Camp Meeting Pie

Many long years ago, bible camp meetings were events, which were planned from one summer to the next. They were held during harvest time about the time before the Day of Atonement and the feast of Tabernacles around August and September. The crops gathered in, included vegetables, which involved canning of preserves, pickles, relishes and the “jarring” of vegetables. On the appointed date, families arrived at the designated site, pitched camp and got ready for the two weeks of preaching, visiting, and courting. Some families took their cows in order to have fresh milk. Milk was put in jars or stone pitchers and kept in the creeks and springs to keep cold. They cooked all the food at home that was possible and packed it in trunks. Since there was no ice, they had to choose foods that would keep.

This lemon pie was one of those favorites as the camp meetin’ pie or trunk pie. Mix the following:

1-1/2 cups sugar

2-tablespoons flour

Beat 3 eggs and add to dry ingredients.

Next, add:

½-cup boiling water

½-cup melted butter

Juice of 2 lemons

Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Bake in a moderate oven at 350° until well set.

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