SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #75

[MS MARTHA L WALLENHORST]

I have to contribute a favorite tale of a traditional weird fish 
dish:
Stargazy Pie, made with a regular double pie crust, whole fresh 
Sardines,
Gammon, and Saffron Milk. The heads of the fish are left to poke out 
of the
crust, staring upwards (thus "Stargazy").

 Classify it under *Things that make ya go HMMM?* Top that, 
whydoncha!

My favorite weird dish, though I can't for sure say the style I saw 
it in is period, is Sparrow Pie.  The first time I was in England I 
stopped at a small restaurant in Canterbury for lunch.  I wanted 
something "Really English" (I was young and stupid and didn't really 
have a clue what that meant or didn't mean) so I ordered the Sparrow 
Pie.  The waitress asked if I wanted that Yank style and I said "sure,
 why not!".  I had a pie served to me with a beautiful golden crust 
and Sparrow feet sticking up out of it.  (Being 17, I almost lost my 
cookies looking at all the little birdy feet coming out of the pie.)  
I realized that everyone in the place was rolling in laughter.

The pie didn't "gaze" at me but that was bad enough.

Annejke