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| Type | Custard pie |
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| Place of origin | Canada |
| Main ingredients | Graham cracker, custard, meringue |
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Flapper pie, or the forgotten Prairie pie, is a vanilla custard pie topped with meringue (or sometimes whipped cream in Southern Saskatchewan)[1] within a graham cracker crust.[2][3][4][5][6]
The pie is a staple of the Canadian prairie culture.[2][4][5] At the Salisbury House chain of restaurants in Winnipeg, it is sold as "wafer pie".
Additional ingredients
[edit]Whiskey, peach leaves, lemon peel, or vanilla may be added to the custard filling of flapper pie.[4]
History
[edit]The exact origin of flapper pie is unknown. However, flapper pie became popular across the Canadian Prairies during the 1920s,[5] with the dessert earning its name from flappers.[4][6] Flapper pie continued to be made during the Depression era due to the recipe only needing simple ingredients.[4][5][6] By the 1940s, the pie had faded into obscurity and become "forgotten."[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Paré, Jean (1992). Company's Coming Pies. Company's Coming Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-895455-04-5.
- ^ a b Johnston, Karlynn (2016-10-25). Flapper Pie and a Blue Prairie Sky: A Modern Baker's Guide to Old-Fashioned Desserts: A Baking Book. Appetite by Random House. ISBN 978-0-449-01696-1.
- ^ Goldstein, Darra (2015). The Oxford companion to sugar and sweets. Oxford New York: Oxford university press. ISBN 978-0-19-931339-6.
- ^ a b c d e Swiers, Autumn (2023-10-27). "Flapper Pie Is An Underrated Staple Of The Canadian Prairies". Tasting Table. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ a b c d Kohlman, Renee (March 18, 2021). "Kohlman: Flapper Pie a forgotten Prairie delicacy". Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
- ^ a b c d JKenyon (2024-04-11). "Canada's Forgotten Dessert: The History of Flapper Pie". Canadian Food Focus. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
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