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Heinz Ketchup Cake

This recipe was created by Heinz to celebrate their 100th anniversary in Canada.

Water Pie

Born out of the Great Depression, the main ingredient in this pie is water.

Desperation Pies

The Great Depression brought with it a number of major changes in the American food scene — how to acquire food, how to make it last, and how to turn the available limited ingredients into tasty, nutritious meals.

Mock Pecan Pie

This desperation pie, also known as “Oatmeal Pie,” is said to have been created in the 1860s in the Civil War South when pecans were in short supply.

Classic Chess Pie

While chess pie’s rich, custard-like filling may not have the tanginess of its buttermilk pie cousin, what it does bring to the table is pure, simple sweetness.

Ellerbee’s Chocolate Fudge Pie

This simple but delicious pie dates back to Tennessee sometime between the late 1800s and early 1900s, and remains a popular dessert even today.

Sugar Cream Pie

Named the official state pie of Indiana in 2009, sugar cream pie (also called Hoosier sugar cream pie, Quebec sugar cream pie, and Tartes au sucre) is a simple but delicious pie.

Southern Egg Pie

A close cousin of chess and buttermilk pies, egg pie (also known as egg custard pie) is a custard-based confection made with eggs, sugar, and milk or cream baked in a flaky crust.

Mock Apple Pie

While it may only be mind over matter, most folks will agree that mock apple pie looks, smells, and tastes like real apple pie.

Shoofly Pie

Shoofly pie began as a crustless molasses coffee cake for the 1876 U.S. Centennial. A crust was added four years later to make it a pie.

Buttermilk Pie

During the Depression era, buttermilk was for many families a means of survival. In this delicious sweet and tangy pie buttermilk is the star.

Bread: The Staff of Life

Bread is one of the oldest, most important, yet perhaps the most presumed foods in the world. In its simplest form, bread is wheat flour and water formed into a shaped dough and baked.

Orange Creamsicle Float Cocktail

This delicious orange flavored ice cream soda with its boozy kick is perfect for those hot summer days, or any day for that matter.

Canning, How It Started and Where It’s Come

1795 Nicholas Appert discovered how to preserve foodstuffs for long period of time, although it took 14 years of trial and error. Yet it took another 50 years before anyone knew why the Appert’s method worked.

Belgian Waffles

Belgian waffles are thicker and lighter than their American counterpart, and usually served with berries and whipped cream

The Wondrous World of Waffles

Waffles are the second most popular breakfast food after pancakes, with 45% of American’s breakfast eaters claiming waffles are their go-to dish.

My Meatloaf Recipe

My meatloaf recipe uses both beef and pork to provide wonderful flavor and moisture. Enjoy!

Meatloaf, the quintessential comfort food

The versatility of meatloaf has been a key to its longevity. A classic comfort food, once just a way for housewives to stretch their food budgets, that has found its way to the menus of diners and restaurants everywhere.

Chow-Chow, a favorite Southern condiment

Chow-chow is a popular pickled vegetable relish with roots in the American South, from Virginia and the Carolinas, across Kentucky and Tennessee, to Arkansas, Louisiana, and even parts of Texas and Oklahoma.

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