SC - Pies

[Morgan Cain]

> >Most
> >"pie" in period is like a modern fruit or mince pie, not the pasties you
> >reference.
>
> I would have said that most "pie" in period is very  unlike both
> pasties and a modern fruit or mince pie, since the typical pie, at
> least in the 14th-15th c. English/French corpus, is meat, raisins,
> egg, ... or similar things.

I meant in terms of shape, not filling.  Most period pies, at least in the
recipes I have seen, have a "coffyn" of some type and do not indicate the
turnover-style of pastry used in a pasty.  Of course, I've been a bit
focused of late (strawberry pie A&S entry in the works).

                                            ---= Morgan


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