So I was looking up the origin of the term “chess pie” when I came across this explanation:

There is also a theory that the word “chess” pie comes from the piece of furniture that was common in the early South called a pie chest or pie safe. Chess pie may have been called chest pie at first because it held up well in the pie chest.

I don’t know what’s more amazing: that there’s an entire category of furniture dedicated to the storage and preservation of delicious pies, or that I’ve made it this far in life without owning one.

(See also: jelly cupboard.)