During the civil war (when times were tough and people couldn’t afford such luxeries as berries, spices, chocolate, etc), the cooks made pies as best as they could with what little ingredients they had. Upon asking the servants what this delicious new pie was called, with a flip of the wrist their reply was, “Oh! It’s chess pie!” (which, when translated for those not brought up in the south means, “Oh! It’s just pie!”

xoxo
Sara

Okay, now that’s a good lookin’ piece of pie! Oh, that slice with whipped topping looks pretty good, too.

I hope life is well for you!

Chad