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chess pie
–noun Southern Cookery.
| a dessert of cornmeal, sugar, butter, egg yolks, milk, and flavorings baked in a pastry shell. |
Origin:
1930–35; appar. for chest pie; chest perh. alluding to its depth
1930–35; appar. for chest pie; chest perh. alluding to its depth
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| Main Entry: | chess pie |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a pastry shell filled with a mix of eggs, sugar, butter, some flour or cornmeal, and various flavorings, a southern US specialty that become dense when baked with a crisp top |
| Etymology: | possible alteration of chest |
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