Pecan Pie

The pecan, pronouced variously in the States, but ‘p’kahri more often than not in the Old South, is a variety of native American hickory nut. The word comes directly from original Indian names.

Sociologist John Egerton’s weighty volume, Southern Food, traces the history of pecan pie – undoubtedly the South’s favourite dessert – back to a pie of molasses which was popular in the early nineteenth century. This was pretty much like our own treacle tart.</