[PW] Re: Unsweetened Plum Pie

[John P. Dyson]

If one types "plum pie" into Google, the first hit that comes up has 46 
recipes for --gasp-- plum pie. The first of those recipes is for a 
no-sugar-added, single-crust pie. You'll have to pit and cook your own 
plums, but otherwise it sounds easy as...

John Dyson


Quoting Jeanne Schramm <jeanne.schramm at gmail.com>:

> Here is a plum pie recipe from Germany which involves sprinkling sugar on
> the top:
> Go to www.germanculture.com.ua and enter "Plum Pie" in the search box.
> Jeanne Schramm, WLSC, W. Liberty, WV  26074
>
> On 9/7/06, K. Bary <karenbary at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>   I haven't been subscribed to the list since it was Stumpers, and I've
>> really missed it!  I am the patron here, so no hurry:
>>
>>   I just bought a house with a plum tree laden with ripe fruit.  My
>> husband keeps talking about a pie his mother used to make.  It had a single
>> pastry crust, and was unsweetened.  The family would spoon sugar on the
>> individual slices.  My mother-in-law was a native New Yorker, and she would
>> have made the pie in the 50s and 60s.
>>
>>   Apparently, the sugar thing was not a recipe error, since she always
>> made the pie this way.  I'm thinking it might be a regional delicacy, or
>> perhaps it's got a special name that I haven't hit on, since I haven't been
>> able to turn anything up yet.
>>
>>   Are any of you familiar with a pie like this?  My husband hasn't SAID it
>> would make his life complete if I make the pie, but since he brings it up
>> every time we talk about the plum tree, I know it would make him very
>> happy.  Thanks for any help.
>>
>>   Karen Bary
>>   Westminster Public Library
>>   Westminster, Colorado
>>
>>
>>
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