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Desperation pie

An American pie made with butter, sugar, eggs, and flour, using available ingredients when seasonal or costly ones were lacking. It was common before refrigeration and canned fillings, notably during the Great Depression and World War II rationing.

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These pies were more common before refrigeration and canned pie fillings, and during times of hardship like the Great Depression and rationing of World War II.

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