Oh, I'm glad somebody else makes buttermilk pie! Not something I'd recommend eating on a daily basis, but we're not that into heavy food.

My aunts and uncles made a tradition of oysters, which I don't understand. One of my aunts is from Indiana and always makes persimmon pudding. I want to like it but it's SOOO sweet--I've eaten it three years running and still don't know what persimmons actually taste like.

A friend of mine made apple-cranberry pie one year that was terrific. I normally don't like apple pie because it's too sugary, but this was great. I think it was pretty much ordinary apple pie with cranberries (or maybe less sugar and added cranberry sauce) in it.