Grasshopper Pie (June 1960)

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   "_Gourmet's Menu Cookbook_ (1963) prints this recipe for Grasshopper Pie, the earliest I've been able to find in a major cookbook."
--Jean Anderson's AMERICA CENTURY COOKBOOK (1997), pg. 372.

   Is OED on "G"?
   See the recent ADS-L archives for the "grasshopper cocktail."
   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 28 June 1960, pg. 17, col. 6:

   _Cool Dessert Needs No Baking_
   Grasshopper Pie--A treat to eat, and not what you think.  The recipe is named after the Grasshopper Cocktail.  This creation has the ingredients of the drink which combines green creme de menthe and white creme de cacao, in heavy cream with marshmallows.  The chocolate crumb crust is compatible in flavor and adds a nut-like crunch.  As this no-bake, easy to make dessert is prepared in advance and chilled it is a delight for summer evenings.  The very name makes for party fun.
_Grasshopper Pie_
1 1/4 cups fine chocolate wafer crumbs (about 20.2-inch wafers.
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup milk
20 marshmallows
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
3 tablespoons greene creme de menthe
3 tablespoons white creme de cacao.
  Combine chocolate wafer crumbs and melted butter.  Press onto sides and bottom of 9-inch pie plate.  Chill.  Heat milk in top of double boiler over boiling water.  Add marshmallows; stir until melted.  Cool thoroughly.  Combine whipped cream, creme de menthe and creme de cacao; fold in cooled marshmallow mixture.  Pour filling into chilled crumb crust.  Chill until firm.   Yield: one, 9-inch pie.