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a circle of comfort defending its filling with a flaky, golden roof
means a baked dish of fruit, meat, or other filling enclosed in or topped by pastry.
from English from the Middle Ages, and the word's likeliest backstory is delightfully odd: it's thought to come from 'magpie,' the bird (once just called a 'pie'). The reasoning? A magpie hoards a jumble of odd bits, and early pies were a similar mishmash of varied ingredients tucked under one crust. It's a plausible folk-linked theory rather than a sealed case — the bird-name connection is widely accepted but not absolutely proven.
- math name
- pi describes its circumference, not its flavor
- royal stunt
- live birds once baked inside for kings
- pi day
- celebrated March 14 with actual pie
- old trade
- medieval pie crusts were inedible storage vessels
- weapon grade
- thrown at faces in vaudeville for laughs
american pie — don mclean's 1971 song, the longest-charting single in billboard history at 8+ minutes
cornish pasty — traditional filled pastry from cornwall, england with protected geographical indication status since 2011
pecan pie — southern us dessert dating to 1920s, traditionally served at thanksgiving
meat pie — australian icon, official pie competition held annually in deniliquin since 1980