Sweet potato pie, recipe below
Today is Resurrection Sunday and historically I would argue the most important day of the year for observant Christians. We received an invitation to dinner today after church and informed our host that I will bake a sweet potato pie. I saw Comedian Chris Rock on Oprah on Friday. In addition to cracking me up with his genius and funny insights, I learned that he, like me, loves sweet potato pie! Chris Rock grew up in Brooklyn but he was born in South Carolina where is mother’s family is from. Author Isabel Wilkersonhttp://wyplfmbooktalk.blogspot.com/2011/02/podcast-isabel-wilkerson-warmth-of.html
tells us that southerners followed three migration streams out of the south during the Great Migration: folks from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas followed a West coast migration to California; some people from Louisiana and the majority who came from Mississippi went to Chicago and other parts of the Midwest like Cleveland and Detroit; migrants from the upper south from states like Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia followed an East coast migration to among other places, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburgh, and Boston. When they relocated, Southern migrants brought with them a tradition of church membership and foods iconic to their southern roots. Easter culinary traditions differ across the southern states I mentioned above, but they all have Chris Rock’s love of sweet potato pie in common. Here are some related history and foods links and the recipe for the pie I will be sharing at our Easter gathering with folks from Virginia, Texas, the Caribbean, and Boston at the table.
Chris Rock’s Southern Roots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fNaUwJVvk4&feature=related
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/01/29/2008-01-29_family_trees_dna_rocks_chris.html
Sweet potato pie recipe: http://frederickdouglassopie.blogspot.com/2010/11/thanksgiving-day-series-part-3-pie.html
Easter History and Food Series: http://frederickdouglassopie.blogspot.com/search?q=Easter+Series
The History Behind Easter Rituals: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/22/135632851/easter-celebrations-through-the-centuries
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