risking making this a food thread again, pecan pie is type of custard pie, the custard is made with lots of butter, corn syrup (dextrose syrup), eggs, vanilla and salt. Whole or chopped pecans are added to a pie crust, covered with the custard mixture, and baked. The pecans float to the top of the custard. Leave out the pecans, and you have Chess Pie.
--the story about how Chess Pie got its name is, a young 'un, from south of the Mason-Dixon line (south eastern part of US)served up some pie, and when asked what kind of pie it was, she replied, "It's just pie" only the
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down below the fold, in response to one of the words in one of Dr Bill's threads, i included some information on how dextrose,(corn syrup)got it name--
http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=beheadingwords&Number=97709
