put them in the refrigerator to see if it will firm up..HELP :( Aloha just baked this pie two for Thanksgiving. It never did set up the knife came out clean when I checked the pie after 30 min.I have put them in the refrigerator to see if it will firm up..HELP :(

]]> By: JENNIFER http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-38214 JENNIFER Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:48:25 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-38214 Thank you so much for the great recipes. I found the link to your page from the SouthernSavers website, and I am loving finding recipes I had as a kid. Growing up in South Georgia these were all favorites, and since my Grandmother passed away while I was away at college, I was not able to get any of her recipes...Thanks again so much! Thank you so much for the great recipes. I found the link to your page from the SouthernSavers website, and I am loving finding recipes I had as a kid. Growing up in South Georgia these were all favorites, and since my Grandmother passed away while I was away at college, I was not able to get any of her recipes…Thanks again so much!

]]> By: Clair http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-37159 Clair Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:08:05 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-37159 I baked this Lemon Chess for my boyfriend yesterday. He'd been begging for one for weeks. It was a total success. Thanks! I baked this Lemon Chess for my boyfriend yesterday. He’d been begging for one for weeks. It was a total success. Thanks!

]]> By: Amanda in Texas http://www.southernplate.com/2008/09/lemon-chess-pie.html/comment-page-1#comment-35508 Amanda in Texas Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:58:25 +0000 http://southernplate.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/lemon-chess-pie/#comment-35508 Christy, my Papa (grandfather) is coming over for dinner tonight and I'm whipping this pie up right now to treat him for dessert! :) Thanks for the great recipe! Christy, my Papa (grandfather) is coming over for dinner tonight and I’m whipping this pie up right now to treat him for dessert! :) Thanks for the great recipe!

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