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chess pie
noun
, Southern Cooking.
- a dessert of cornmeal, sugar, butter, egg yolks, milk, and flavorings baked in a pastry shell.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chess pie1
First recorded in 1930–35; apparently for chest pie; chest perhaps alluding to its depth
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Example Sentences
An elegant slice of chess pie piped with chantilly cream and offered with a scoop of bourbon ice cream has me snapping away.
From Washington Post
Ask for the chess pie and you get the whole thing, presented in slices beneath a glass globe.
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Chocolate chess pie is a slice of heaven made possible with a coffee- and orange-flavored cream and candied ginger.
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Even after her departure from Johnny’s, though, the menu dared you to leave dessert crumbs — impossible in the case of her legacy lemon chess pie.
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