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| :''This article is about the baked good. For the mathematical constant, see ]. For other uses, see ]''. | |||
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| A '''pie''' is a baked food, with a baked shell usually made of ] that covers or completely contains a filling of ], ], ]s, ], ]s, ], ], ]s, ]s, or other ] or ] ingredients. Pies can be either "one-crust," where the filling is placed in a dish and covered with a pastry/potato mash top before baking, or "two-crust," with the filling completely enclosed in the pastry shell. Some pies have only a bottom crust, generally if they have a sweet filling that does not require cooking. These bottom-crust-only pies may be known as ]s or tartlets. An example of a bottom-crust-only pie that is savoury rather than sweet is a ]. ] is a one-crust fruit pie that is served upside-down, with the crust underneath. ] is used to develop a crust's ], and keep it from becoming soggy under the burden of a very liquid filling. If the crust of the pie requires much more cooking than the chosen filling, it may also be blind-baked before the filling is added and then only briefly cooked or refrigerated. | |||
| Pie fillings range in size from tiny bite-size party pies or small tartlets, to single-serve pies (e.g. a ]) and larger pies baked in a dish and eaten by the slice. The type of pastry used depends on the filling. It may be either a butter-rich flaky or ], a sturdy ], or, in the case of savoury pies, a ]. | |||
| Occasionally the term ''pie'' is used to refer to otherwise unrelated ]s containing a sweet or savoury filling, such as ] or ]. | |||
| ==Regional variations== | |||
| Pies with fillings such as ], ], ] or ] and ] are popular in the ] as take-away snacks. They are also served with ] as an alternative to ] at British chip shops. The residents of ] are so renowned for their preference for this food-stuff that they are often referred to as "Pie Eaters" (though the historical reasons for this title are disputed). In honour of this, the main ingredient of a 'Wigan kebab' is the pie, which is placed in a ] to make up the popular local ]. The combination of ] is traditionally associated with ]. ] (which does not involve pastry) is also a favourite amongst people throughout Britain. | |||
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| Fruit pies may be served with a scoop of ice cream, a style known in ] as '']''. ] is a traditional choice, though any pie with sweet fillings may be served ''à la mode''. This pie is thought to have been popularized in the mid-1890s in the ]. | |||
| The ] has an iconic cultural status, being held to be the ] National Food {{fact}}. These meat pies contain beef and gravy in a shortcrust piecase, often with a flakey top. The many different types of small commercially-produced pies are popular forms of ] in ] and ], with one of the most widespread brands in Australia being ]. Many bakeries and specialty stores sell gourmet pies for the more discriminating customer. A peculiarity of ] cuisine is the ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| The pie has been around since about 2000 B.C., around the time of the ancient ]. At some point between 1400 B.C. (the time of Greek settlements) and 600 B.C. (the time of the decline of Egypt), the pie is believed to have been passed on to the Greeks by the Egyptians. | |||
| From Greece the pie spread to Rome, somewhere around 100 B.C. by which time pies had already been around for some 1000 years. The first known pie recipe came from the Romans and was for a rye-crusted goat cheese and honey pie. | |||
| Pies appeared in England in the 12th century and were predominantly meat pies. The crust of the pie was referred to as the “coffyn” and there was generally more crust than filling. Sometimes these pies were made with fowl and the legs were left outside the pie to act as handles. For a long time the pastry crust was actually not eaten, serving only to preserve the moisture and flavour of the filling. | |||
| Pies went to America with the first English settlers. As in Roman times the early American pie crusts were not eaten, but simply designed to hold the filling. Today, virtually every country in the world has some form of pie. | |||
| ==Pie throwing== | |||
| Cream filled or topped pies are favourite props for humour, particularly when aimed at the pompous. Throwing a pie in a person's face has been a staple of film comedy since the early days of the medium, and is often associated with ] in popular culture. Pranksters have taken to targeting politicians and celebrities with their pies, an act called ]. Activists sometimes engage in the pieing of political and social targets as well. One such group is the ]. "Pieing" can result in injury to the target and assault or more serious charges against the pie throwers . In ], in ], singer and anti-] activist ] became one of the first persons to be "pied" as a political act.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} See ]. | |||
| ==Savoury pies== | |||
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| ==Sweet pies== | |||
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| Some of these pies are pies in name only, such as the Boston cream pie, which is a ]. | |||
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