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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 4476178, member: 6927"] Well, I've since learned that there are about as many black bottom pie recipes as there are critters in a Southern summer. Obviously I'm partial to the one my grandma used to make, and no other variant would be as good. I do think rum would make a nice addition, but my grandparents were not the imbibing kind. My grandma's was a three layer pie and to the best of my recollection resembled more or less this formulation: [URL unfurl="true"]https://grandmajackiesrecipes.com/recipe/black-bottom-pie/[/URL] The chocolate custard layer at the bottom was the undisputed star of the pie. And she definitely whipped egg whites for the top layer. Although I've never attempted to make the pie or anything similar, I know that working with custards and other egg variants requires a very deft hand. Latest I heard from my aunt, she's given up trying to make the BBP because she just can't pull it off to her satisfaction. [/QUOTE]