25 Forgotten Diner Pies Americans Used to Eat Every Day

25 Forgotten Diner Pies Americans Used to Eat Every Day Remember when the diner pie case spun slowly behind the counter and the only question was which slice you wanted? These forgotten diner pies were once everyday desserts across America, from coffee shops in Boston to small-town cafes in the South and Midwest. We'll revisit mock apple pie made without a single apple, bright green grasshopper pie, molasses-heavy shoofly, and vinegar pie that somehow tasted like lemon. There's the mile-high coconut cream, gingersnap-crusted black bottom pie, Indiana's sugar cream, Concord grape pie that stained your fingers purple, and huckleberries picked on mountain slopes the bears considered theirs. Along the way come Depression make-do tricks, a gooseberry pie that faded partly by law, and a Japanese fruit pie with nothing Japanese in it. Watch to the end, and tell us in the comments which slice you'd order first, and whether your apple pie came with cheddar or ice cream.