Star Spangled Stories: How white potato pie became a traditional Maryland dessert

Name: Star Spangled Stories: How white potato pie became a traditional Maryland dessert
Uploaded: 2025-12-19T11:14:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 15 s
Description: During colonial times, years of tobacco farming depleted the nutrients in the soil of Maryland farms, so some farmers began growing potatoes and other crops. The white potato pie was created to avoid waste. It was initially ridiculed as a poor man’s dessert, but later became a Maryland classic.

During colonial times, years of tobacco farming depleted the nutrients in the soil of Maryland farms, so some farmers began growing potatoes and other crops. The white potato pie was created to avoid waste. It was initially ridiculed as a poor man’s dessert, but later became a Maryland classic.