Question about a vinegar pie recipe from a church cookbook in rural Kentucky

I found a handwritten recipe for 'Depression Era Vinegar Pie' in a 1932 church cookbook at a yard sale in Lexington, and it uses just pantry staples like vinegar, sugar, flour, and water for the filling, but who even thinks to make a pie out of that anymore?

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nathan2892d ago

We're losing those old skills for making something from nothing.

maxb462d ago

My great aunt made a version of this every Thanksgiving. The key is using a good apple cider vinegar and blind baking your crust first so it doesn't get soggy. It comes out tasting like a weird, tart chess pie and it's actually pretty good. You have to remember those recipes were about using what you had when you had nothing.