Sawdust Pie

I just assumed that sawdust pie was a heritage recipe. The name implies a rugged backstory, one with humble or Depression-era beginnings. I imagined the recipe was steeped in great dustbowl prairie lore and passed down to each generation with a bit of history and a sprinkling of legend. I was completely wrong. Sawdust pie was created at Patti’s 1880’s Settlement Restaurant in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, sometime after 1975 (the exact date is hard to pin down) and took hold in the national consc