They Ate What?
Popular dishes eaten along the emigrant trail out West.
By: Sherry Monahan 03/01/2009
Vinegar Pie
Lemon pie was very popular in the late 1800s, but lemons were often hard to come by, so vinegar was used as a substitute. It actually tastes like lemon—very tart lemon. Make sure you serve with whipped cream.
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup water
1⁄2 cup vinegar
2 tablespoons butter
1⁄2 cup flour
¼ cup water
Pie shell
Combine the sugar, water and vinegar, and bring to a boil. Add the butter and stir until it melts. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
Mix the flour and ¼ cup of the water and beat until the mixture is smooth. Take ¼ cup of the sugar mixture and add it to the flour slurry and quickly stir.
Next, slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar pot and quickly stir. Return the mixture to the heat and cook over medium high heat until it becomes thick.
Pour the filling into the pan. Bake at 450F for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350F and bake about 25 minutes.
Chill the pie for about four hours.
Comments (4)
Okra coffee?...that's desperate !
Well, raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar is supposed to be really healthy for us, so if someone made the Vinegar Pie using that, I'd be happy to eat it. OK, I'd be happy to eat any pie that anyone baked, especially the author.
i made vinegar pie from a old timey recipe..calls for condensed milk to make a custardy consistency...i will try this recipe as it is a really good pie...i would imagine apple cider vinegar would be mostly used, but i put plain white in mine..would use any vinegar but BALSAMIC...that would be a truly UNIQUE flavor....=)
I'm not going to let my wife see this.
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