SC - Re: Talking of Pies

[Elise Fleming]

Elysant wrote:
>There is a pie called "Star-gazie Pie" which my mother told me of (I've
never
>eaten it).  (snip) It is a fish pie made with whole
>(cleaned) fish within it, laid side by side.  The top crust has holes cut
in
>it and the head and tail of the fish are pulled through the holes from
>beneath so the body of the fish is "submerged" in the pie and the heads and
>tails poke through the holes and are above the crust - making the fish
"gaze"
>at the stars - at least that where I'm assuming the title came from....
Has
>anyone else on the list heard of this pie?  I wonder about the origins of
>it....

Dorothy Hartley, in _Food in England_ has a drawing of a "stargazy" pie
(made of
pilchards) along with several other dough-wrapped fish presentations.  She
doesn't
give an origin, however.

Alys Katharine