Recipe for Chess Pie

[neddy]

They are very close but it all depends on what recipe you use for the chess pie with cornmeal and what not that the JD pie does not have. We use whisky whip cream on the top of the JD pie and that changes it from the chess that is for sure.

[NOTAM]

speaking of desserts, i am making the BEST DADGUM banana pudding in the world today, for cowboy church Thanksgiving potluck supper tomorrow....i got the recipe from a coworker, and every time she makes it, it is the BIGGEST hit-everyone says that it is the BEST they have ever had. TO DIE FOR. it is so good, you dont even care about calories or how much weight you are going to gain, you just eat it without any guilt. cuz it's that good. if anyone wants it, DM me and i will share, but wont post it on here for the world to see hee hee!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by bellestaroftexas

speaking of desserts, i am making the BEST DADGUM banana pudding in the world today, for cowboy church Thanksgiving potluck supper tomorrow....i got the recipe from a coworker, and every time she makes it, it is the BIGGEST hit-everyone says that it is the BEST they have ever had. TO DIE FOR. it is so good, you dont even care about calories or how much weight you are going to gain, you just eat it without any guilt. cuz it's that good. if anyone wants it, DM me and i will share, but wont post it on here for the world to see hee hee!

Yep, gotta love that banana pudding!! HOWEVER....only my mom's, LOL!! She makes hers with homemade pie filling and Nilla vanilla wafers! I bet your version is wonderful, too....

I have never had banana pudding in a restaurant that just wasn't NASTY!!! It's one of those foods (along with potato salad) that I never eat away from home!

Enjoy your potluck!!

[carolmcb]

The key to good banana pudding -- never, never use instant pudding mix. Cook the pudding/pie filling from scratch. In a pinch, you can use the pudding/pie mix that you cook. But don't even think about using the instant stuff. Use whole milk when you make the filling. And remember, it's always better the day after you make it.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by carolmcb

The key to good banana pudding -- never, never use instant pudding mix. Cook the pudding/pie filling from scratch. In a pinch, you can use the pudding/pie mix that you cook. But don't even think about using the instant stuff. Use whole milk when you make the filling. And remember, it's always better the day after you make it.

I think that is what a lot of restaurants do. I don't even like the cooked pudding from a package, when homemade from scratch tastes so much better.

[lonestar2007]

Originally Posted by GayleTX

Chess pie is like many of the other old timey recipes that frontier folk made with whatever they grew in their own yard or farm (milk cows, egg-laying chickens, etc)....lots of variety in ingredients, no one right way to do it - it all depended upon what was available without a long trip to town. And, the best-tasting and 'right' recipe, of course, is the one your own mama made when you were growing up!

Ain't that the truth!

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by Cathy4017

I don't have a recipe....I'll ask my mom how she always made hers.

It looks like there are a thousand variations on it, just like everything else, LOL!!

Well.....I asked. She has 4 recipes...2 have cornmeal and 2 do not. She said she can't remember which recipe she made. She doesn't make desserts much any more unless they are reduced sugar or sugar-free.

So I STILL don't know whether or not cornmeal makes the difference, LOL!!

But all were GOOD.