[Sca-cooks] Pie Funnel?

[Jane Boyko]

I think it is like the blackbirds I used to buy but bigger and easier  
to clean.  You insert it into the centre of the pie (not all the way  
down but definitely through the crust) and while the pie bakes the  
juices come up through the funnel and hopefully don't spill over too  
much.  If they do they just spread across the pie crust.  This keeps  
the juices from going over the side of the pie and onto the bottom of  
the oven where, as we all know, they can be difficult to clean off.

Marina