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Shoofly pie
  • 1. Shoofly pie is a type of American pie associated with which cuisine?
A) Tex-Mex
B) Southern Creole
C) Pennsylvania Dutch
D) New England
  • 2. What is the primary ingredient used to make the filling of a shoofly pie?
A) Corn syrup
B) Honey
C) Molasses
D) Maple syrup
  • 3. What is the legendary but apocryphal origin of the name 'shoo-fly'?
A) A local baker named Shoo
B) The shape of the pan
C) Flies being attracted to the sweet filling
D) The color of the crust
  • 4. What was the brand of molasses that the name 'shoo-fly' was borrowed from?
A) Shoo-fly Molasses
B) Centennial Sweetener
C) Jenny Lind Molasses
D) Pennsylvania Dutch Brand
  • 5. Traditionally, what was shoofly pie served with for breakfast?
A) Cold milk
B) Hot coffee
C) Tea
D) Apple cider
  • 6. What technological innovation made pie crust more feasible for shoofly pie home cooks after the Civil War?
A) Cast iron cookware and stoves
B) Electric ovens
C) Refrigeration
D) Industrial flour mills
  • 7. What are the two different versions of shoofly pie?
A) Wet-bottom and dry-bottom
B) Baked-bottom and fried-bottom
C) Sweet-bottom and sour-bottom
D) Crust-bottom and crust-less
  • 8. Which version of shoofly pie has a stickier, gooier custard-like consistency at the bottom?
A) Centennial
B) Gingerbread
C) Wet-bottom
D) Dry-bottom
  • 9. What was the crust-less cake that preceded shoofly pie in 1876 called?
A) Jenny Lind cake
B) Civil War cake
C) Centennial cake
D) Molasses crumb cake
  • 10. Why did home bakers add a crust to the molasses cake in the 1880s?
A) To make it easier to eat with hands
B) To hide the crumb texture
C) To preserve the molasses
D) To prevent it from fermenting
  • 11. Which pastry is considered a precursor to shoofly pie and was named after a Swedish opera star?
A) Jenny Lind pie
B) Shoo-fly mule cake
C) Treacle tart
D) Montgomery pie
  • 12. Why do historians believe shoofly pie was typically baked in the winter?
A) The oven was only lit in winter
B) Molasses was only harvested in winter
C) Chickens laid fewer eggs and molasses stored well in cold
D) It was a holiday tradition
  • 13. The use of what ingredient confirms shoofly pie was invented after the Civil War?
A) Baking soda
B) Refined sugar
C) Artificial flavoring
D) Baking powder
  • 14. Which pie is similar to a shoofly pie but includes lemon juice in the bottom layer?
A) Montgomery pie
B) Treacle tart
C) Centennial pie
D) Jenny Lind pie
  • 15. What famous animal was the 'Shoo-fly Molasses' brand possibly named after?
A) Shoo-fly the Boxing Mule
B) A circus bear
C) A racehorse
D) A prize-winning cow
  • 16. Who popularized the song 'Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy' in the 1940s?
A) An anonymous Pennsylvania group
B) Jenny Lind
C) The Amish Choir
D) Dinah Shore
  • 17. What does the word 'rivels' refer to in the context of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine?
A) Lumps of food
B) Pie crust scraps
C) Dried molasses
D) Coffee grounds
  • 18. What is the Pennsylvania Dutch name for shoofly pie?
A) Melassich Riwwelboi
B) Shoo-Fly Cake
C) Jenny Lind Tart
D) Centennial Crumb
  • 19. When did the first print appearance of the name 'shoo-fly pie' occur?
A) After World War I
B) In 1876
C) In the 1880s
D) During the Civil War
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