Shoo-fly pie, molasses crumb pie, soda rivvel cake
Type
pie
Place of origin
United States
Region or state
Pennsylvania
Main ingredients
pie shell, molasses
Media: Shoo-fly pie
Shoo-fly pie is a type of American pie made with molasses associated with Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine. While shoo-fly pie has been a staple of Moravian, Mennonite, and Amish foodways, there is scant evidence concerning its origins, and most of the folktales concerning the pie are apocryphal, including the persistent legend that the name comes from flies being attracted to the sweet filling.[1]
The name shoo-fly was borrowed from a brand of molasses that was popular in parts of the U.S. during the late 19th century[citation needed]. Possibly related to the Jenny Lind pie (a soft gingerbread pie), it may have originated among the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1880s as molasses crumb cake, and is sometimes called molasses crumb pie.[2] Traditionally it was not served as a dessert pie, but instead as a breakfast food with hot coffee.[3](pp221, 256)[2] The modern form of shoo-fly pie as a crumb cake served in pie crust was a post-Civil War innovation, when cast iron cookware and stoves made pie crust more feasible for home cooks.[4][3](p25)
^"Shoo-fly pie: The sweet stuff of memories". The Washington Post. 22 November 2013.
^ abByrn, Anne (2016). American Cake: From colonial gingerbread to classic layer, the stories and recipes behind more than 125 of our best-loved cakes. Rodale. p. 73. ISBN 9781623365431. OCLC 934884678.
^ abWeaver, William Woys (11 May 2013). As American as Shoo-fly Pie: The foodlore and fakelore of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 25, 221, 256. ISBN 978-0-8122-0771-2 – via Google Books.
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