THIS IS A POST FROM ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO.  

I love food research and history and hope to share much more of that here.

Here goes…

I am on a mission.  My daughter has been studying the Civil War this semester and they are finishing up the year (and the reading of the book) with a viewing of Gone with the Wind.

The teacher has requested that the children bring “themed treats” to enjoy during the movie event.  Em and I have decided it needs to be an “authentic” recipe from that time period.  I set out to research pies… since that is totally my passion!  LOL

Here are a few that we are considering…

Maw’s Civil War Pie

Oatmeal Pie

Raisin Pie

Cream Apple Pie

Mock Apple Pie

A cool history of pie!

A Taste of Civil War Food – video – a student does his research

I love food history… I love using food to teach history.  When I was a young public school teacher 20 something years ago I brought food in ALL THE TIME to teach history, science, literature, and math.  It was an early sign of my love of all things food!  I might have to try several of these and will share pics as I go…

Here is a fun video on the subject.

Now, here is the pie we chose to make for Emily’s project…  OATMEAL PIE! (see the above link for the recipe)

This is the first of two oatmeal pies I made.

This was before baking and this crust is done with a fork and the following pie was not.

I used molasses instead of corn syrup (which we do not use in our home and they did not have corn syrup when this recipe was invented anyway)

If you sub molasses please remember to use less.

For 1 cup of corn syrup you only need about 1/2 to 3/4 cup molasses or it is far too strong.

I loved how the oats floated to the top and made a crust.

It was typically known as a “poor man’s pecan pie”

I can totally see that!

For an authentic pecan pie you can see my post from yesterday.