[Sca-cooks] tarts vs. pies, a bit of help

[Susan Fox-Davis]

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>>OK, so that's not period either. But i have to say, i really don't 
>>like having someone else's dirty knife cutting the pie - even thought 
>>that would be period. BUT... we have about 10 per cent vegetarians at 
>>my feasts, and by pre-cutting, they don't have to worry about 
>>someone's meat-contaminated knife touching their pie slice.
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>Why would this be period? Wouldn't the servers/carvers cut the pie just 
>as they would the meat?
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I prefer the little pies for that reason as well as portion control. 
 Nobody hogs half the pie on the first go-round!  Those who really like 
it can beg leftovers like everybody else.  <grin>

Selene