Japanese Fruit Pie

[Lex]

This was my late grandma's favorite pie (below). My mother makes it every Thanksgiving because it reminds her of her mother, who made it at Thanksgiving and Christmas each year. I like it a lot too. It's very yummy, kind of unusual, and my mother calls it an "old timey" recipe. Don't know why it's call what it is called. Thought I'd share it here, in case you get tired of the standard holiday pies.

Japanese Fruit Pie

3/4 cup sugar
1 stick butter or marg., melted
pinch of salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup seedless raisins
1 (9 inch) unbaked pie shell

Mix sugar, butter, salt, eggs, and vinegar. Add coconut, pecans, and raisins. Pour in unbaked pie shell. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.

[Stinky The Clown]

1. What is its connection to Japan?

[Hekate]

2. My guess is Grandma

Other than that, I can't think of any. :D

Hekate

[Lex]

5. Now that I googled it, it's not an unknown recipe.

Just don't see it very often. Link

[Lex]

3. As I said in my post: "Don't know why it's call what it is called."

Seems to be a bit of a mystery I guess.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. I'm sorry! I missed that line.

I see it now.

Maybe I need to slow down and read better! :)

Sorry about that.

:hi:

[Lex]

6. No problem. I've often wondered about the name too.

I just can't find out its origins on the internet so far.

[Richard Steele]

7. Sounds yummy. Right-clicking and saving to my "recipe" folder. nm

[Lex]

8. Hi . . .

:pals:

[sazemisery]

9. found this

A classic from the American South. Southerners called the pie "Japanese" because coconut was considered quite an exotic ingredient when it first became available in the region. There are legions who think this pie better than just-pecan pie.

http://recipes.egullet.org/recipes/r951.html

[Lex]

10. Thanks. I had wondered if the taste or ingredients

seemed "exotic" and Japan seemed "exotic" and so the name was born many, many years ago.